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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Fostering a Kitty
As part of volunteering with a local animal shelter, I've offered to foster a cat during their move to another location. 5 days of kitty snuggling! H and I decided we'd never have cats of our own, but this is a good way to get my fix. I'm a little nervous to see how he'll interact with our dog, but very excited!
Re: Fostering a Kitty
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You must be helping with Homeward Pets! We love them. We've been fostering little kittens since 2003. We got the email from Laurel about taking an adult cat while they move. We can't... and, I felt badly because it seemed like not many people could. I'm so glad to know that you are getting one.
Good luck with the dog intro. You may already know all the details about introducing them slowly. The biggest thing is to give the cat her own room with her food, water, bedding and toys. Let her stay in there alone with the door shut for a reasonable amount of time. She'll learn that it is her safe place. If she gets overwhelmed with the dog... or, even just new sounds and smells of a new place, she can retreat to her room.
Enjoy your time with your new lovey.
Newlyweds since 2007
This should answer all of your questions for Homeward. I don't know if other organizations are the same.
http://homewardpet.org/foster.html
Laurel is the one in charge of the cats. She sends out an email when kittens are available to foster. She'll let you know the ages and what their needs are. For instance, some of them need to be socialized... some of them need to gain weight... some of them are waiting for spay/neuter. You can tell her what age (s) you are able to foster. Some people even get bottle babies, but that requires much more time than we have. We always get them once they are able to eat food on their own. We've loved having kittens in the house. Our adult cat... not so much. We've tried to get her to adopt one. No luck. I hope it works out for you.
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Thanks! It is Homeward Pet! I just started with them about a month ago, and am really excited about the new facility for them!
UPDATE (a little long): So, the cat we were going to foster got adopted before we got there yesterday. Yay for him! So we were given another - a pretty girl named Happy who had kittens about 2 months ago and just got spayed. She is so sweet, so we thought it would be great. It didn't go over too well with the intro. We have a 2bd, 2ba apartment, so we're letting her stay in the extra bedroom/bathroom. We let her stay in there for about 4 hours, with just my husband and me going in and playing with her a little - she was very curious and outgoing, which is rare for cats in new environments - and for the last hour and a half, we let them sniff each other through the bedroom door. Our dog seemed pretty curious and made noises like he does when he's being playful and friendly, so when the cat was calm, we kept our dog on a leash and slowly let them meet. Well, as soon as they were in full sight of each other, she went after him. We tried to separate them after the first time, but they both calmed down immediately, and just sort of stayed away from each other. We thought it would be fine, but then she went after him 2 more times within just a couple minutes, from across the room, so it's not like he was too close or provoking her. I figure she's just being protective since she just weaned her kittens and got spayed, and is in a new environment, of course. He was pretty terrified, as he was also a rescue and hasn't had too much experience with cats that we're aware of. Poor baby had nightmares of being chased all night. I'm a little disappointed they can't be buddies, but it's not a big deal to keep them separated for the 5 days she'll be here. She's still a total doll when he's not around. She looks right into your eyes, then plops down in front of you to be loved on.
Aw, I love animals so much! I don't know what I'd do if DH had allergies or didn't like them!
I worry about that sometimes too, but I just keep reminding myself that they'll go to good homes. I would totally be a hoarder if it weren't for H, haha, so volunteering and fostering works for me!