Kitten Foster Pro-Tips
Tips for anyone
Short on fosters? Rotate them! Let your bottle baby pros focus on those, then pass them over to new or less experienced fosters once they are weaned.
- Check out the recruiting fosters chapter in the kitten foster toolkit.
Want to start a finder-foster program? Stock your intake area with kitten care kits, so you can send finders home with all the supplies to get started.
- Use this great infographic to help your community know what to do when they find sick or healthy kittens outside.
Having a kitten shower to bring in supplies? Use the event to recruit fosters, talk with current fosters about challenges and wins.
- Check out the recruiting fosters chapter in the kitten foster toolkit.
Beginner Tips
You don’t need an established program to start fostering neonatal kittens. Grab the resources you need and start small.
- These kitten minute videos walk through everything from making formula to making gruel.
Smaller, volunteer-run organization? Don’t let vaccine schedules be a deterrent!
- Check out this chapter from the kitten foster playbook on how to schedule vaccines.
Just getting started? Worried about the amount of medical preventatives needed?
- View this basic schedule for vaccines and dewormer.
Advanced Tips
Been at this awhile? It’s never too late to revisit your protocols.
- Check out this great spotlight that highlights re-examining medical protocols with a few of the most-knowledgeable people in the field.
Is your programming growing and growing? Manage your foster roster through regular engagement and set up easy protocols to grant them more independence in troubleshooting challenges.
- Check out the Utah foster care manual medical and emergency protocols section to see common issues that fosters can monitor on their own.