05/13/2025
If you find kittens on your property, please consider fostering them. I will arrange to get them trapped and set you up for a successful experience. If momma is in the picture, I will arrange to have her spayed. Your fostering may be the only way these babies will be spared from a feral life. Bravo to all those, past and present, who’ve asked me for help and who’ve stepped up to foster when I’ve asked. Saving a kitten may not change the world, but it will change the world for that kitten.
Do you want to adopt kittens?
I can’t believe the number of times I’ve heard “I want to adopt a kitten, but I can’t find any!” It makes me wonder, why do I – and every rescuer I know – have no problem finding kittens, yet so many people can’t find any?
Let’s redefine “can’t find any” to “can’t find any cute, friendly, tiny, already spay/neutered/adorable kittens to adopt”. Change it to “I’m willing to foster a litter of kittens to help find them homes, and then be able to adopt the one (or pair) of my choice – after they’ve been spay/neutered of course!” and you just might get that kitten you’ve been dreaming about.
There are just not enough independent rescuers out trapping/fostering cats and kittens to find homes for them all. But there are many trappers who would be willing to help trap a mom and litter for YOU to foster – the trapping takes time, but it’s the fostering that ties up space for 2-3 months, until mom and babies can be altered and placed in homes. These rescuers do not have the space in their homes to hold more than a litter or two – and so, those kittens must be TNR’d and continue to live wild. Open your heart and your home to being part of the solution – the cat you help save just might be your own! Mom's may be feral/semi-feral - we can walk you through the process. And who knows - you may fall in love with mom and keep her instead - or too!
PS – be wary of people posting online "kittens for sale". Still too many people allow their pet cats to breed, and then simply sell the babies when they are weaned – often for more than you’d pay to adopt from a shelter. Are you buying a pretty long haired Siamese online? Someone I met paid $400 for one with nothing done – not altered, vaccinated, wormed… and that kitten turned out to be leukemia positive. Don’t help these “kitten mills” keep going. Reputable shelters and rescuers may ask an adoption fee, but that is to help cover costs of spay/neuter, vaccinations, worm/flea meds, food and litter, and any extras – like medications to clear up URI, etc. Please – consider carefully before you “buy”. Rescue instead – and if you are in the Snohomish County area, want to foster – email us at [email protected] Every week we receive 1,2 or more requests with “Help, there are kittens in my backyard”. We can walk you through how to do what every rescuer does – save them.
