well give them a big kiss from me :0) elizabeth In a message dated 11/27/2006 9:01:47 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My fosters sleep with me at night (well, the ones who want to do). :) On 11/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) <[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: I am so glad to hear you say this. It makes me so sad to think of kitties having to live in cages for years. It's a terrible way to live...and they never really get any social interaction. A temp. quarantine due to illness is quite different from living that way indefinitely. What you describe sounds ideal. elizabeth In a message dated 11/27/2006 12:49:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: What you described is not the way all rescues operate. Many use foster homes and have the cats in a normal cage-free home environment. That's how I do things. Once cats have been tested for FeLV and vaccinnated (and defleaed and dewormed) they are integrated into the foster home and sleep on beds, rampage through the house, and do all the normal things cats do. We have adopters, after they have been screened and approved, come to the foster home to meet the cat. We also really try to keep numbers marginally sane so no one is stressed too badly; basically to keep a healthy environment. I have ONE kitten in a big condo cage at my house right now. She's a little stray, maybe 4 months old, who I had been seeing around for the past few weeks. Trapped her Saturday night, vaccinated Sunday. She'll stay in the condo cage and foyer for a 14 day quarantine and then she'll join the others in the house. That's about the only use I have for cages.
