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Ok guys, I've got a special case here for you. Calico comes into shelter, easy to handle, friendly etc. She has kittens overnight and suddenly she's Miss Grumpy Pants and won't let anyone near her or the babies. VERY normal cat behavior, but difficult for our staff and for your average cat lover. I need a foster parent who is experienced enough to know how to read Mom cat's behavior signals and to care for her and her babies without letting her get the best of them. Today we discovered that once… Continue

I sent out four litters of kittens today for foster! Busy, busy day. More are still waiting to go and I'm so happy to have a place for all of them. Since taking over the foster program, it has been such a pleasure getting to know our foster families. I am just so impressed with how willing and kind hearted they are...makes my job so much easier to have such awesome people to work with! Somehow, I feel it takes pressure off of myself and my coworkers to know that someone else is stepping in and o… Continue