FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED!!!
MOM DIAMOND AND HER FIVE KITTENS!!
Diamond (approximately a year old) was found outside and taken to a northern shelter where she gave birth to 5 kittens – Gingo, Loki, Beanie (all black), Bingo and Buttons (DSH tuxedos).
All are good with respectful kids, cats, and respectful dogs; they are friendly and playful.
Mom Diamond is a sweetheart who loves her people!!
Diamond & Her Five Kittens
GIZMO, OLIVE, SWEET PEA, KYLE & KENNY NOW HAVE FOSTER HOMES!!
The kittens who are about 9 weeks old were found living in a garage on a rural property after they and their mother had been dumped.
Gizmo is male – DMH, Olive is a female DMH, Sweet Pea is a DLH female. Kyle & Kenny are DSH males..
All kittens are grey / brown tabbies… playful, snuggly and good with adult cats.
They would fit in to any type of home and should be good with respectful children.
FOSTER HOME FOUND FOR MARIAH & MARLIE!!
These two 8 month old sisters will be joining the Abbey Cat program when they are brought down to the GTA from a shelter up north…
PATCH NOW HAS A FOSTER HOME!!
Patch had been spotted as a neighbourhood stray for years and was finally secured and taken to a vet.
During treatment, it was necessary to remove one of his badly damaged eyes.
He is currently in a local shelter, but the noise and clinical smells are upsetting and stressing him out.
Despite all he’s been through, Patch has not lashed out… he prefers to run and hide rather than confront.
We are hoping to get this lad into a quiet home where with love, time and patience he will gain confidence and thrive.
Could you be the one to help this charming boy shine as he gets ready to meet his forever family?
A CAGE IS NO PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY!!
Forcing newborn kittens and their mother to live in a cage in a crowded shelter is not only heartbreaking—it threatens their physical and emotional health.
That’s why Abbey Cat Adoptions makes it a priority to find foster homes for newborn kittens and their mothers who are living in shelters. Please consider fostering these vulnerable mothers and babies.
Mothers and newborn kittens are especially vulnerable in a shelter environment!
How To Help
Becoming a Foster Parent
Please read below about how to help by becoming a foster parent prior to filling out the Fostering form at the bottom of this page.
How Does Fostering Work?
So You Want to Help Cats and Kittens…
That's great! Fostering can be an extremely rewarding experience, and you can help us to save lives.
Before You Start
Before you start fostering, make sure that you understand the commitment.
Considerations:
- Is your household appropriate for young kittens?
- Is everyone you live with accepting of foster kittens?
- Does your schedule allow for kitten care?
- Depending on the age and health of the kittens, you may need to be available as often as every 2-3 hours.
- Does your schedule work better for older kittens? Adolescents? Adult cats?
- Do you have resident cats/ dogs/ children and how might they be involved?
- Do you have a space for them that is safe and easy to clean?
- Are you able to separate them from other animals?
If you've answered these questions and feel prepared to take on the responsibility of fostering that’s great!
Once you fill out the FOSTERING APPLICATION a foster coordinator will contact you to set up a Zoom call.
During the Zoom we will ask you to turn the camera around and let us see your space. Please don't clean up! We aren’t interested in your style or housekeeping but looking to help with cat proofing, to ensure the best fit with cats and help to highlight the best areas in the home for the cat, along with potential dangers.
Abbey Cats can't take cats in unless we have somewhere for them to go.
We try to do as much matchmaking in placing cats in your care as we do when adopting them.
On the zoom call we will discuss what types of cats/ kitten situations best suit you (Pregnant cats? Nursing mom and kittens? Weaned kittens? Adolescents? Adult?)
We will also talk about creating a safe space for your fosters.
Preparing for Fostering
There are several supplies you will need when fostering kittens. For a list of essential supplies, see our FOSTERING CHECKLIST.
You'll want to prepare a home base for your cat/ kittens. It's important that this home base be quarantined from other animals, safe and warm.
Your home base should be a small room with a door that closes, so they can be separated from other animals.
Make sure the area is kitten proof -- you'd be amazed what trouble kittens can get into. For instance, you want to make sure there is not a trash can or toilet they can fall into, a curtain they can climb, a toxic plant they can eat, a small space they can hide or get stuck in.
Getting Your Kittens Adopted
When your fosters are ready to be adopted, you will be asked to send in some good photos and a write up that tells a potential adopter about their personalities.
This is submitted via a Google form
Abbey Cats social media volunteers will post the bios.
Once applications come in, our Abbey Cats screeners will contact the potential adopter and ask them more questions. If it seems a good fit, you will be contacted to participate in a three way zoom call (Foster parent, Potential Adopter and Abbey Cats Adoption Facilitator).
Saying Goodbye
If everyone agrees that it is a good fit, the adoption will be finalized, paperwork submitted, and the adopter will make arrangements to pickup their new family member
Saying goodbye might be hard, but it is truly the best part of fostering, because it means you've opened your heart and your home and truly saved a life🐾💗
Adopters often keep in touch and update us as their cats/ kitten's adjust to their new lives. Receiving updates are wonderful because you can see the happy ever afters!
Second only to finding a permanent home for each and every cat in the program, fostering is one of the most important aspects of Abbey Cat Adoptions. We do not have a shelter and rely exclusively on volunteer foster homes to care for our cats while they await placement in permanent homes. Every time a new foster place is created through adoption or the recruitment of a new volunteer foster parent, a cat or kitten can be rescued from being euthanized or dying of exposure.
From special needs cats who need to spend a few months with experienced cat owners to healthy well socialized cats who just need an emergency stopover while their adoption is being arranged, ACA needs foster homes for every imaginable situation.
We try to place cats in foster homes most appropriate for their age, temperament and circumstances so we ask that all potential foster parents fill out a questionnaire.
***Please note that Abbey Cats does NOT do foster-to-adopt with the cats in our program***
If you are thinking of adopting your foster cat, please visit the adoption page to fill out an online application HERE.
Apply to Foster
Thank you for considering becoming a Foster Parent for Abbey Cats! The best way to submit your application is by filling out our Google Form online