We captured this little girl in front of our home under one of our cars on Sunday and were taking care of her as best we could. We started calling her Cynder since she had those little orange spots. We took her to the vet on Monday where she got dewormed but she was just so little (353 grams at approx. 6 weeks) they couldn't do anything about her fleas and told us to give her a bath. We did and they took a stool sample to see if she needed another dewormer.

Yesterday we left to get her additional dewormer immediately after they called to tell us and we came back home with a bed and more food bowls to find her unable to stand, cold and barely breathing. We rushed her to the emergency vet where they told us she was extremely dehydrated to the point they couldnt find a vein for ivs and malnourished and when we told them about the worms they said that essentially the worms had just been sucking the life out of her. So we had to make the decision to put her down so she wouldn't suffer any longer.

This is the first time we've ever had a kitten pass and I'm just so haunted by thinking if there was anything I could've done to stop it. At the first vet visit they advised we add kitten milk to her wet food to help her bulk up which we did but she didn't seem to gain anything.

I picked up Koa and Khloe from the shelter a few days ago. They were a little shy and underweight, but so so cute.

They tested positive for feline panleukopenia today and the shelter decided it would be best to humanely euthanize them. The only symptom I noticed they had was decreased appetite. The shelter gave me cleaning instructions and I’m unable to foster for 6 months. I’m so sad for these sweet babies and I just wanted to share their picture.

Picture for cat tax! I just got in this single kitten and realized I have yet to foster a single kitten this young before. Does anyone have any tips? She's eating well, the only problem I'm seeing is she hasn't quite figured out the litterbox, which I expected, and every time I feed her she'll eat for about a minute, then wander around crying until I hold her for a few minutes then eat again when I put her back.

Again, just making sure that I am not missing something big as far as having a single vs a whole litter.

Edit for Update:

As I talking to people I got an email from the shelter about another single and it looks like she's going to get a friend!! Hopefully that will help her be less lonely. I also ordered a warming stuffie with a heartbeat and some non-clumping litter.

She's getting her second round of shots tomorrow. She loves her hippo siblings. She's definitely found her forever home.

Hi! I have a foster kitten that has an adoption inquiry and my shelter allows me to have the final say on if the potential adopter will be a good match.

Someone reached out and is asking if the fact they work from home will compensate for her being a solo.

I know it is recommended for kittens to be in pairs so I am reluctant to say yes to her, but has anyone had experience with WFH and solo kitten dynamics?

Naria is about 9-10 weeks old and such a little sweetheart, and I’ve noticed that while she will play with her foster sister, she will sometimes get irritated with her and go off and sleep in her own area. She will sleep on the foot of my bed, but also isn’t a Velcro kitty and is on the softer side with her personality.

Based on their behavior, I don’t consider them to be a bonded pair and her foster sister will be going to a home with another active cat this weekend.

Let me know your experience, thanks!

Has anyone else experienced a kitten not liking wet food or churu? He's around 8 weeks old and the other kittens in his litter are crazy for wet food and churu. He refuses to eat it and even does the cover up like its poop when presented with it. He does love dry kitten food and eats a lot of that, but i've never experienced a cat or kitten turn down wet food or especially a churu?

I have six, 7 week old kittens. They've been great, I've had them from 1 week old. They went into the clinic to get snipped a week ago, ever since then 2 of them throw up every afternoon/evening. They have been into the clinic, they did stool samples, blood panel and everything came back good. They checked their incisions, checked for hernias. They gave the two that throw up a nausea shot, but they still threw up that evening!!

They had diarrhea too, but they put them on science diet ID and prebiotic and that cleared up.

They act perfectly fine, running around playing and still gaining weight (slowly).

Has anyone dealt with this? The clinic told me to wait 5 days to see how they do, but that means I'm cleaning up puke every evening. (They each puke 3x each)

I have been fostering for 3 days. I'm in college living in apartments. I thought I wouldn't get too attached but I have fallen in love with this dog. He is a puppy and has separation anxiety and due to that he's been rather destructive at times, like tearing up the blinds in the spare bedroom when I left. He's my best friend and helps me feel a feeling of connection with another dog that I lost a decade ago and haven't been able to find in another dog since- other than this stray I picked up that turned out to have an owner so we returned him.

His destruction has led one of my roommates to want to return him asap. I also have to go back home this weekend and next weekend and my family isn't letting me take him with me. At home I already have 3 dogs and 2 of them are troublemakers, and at my apartment I find it hard to take care of him for a few reasons- because he gets into stuff and chews, I have a hard time finding the energy to take him out on walks and I don't wake up easily. The reason that I'm gonn hace to return him is his seperation anxiety and destructive behavior especially when he's left alone/ I leave the house.

The idea of returning him especially now that we're so attached to each other breaks my heart. I can't stop crying and I don't want to let him go. How do I return him to the shelter (spca so he won't get euthd for time/space) when he looks at me like I've hung the moon? I want to keep him but its not practical and I'm absolutely heartbroken.

I need help, I need tips or advice or comfort or something because I'm not strong enough to do this (return him) on my own.

I love you Goose.

For me it is solid poop. Nothing makes me happier than a perfect little solid turd.

Hello - we have a senior cat who we did foster to adopt through a rescue. Before we got him, he was with the rescue owner as a foster for several months trying to get healthy. He is an absolute gem of a cat and I know she liked him a lot.

Since we got him in April 2025, he has continued to have health issues. It took us a while to figure it out, but we now know he has intestinal small cell lymphoma and FIV, with a prognosis of 1-3 years. He is responding well to chemo and has a good quality of life at the moment, but it is terminal.

If you were the former foster, would you want to know before he passes, so that you can come say goodbye while he is still doing well? Or would you just want an update when he passes, or once it seems like he is starting to decline? I occasionally send her pictures of him on Instagram, which she seems to enjoy.

Thanks for your advice ❤️

I picked up my newest foster case earlier this week, she’s 10 weeks old and needs to gain weight in order to get her surgery. One of her eyes is already past saving and will need to be removed, however, the shelter said in the next week the other one will most likely deteriorate as well and it will be a bilateral.

How can I best support her post op? This is the first case out of several I have taken where a surgery besides the typical spay/neuter is involved and I honestly don’t know what to expect, but I want to make her as comfortable as possible.

This case has been more difficult for me than the others as it makes me so sad that she is so young, affectionate, and playful, though I know this procedure will drastically improve her quality of life. I just want to know that she will still be able to live a fulfilling kitten life full of play and affection.

All advice welcome, all positive stories of those who’ve had kittens continue to be playful, chaotic, and affectionate are even more so :)

I start to raise a kitten. But this is my first time.

Please give me some advice, what things I should prepare for my kitten?

Thank you so much!

Hi everyone,

I currently am fostering a mama and kitten family. This is my second time fostering ever, and my first time was with weaned and litter box trained kittens.

The kittens are a month old (born four weeks and a few days ago), but have not started to use the litter box I set out for them. Their current situation is a mesh playpen that is open to a full room. There is a litter box, dry kibble, and mamas wet food in the playpen, and some litter boxes, water, and dry kibble outside the playpen. The litter box in the playpen is low sided. They have walked in the litter box, played in it, and even eaten the litter (non-clumping), but have not used it to go potty. I have not seen any poop accidents in or out of the playpen as well. Mama is super attentive to her kittens and will groom and stimulate them still. Should I be worried that they haven’t started using the litter box yet? If not, at what point should I be worried? They also have not shown interest in mamas food yet if that is important information, just the occasional sniff or stare.

I apologize if I seem worried over nothing, I just want to do right by them!