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Cat Forum / Rescue / May 2004FOSTER CARE MOTHER HAS HER SAY!!
I JUST RECENTLY BECAME THE FOSTER MOTHER TO 4 KITTENS THAT WERE LEFT IN A DUMPSTER IN A SEALED BOX. THEY WERE BARELY 4 WEEKS, CLOSER TO 3 WEEKS OLD. THEY WERE DEHYDRATED, MALNOURISHED, TRAUMATIZED, AND IN GENERAL POOR HEALTH. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DOG PERSON, BUT THE SIGHT OF THESE POOR BABIES WHEN THEY WERE DELIVERED TO ME TO DO SOMETHING TO SAVE THEM, BROKE MY HEART, BUT BROUGHT OUT THE MOTHER IN ME, HAVING FOSTER CARED FOR MANY A PUP. I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO FEED BY DROPPER SINCE THEY ATE THE BOTTLE NIPPLE AND FED THEM EVERY 4 HOURS. I GAVE THEM LOVE, THOUGH THEY WANTED NO PART OF ME. I CLEANED THEM, DRIED THEM, KISSED AND STROKED THEM. THEY LEARNED THE LITTER BOX THE FIRST TRY. THEY WEANED LIKE CHAMPS. THEY ARE VERY LOVING, VERY SECURE AND NOW GAINING WEIGHT AND PERSONALITIES. JUST ABOUT 6 WEEKS NOW. MY VET GAVE THEM A 30 PERCENT CHANCE TO EVEN MAKE IT A WEEK, I NEVER FEARED LOSING ANY OF THEM. I NOW AM GOING TO LOOK FOR NEW PARENTS FOR THEM THOUGH I WILL NOT LET THEM GO FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS TO GET THEIR WEIGHT UP TO NORMAL. MY REASON FOR WRITING IS TO SAY, SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR ANIMALS. DO NOT DUMP UNWANTED PETS OR BABIES INTO THE WILD, OR A DUMPSTER, THINKING THEY WILL REVERT TO NATURAL WILD BEHAVIOR. THE POUND IS RIGHT NOW GASSING THOUSANDS OF UNWANTED KITTENS. THE RESCUE GROUPS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH BABIES AND WANT NO MORE AT THE MOMENT. IF YOU FIND DISCARDED AND ABANDONED ANIMALS, THE TIME YOU SPEND IN RESCUE AND FOSTER PARENTING,IS REWARDING AND SATISFYING, NO MATTER IF YOU CARE FOR THE BREED OR THE TYPE OF ANIMAL FOUND. TAKE IT FROM ME, THE LAST 3 WEEKS OF KITTY MOTHERING HAVE BEEN THE MOST HEARTWARMING AND FUFILLING NOW THAT I AM ABLE TO SLEEP THE NIGHT AND THEM TOO. THINK ABOUT IT, THE NEXT TIME YOUR ANIMAL COMES IN HEAT, TO NOT ALLOW IT TO BREED, AND IF YOU DO END UP WITH UNWANTED BABIES, CONSIDER THEM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST A BURDEN. DO NOT DUMP THEM INTO DUMSPTERS OR LET THEM LOOSE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. THEY DID NOT ASK TO BE BORN INTO THIS WORLD OR TO YOU, THEY ARE A SMALL LIFE THAT DEPENDS ON YOU TO SURVIVE, AND THE SOONER YOU SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR ANIMAL, THE RISK OF BRINGING IN UNWANTED LITTERS WILL BE OVER WITH, SO DO IT TODAY. RONI DILLON, ROSEVILLE, CA alderdillon@webtv.net know how you feel...on may 21 i took in 6 kittens that were left behind a school...2 were sorta ok in box but 4 were soaked...picked them out of the woods i hand raised from day old(cords still on) and managed to save three...the other three died(two on day five one at 2 weeks old.. they just had thier first birthday(may 21) its unbelivable how many stories like this are like this...what doess it take to just not take in the cat or GET IT FIXED...area im in is like this...alot of unfixed cats and free breeding. i guess the lucky kittens get found but jsut shouldnt come down to luck. good job you did with kittens:) DEAR KITTYTEDDY, I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR SUCCESS ON HAVING ANY SURVIVE. LOTS OF WORK AND LOTS OF LOVE TOO, I KNOW. I MADE A COPY OF MY POST AND TOOK ONE TO PETCO AND PETSMART TO PLACE ON THE TABLE DURING KITTY ADOPTION WEEKENDS. HOPEFULLY IT WILL DO SOME GOOD. THANKS FOR REPLYING AND SHARING YOUR STORY WITH ME. IT MEANT ALOT. I WAS IN LINE AT PETSMART WITH 5 INSTANT ADOPTIVE KITTY PARENTS. ONE LADY SAID SHE HAD 5 DUMPED ON HER DOORSTEP, WIT A NOTE THAT MAYBE HER CAT WOULD FOSTER MOTHER THEM. HER CAT IS A TOMCAT. SO, SHE LIKE ME, IS PLAYING MOTHER, AS ARE MANY OTHER FOSTER PARENTS RIGHT NOW, BY CHOICE, LUCK OR BY KINDHEARTED CIRCUMSTANCE. I APPLAUD ALL OF THOSE FOSTER PARENTS FOR THE TIRING BUT SATISFYING LOVING TLC THEY GIVE TO UNWANTED BABIES OUT THERE. NOW IF WE CAN JUST FIND THEM EQUALLY LOVING HOMES TOO!! RONI DILLON, ROSEVILLE, CA >DEAR KITTYTEDDY, >I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR SUCCESS ON HAVING ANY SURVIVE. LOTS OF WORK AND >LOTS OF LOVE TOO, I KNOW. *Please* don't shout (all caps is shouting). In addition to being shouting, all caps is harder to read than properly mixed case. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. > >DEAR KITTYTEDDY, > >I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR SUCCESS ON HAVING ANY SURVIVE. LOTS OF WORK AND [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." > somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. Ted, Please refer to Roni's response in alt.pets.cats (thread of the same name). I had the same reaction as you until I read her reply. (Very short summation: she had a stroke last Thanksgiving and has difficulty with vision and with use of her left hand. I would say she is doing remarkably well, now that I know this.) MaryL
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