A Kitten Tsunami unlike anything we’ve seen is sweeping through Burbank right now. 2024 is going to be our busiest season ever. In a normal year, our Kitten Foster Program fosters their 100th kitten around June 1st. We’re still in May, and we’re at 182!
Our Kitten Foster Program is absolutley bursting at the seams and we need your help! If you have a little space and a little time to spare, please consider fostering kittens. You’ll be saving lives, opening up space at the shelter, and you get to play with kittens for a few weeks! It’s a win-win!
Fostering is very rewarding and a *lot* of fun. There’s work involved, but we’ll train you and give you everything you need. Food, litter, pans, medical care, everything is covered. You just supply the home and love for the little fuzzballs.
What’s that, you say? “I’m at work all day.” A lot of fosters have full-time jobs! We’ll match the kittens to your lifestyle. If you work all day, we will give you kittens that are big enough to eat on their own and are okay by themselves. Perhaps you’re working from home, or retired and need a way to pass the time? Bottle-feeders might be for you! We desperately need more bottle feeding foster parents.
“I already have other pets.” So does almost everyone who fosters. It’s good for the kittens to be around other cats and dogs! (And kids, and turtles, and anything you’ve got really.) It helps socialize them and get them ready for their forever homes. Also, your pets will get used to it. They might even start helping you take care of them.
“I don’t have the space.” Kittens are small, they don’t need much!
“What if they don’t get adopted?” Don’t worry! We have a very robust adoption program and our kittens find homes! You won’t end up with cats. Your kittens will go on to great homes because of the solid foundation you will give them in life.
If you love cats and want to play with kittens all summer (and maybe do a little bit of work), please consider signing up to be a foster! It’s great fun and highly rewarding–and we *desperately* need your help!
Please foster. You will be saving lives.
