Foster
Kitten season is here! That means we need foster help now more than ever!
Why Foster a Rescue cat?
Fostering a rescue cat or kitten is so rewarding knowing likely you saved a life! If fostering is for you, please click the button at the bottom of the page and complete the application. Our Foster Coordinator will then reach out to you.
Do you have enough time to spend with your foster?
Foster cats, especially kittens, need to spend as much quality time with people as possible. It’s important for their socialization and development and it increases their chance of being adopted.
Foster caregivers are crucial to the success of our lifesaving mission. Cats and kittens that have been rescued are in all stages of life and need foster care. Once old enough and meet all the requirements, they will then be placed for adoption in condos.
Check out this information on SHORT-TERM fostering:
All experience levels are needed.
We have no physical location or shelter so we rely on foster homes to handle the kittens/cats on their journey to adoption. It is so rewarding knowing you saved a life by preparing the kitten for adoption.
We have cats and kittens from NEWBORN to ADULTS, requiring fosters from NOVICE to EXPERT in their experience. We will match the cats you foster to your current experience level and give you the support you need along the way.
Experience levels from from Novice (1) to Expert (6):
1
Short Term
For kittens/cats over 12 weeks old, already sterilized and need to be fostered for 1-5 days until they can be placed in a condo at one of the six pet supply stores where we adopt cats seven days a week.
2
Need Socialization
For kittens/cats over 12 weeks old, already sterilized and need to be fostered while they improve their socialization skills in order to become more adoptable.
3
Until Sterilization
For healthy kittens under 12 weeks who are weaned, eating on their own, and need to be fostered or further socialized until they are old enough to be sterilized and move to a condo once recovered from surgery.
4
Need Minor Treatment
For kittens/cats over 12 weeks, already sterilized and who need treament for minor health conditions. We want only healthy adoptable cats in the condos (time commitment is typically 1-2 weeks and then they return to the condos).
5
Newborn Kittens with a Mother
For newborn kittens with a mother who will nurse the kittens for 4-5 weeks until they are weaned. Click here for a video on what this entails.
6
Newborn Kittens without a Nursing Mother
For newborn kittens without a nursing mother who need to be bottle fed until they can eat on their own (around 5 weeks). Click here for a video on what this entails.
LCPA and/or our Rescue Partners will provide whatever you don't have for the cats needs.
You will be supported by an experienced team.
You will get answers to any questions you have about fostering.
You will be guided along the way.
When you foster for our rescue partner, Traps to Laps, you will be assigned a Field Tech who will schedule visits for vaccinations, treat the kitten(s) for intestinal parasites and give flea prevention. At around 12 weeks the kittens are sterilized. Then they are medically ready for placement in the store condos to be adopted.
Our Rescue Partners
