Opening your home to foster a pet saves lives and helps create space for more animals in need. By fostering a cat or kitten, you provide a safe, stable environment where they can heal, grow, and prepare for adoption.
A foster home gives animals a quieter, more personal environment where they can feel safe, loved, and supported. Foster families also help animals build confidence, practice socialization, and get ready for their next chapter.
Our general cat foster program. This program is for cats/kittens the shelter has no space for, kittens who have not made required weight for adoption, or a cat recovering from a surgery more extensive than a spay/neuter.
This program focuses on under-socialized kittens, usually under 4 months of age. Our Lion Tamers help to teach kittens how to be comfortable in a home environment and around people.
For mother cats who are nursing litters and neo-natal kittens with no mother who need to be bottle fed.
Comfort Zone homes provide an environment that’s less stressful and calmer for cats who do not handle the shelter environment well. Due to numerous factors, some cats entering the shelter environment can become depressed, fearful, and even aggressive. These cats enter a cycle of having issues due to the shelter and not being adopted due to the issues. A Comfort Zone Home provides the best quality of life and the best chance of finding a home.
Since we are a no-kill organization, sometimes our cats have illnesses/conditions that will lead to death, but their current quality of life is still good. Pawspice homes provide a loving home environment for the remainder of the cat’s time.
Litters of under-socialized kittens . . . . . 3-8 weeks
Pregnant cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 weeks
Nursing moms with litters . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 weeks
Underweight kittens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 weeks
Comfort Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30+ days
Bottle feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 weeks
Is fostering right for you? Click here for more information.
Questions? Email our cattery manager at amanda@odas.org.
