'How could I say no?': Serial foster pawrent vows to take a break, but then springs into action when neighbors need her to rescue 3 more kitties

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  • "We'll take a foster break" I said as neighbors biked to my house to request transfer of delivery
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  • Had just come off a 7 month foster run with an ex-outdoor senior who showed up newly TNR'd and injured in
  • my neighborhood when someone who saw me trapping cats for TNR biked to my house and left a note with my parents about a mom and kittens under their shed.
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  • Picked them up, got a rescue sponsor, and then picked up mom's littermate sister too. Now we've got four foster cats... for the last 7 months. Again.
  • This time, we'll really take a break when they go home!
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  • Mom and her sister were thought to be the same cat by neighbors. It was after I picked mom up that they asked if I put her
  • back because they saw her again... nope. Both were 5 lbs when we trapped them, so I'm assuming first litter. Neighbors had
  • been feeding and had a heated house out, but the "cat" never approached, so they thought "she" belonged to someone
  • and had her needs filled elsewhere. They did see "her" as a kitten outside. They were all untouched by people before now,
  • though they showed promise, so it's been a longer road to adoption. They're ex- ferals for sure in how they relate to people versus other cats.
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  • Mother Cinnabon (tabby tort), sister Nutmeg (brown tabby green eyes), and sister-brother kittens Journey (gray tabby)
  • and Trixter (brown tabby orange eyes) all looking for homes in PA/MD/NJ area (depending on what you're up to drive...
  • lol). Hoping my girl will let me move everyone to the larger converted garage for more play space,
  • which will then simply have 5-6 cats in it. She won't be thrilled, but if they're here for a long haul, it'll be better.
  • TNR your neighborhood cats y'all →
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  • iwasjustkidding1969 They sure are cute 66 Hope they find permanent homes soon!
  • Kitsunejade OP Thank you! My parents probably want to k l me because the TNR cats take so much longer to adopt out, and it's hard having this many (we
  • have four of our own and two don't accept new cats so we have a permanent separation system in place), but they're all very young. It's
  • difficult to stand by when you know you can intervene and change their entire life course and hopefully their
  • ultimate outcome. They deserve a chance at life beyond the circumstance they were born into, I think. Safe and warm.
  • Internal Green 3833 I was also taking a foster break. A week later the shelter called and how could I say no? There are 5 babies. I will take a break after this.
  • Kitsunejade OP Always someone in need. I started working at the shelter and took an ex- hoarder cat to socialize my first week or so. Then. mom & five babies. Then
  • two medically complex orphans. Then a Sphynx with food allergies. Then a cat with FIC. Then a hospice guinea pig. Then a would-be hospice kitten who needed
  • thousands in specialty surgery and cardiology that I paid out of pocket. (And a healthy kitten to be her temporary sibling.) Then a mom and
  • baby. Then a cat with food allergies, so I adopted him, paid for him to see cardiology and change foods, and
  • rehomed. And three TNR kittens at the same time. And a fospice kitten with adisease, who I adopted and took to neurology to find there was nothing to be done, which
  • overlapped with the food allergy but not the other kittens. Then the ex-outdoor FIV+ senior with ambiguous issues, skin issues, teeth issues, scars, who I brought in myself and adopted out.
  • Now these four. I did some overnights and transports in between, and another guinea pig, but it's been four years of that pretty much nonstop!
  • BotGirlFall Their little faces! I dont blame you for taking them in

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