Fostering Rescue Cats

"I live in Richmond and have been trapping, neutering, and releasing cats and it is a seriously overwhelming task. If you miss a cat, and they have a litter that is 5 new cats. Make sure that you are adopting cats rather than getting cats from breeders. There are so many cats that need homes. Community Concern For Cats share below how to foster a cat.  You can donate to them or even better help foster a cat or three." - Jennifer Jones Horton, owner Sanctuary Bistro By Jennie Richards, CC4C Board Member

Want to make the world a better place for cats? Then consider fostering a rescue cat for a cat rescue group or shelter cat. Fostering a rescue cat saves lives and provides a needed temporary home for a homeless cat or kitten, while they are medically evaluated and go up for adoption.

Being a foster parent is a highly rewarding and satisfying experience, without the responsibility of making a lifetime commitment. Community Concern for Cats (CC4C) depends on our fosters and could not rescue the number of cats we rescue without them. Being a foster parent is critical to our mission of saving the lives of homeless cats and kittens—and the more fosters we have, the more cats and kittens we can save and find them loving homes.

What is Fostering?

Being a foster parent requires opening up your home, a room, or part of your home to give a needy cat(s) the space, safety, attention, care, and feeding necessary to rehabilitate it and prepare it for adoption. Your task as a foster is to socialize the cat(s) through plenty of loving contact and attention. It is not something to be taken lightly, but carries the commitment and responsibility of caring for the cat until the cat is adopted, which can several weeks or 2-3 months, sometimes even longer. Each cat’s situation is different and varies depending on the particular cat or kitten.

CC4C foster parents are supported by a sponsor/member to provide guidance on how to care for your particular foster cat. We try to furnish each foster with necessary supplies, including medical support, but we depend on the foster to provide cat food, litter, and lots of love! We especially need assistance during the late spring and summer months, as kitten season always means a surplus of kittens to care for. CC4C can always use experienced bottle-baby feeders or families looking for the experience of helping kittens and mama cats.

Typical Foster Responsibilities Include:

  • Daily feeding of your foster cat(s) or kittens
  • Daily litter box cleaning
  • Attention to the medical needs of the cat (if any)
  • Time, lots of time to love, snuggle, play and socialize with your foster(s)
  • Taking your foster(s) to the adoption sites on the weekends

You would need to supply the food, litter, bedding, toys, and food dishes. This is considered part of the donation that you are giving to the foster kitty and to our group. CC4C covers basic medical treatments or procedures for the foster. Most importantly, you need to love, pet, snuggle, and play with your foster cat to develop a well socialized kitty that is ready for adoption.

If you are interested in being a foster, please read our Foster Agreement PDF and mail it to: CC4C at P.O. Box 3795, Walnut Creek, CA 94598.

Thank you for considering being a foster to a needy, homeless kitty!

About Community Concern for Cats

CC4C is an all-volunteer, non-profit cat rescue organization in Contra Costa County that offers abandoned and homeless cats from the streets medical rehabilitation, spay and neuter services, and foster care and adoption. We also work to reduce the overpopulation of feral cats through an effective trap-neuter-return program, and when possible, kittens and cats are fostered, socialized, and are adopted out to loving homes through our weekly adoption events. We are supported entirely through donations from the public and fund-raising, and grants. Our members, fosters and volunteers work hard to make a positive difference in the lives of the cats we meet and in helping our communities.

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