Topic: Eeek - my first foster cat - SHE'S BEEN CHOSEN!!! (Read 7553 times)

Janeyk · « **Reply #28 on:** March 31, 2009, 16:53:31 PM »

Great news

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #27 on:** March 31, 2009, 16:51:22 PM »

Great news

clarenmax · « **Reply #26 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:09:15 AM »

Fantastic news, well done

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #25 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:07:23 AM »

Glad they liked her.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2009, 23:35:46 PM »

Bella

So pleased for her, and congrats on your first foster

Lynds · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2009, 20:54:46 PM »

Yay!!

Debsymiller (Rufus' mum) · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2009, 20:53:03 PM »

So glad she's found a nice new home

wharfevalley catsprotection · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2009, 20:46:35 PM »

SHE'S BEEN CHOSEN!!!!!

She was so lovely and the couple are just fantastic! She is now having a sniff around the living room whilst Katie is asleep in the airing cupboard. She'll be going at the weekend and i'm really pleased. Although she's a little sweetie at the end of the day I was only ever looking after her and in her new home she'll have a 3 bed house to play in and a playmate who is a year old male and really friendly. She'll be kept as an indoor cat and therefore won't have to worry about cars and the like!

clarenmax · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2009, 19:11:00 PM »

She's adorable, and best of luck with the viewing

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2009, 18:44:01 PM »

Good luck for the viewing.

wharfevalley catsprotection · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:24:21 PM »

Home visit done and really positive so hopefully they're going to call me asap to see her!

She's started to come out of herself and mew and purr and we had a breakthrough in her climbing onto my lap. I know she'll be shy when the people come to see her, but hopefully they will see past that!

Fingers crossed!

Debsymiller (Rufus' mum) · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2009, 20:44:16 PM »

She's so purdy xxx

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #16 on:** March 29, 2009, 11:29:56 AM »

As Katie doesn't like other cats very much, ypu have to consider her, and you can definitely help more cats by being an emergency fosterer - it is one of the reasons I dont keep a lot of mine, I would hate to be in a position where a cat would suffer cos I had kept a cat that was perfectly homeable.

wharfevalley catsprotection · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2009, 10:41:36 AM »

Uh-Oh! I think i'm falling

Bella stayed pretty quiet yesterday and hadn't pooed yet, but as soon as I turned the light out, she came out and had some food, did a poo and curled up next to me all night

I don't plan on being a permanant fosterer as I don't think it's fair on Katie to have different cats in her territory all the time. She got in Bella's room yesterday though and just sniffed, froze when she saw her and walked out! I was expecting fur flying etc, but she seemed ok......... The dilemma is whether I could help many more cats by being an emergency fosterer? Although I was the one who origionally brought Bella into the branch as she was being sold on ***tree..... oh no

Lynds · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2009, 21:13:06 PM »

Well done with the fostering and she's lovely. I too think I'd want to keep them all!

Lynds

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:52:31 AM »

Aww she is lovely, and good luck for the homecheck - it is probably a good thing that there is a potential home lined up, means you cant get too attached.

Debsymiller (Rufus' mum) · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2009, 08:55:15 AM »

Well done on trying out fostering, She looks like a lovely cat to get you started

Just don't do what I did... I kept my one and only foster cat and found out that I can't foster as I will want to keep every one! hehe.

Just be patient with her and I am sure you will be a fantastic fosterer

CC & The Pussycat Guys & Dolls · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2009, 23:46:37 PM »

Aww she's a cutie.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2009, 23:40:20 PM »

Bless her - she looks so small.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2009, 23:18:40 PM »

She is cute......I just would never be able to let them go

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2009, 17:59:45 PM »

Hope she setlles in OK and fingers crossed for the homecheck

Millies mum · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:48:08 PM »

Well done you for offering to take a cat in i would love to be able to help our local cat rescue but apart from having a house full already i would never be able to re-home the cats especially the KITTENS

GOOD LUCK

wharfevalley catsprotection · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:40:51 PM »

Thanks you guys!

I'm expecting not to get much sleep tonight, but I wasn't having her go back to a home where she so clearly wasn't wanted.

The new arrivals are where an old man has just let things get out of hand (not a nasty person, just ignorant and not coping). They're covered in their own filth and we don't really know what we've got yet - they're in the middle of the rescue at the moment so fingers crossed they'll be ok.

We're actually doing a home visit for Jamelia at the weekend so fingers crossed - it's a lovely indoor home (she's never been outside) with a young couple who have just taken in a 1 year old who had a car accident so has to be indoors aswell... I'll just get used to having her around and then we'll re-home her!!!

Janeyk · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:36:27 PM »

Good luck hun xx

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:36:03 PM »

Quote from: adelcatsprotection on March 27, 2009, 13:29:45 PM

She'll have had her op today and so i'm guessing she'll just want to sleep - is that right?

I wouldnt bank on it LOL! - my Gwynnie was bouncing off the walls when she came back from her op

high as a kite!

Anyway, good luck, I'm sure everything will be fine

JackSpratt · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:33:26 PM »

I agree, let her lead the way. When she's ready to be brave she'll show you.

Good luck it sounds like you're ready.

Dawn F · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:32:25 PM »

oooh good luck, I'd just let her go at her own pace, she might be a bit nervous depending on how her previous people (I use the term loosely) treated her - can't wait to hear more about them!

wharfevalley catsprotection · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2009, 13:29:45 PM »

Oooh i'm excited (and a little nervous) as my first foster cat is arriving soon!!!

I don't normally foster as we live in a one bed flat with a tortie who hates all other cats, but we're just doing a rescue of 5 cats and 5 kittens living in squalor and we just CAN'T leave them where they are. They'll all be in the vets as we've no space and so my welfare officer has asked if I can take Jamelia in for a few days!

She's a little 10 month old girl who the people were trying to get rid of on ***tree and they'd already been approached by a breeder so I stepped in and sadi we've neuter, but they don't want her back - they called her 'it's and said that they just wanted rid of her

OK so i've set up the bedroom with a litter tray, food, toys and Katie's carrier so she can hide. She'll have had her op today and so i'm guessing she'll just want to sleep - is that right?

I'm going to sleep in that room with her and then my b/f will sleep on the sofa so that Katie doesn't get lonely..

I'm going to leave her to settle for a few hours, but after that should I encourage her out or what.....???!!!

Any suggestions?

PS: I'll post pics later!

She's here! Introducing Bella......

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