Foster / Adopt
Foster / Adopt
FOSTERING CAN SAVE AT LEAST TWO LIVES....
When you open your home and heart to a kitten or cat as a foster, you help save Texas cat lives and free up resources so another cat can be rescued and saved.
Your time as a foster may be days, weeks, or months while a forever home is located for the cat you care for, but the experience and results are long-lasting.
Your role as a foster is critical to efforts to save cat lives and the rewards you'll reap are priceless.
When you foster you save a cat or kitten from potentially being euthanized.
You also save them from being subjected to life inside a crowded shelter where they are subjected to noise and all manner of scary and frightening circumstances.
A foster home can provide a quiet, loving space that helps them become adoptable pets.
Orphaned kittens need special attention and care that shelters do not provide, but a foster can.
Fostering also helps the kitten or cat become accustomed to indoor life so they will make a great pet for someone.
Fostering is also a great way to determine if having a pet is a good fit for your life before committing to owning a pet.
A Foster Poem
There I sat, alone and afraid, You got a call and came right to my aid.
You bundled me up with blankets and love.
And, when I needed it most, you gave me a hug.
I learned that the world was not all that scary and cold.
That sometimes there is someone to have and to hold.
You taught me what love is, you helped me to mend.
You loved me and healed me and became my first friend.
And just when I thought you'd done all you could do, There came along not one new lesson, but two.
First you said, "Sweetheart, you're ready to go." I've done all I can, and you've learned all I know."
Then you bundled me up with a blanket and kiss.
Along came a new family, they even had kids!
They took me to their home, forever to stay.
At first I thought you sent me away.
Then that second lesson became perfectly clear.
No matter how far, you will always be near.
And so, Foster Mum, you know I've moved on.
I have a new home, with toys and a lawn.
But I'll never forget what I learned that first day.
You never really give your fosters away.
You gave me these thoughts to remember you by.
We may never meet again, and now I know why.
You'll remember I lived with you for a time.
I may not be yours, but you'll always be mine.
~Author Unknown