With kitten season approaching quickly, San Luis Obispo Animal Services is on the lookout for kitten fosters in preparation for the inflow of young cats that enter the shelter yearly between March and October.
Kitten fosters present important look after kittens beneath 8 weeks old, mom cats and their infants, kittens with medical wants and people nonetheless adjusting to human interplay. Fosters play a vital function in enhancing the well being, well-being and probabilities of adoption for these young cats as they await their perpetually houses.
Depending on the age of the kittens, some might have to be bottle-fed a number of occasions a day, together with exterior of shelter hours. In these instances, foster care is actually life-saving.
Applying to be a kitten foster is a fast and simple course of.
The utility hyperlink and extra details about fostering will be discovered on the SLO Animal Services web site beneath the “volunteer” tab. Fosters are equipped with every part they want and skilled by shelter workers earlier than receiving kittens.
For folks with little to no prior expertise caring for kittens, kittens already consuming on their very own or mom cats with infants are an effective way to ease into fostering. Fosters with prior expertise might search the additional problem of bottle feeding kittens or kittens with medical challenges.
Beyond the advantages for the animals, fostering will be extremely fulfilling.
SLO Animal Services administrative assistant Annette Sheely has been fostering kittens for over 12 years and encourages different animal lovers to use.
“What started off as a little hobby has become such a rewarding, enriching activity for my whole family,” Sheely stated. “If you want to laugh — foster fluffy, bouncy little kittens.”
