fostering

Being a Foster Family has rewards beyond helping a cat in need. By opening up your home to a foster cat, we're able to help care for even more cats in our community.

As a foster, your home will be a temporary living situation for pregnant/nursing cat or orphaned litter of kittens. Foster families provide shelter, food, care and love. The number of cats we can save depends entirely on the number of people who open their homes and hearts to foster them.

Thank you for considering opening your home and your heart to a kitten or cat in need - you're a life saver, literally. And don't worry, we'll be with you every step of the way on your foster journey 

​Fostering is messy, rewarding, stinky, adorable, and sometimes heartbreaking job. We certainly could not provide the level of care we do without valuable foster homes like yours.

Please contact nbarmichigan@gmail.com with questions.

To become a foster parent, follow the link below, create an account and sign up for fostering; we'll be in contact with you afterwards. 

Foster Application

what can i foster?

• Pregnant/new mothers
• Bottle babies kittens (under 4wks of age)
• Orphans kittens (4-8wks of age)
• On occasion, we may have an adult cat who needs a little extra TLC or socialization in a home

what are my RESPONSIBILITIES?

• Provide a safe, clean, caring environment
• Provide food, water, litter, toys/enrichment, and shelter
• Provide exercise and socialization
• Monitor any medical and/or behavioral problems
• Transport to/from any necessary vet appointments
• If the foster pet is sick, isolation from other animals in the home is required for a minimum of 10-14 days
• Help raise the best group of kittens ever!

become a master

Educate yourself on the best practices from one of the best kitten fosters around, the Kitten Lady Hannah Shaw!

Learn everything from helping bottle feed neonatal kittens to socializing scaredy kittens - and everything in between. Whether you've fostered 100s of litters or are just thinking about fostering for the first time, you WILL learn something during these webinars. 

Check out her free web series here: 

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