More than 80 cats in care of Greensborough Cat Protection Society, 80 with foster carers
Greensborough’s Cat Protection Society found loving families for all their homeless kittens before Christmas — but now it’s swamped again, and desperate to find homes for more than 160 moggies.
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The Cat Protection Society found loving homes for all of its kittens in time for Christmas but the Greensborough shelter now has 80 cats in its care.
And 80 kittens and cats are in foster care awaiting permanent adoption.
The society said 42 furry friends found their fur-ever home in December, after spending time in foster care.
Greensborough’s CPSV shelter manager Lisa Aguis said more and more cats were being adopted each year.
“It’s a great result that all cats who were in foster care have been adopted,” Ms Aguis said.
Cats are put in foster care when they’re born and are susceptible to catching diseases, as they can’t be vaccinated until they are six weeks old.
“The foster care program is vitally important,” Ms Aguis said
Of the 42 cats that were adopted before Christmas, only two kittens were returned to the shelter.
“The most common reason kittens get returned is the family will have an older cat at home who didn’t like the kitten,” Ms Aguis said.
The shelter currently has 160 cats and kittens awaiting a better, more stable life.
Since September 19 last year, 126 kittens have spent time in foster care.
Ms Aguis urged cat owners to get them desexed because a lot of shelters are at capacity.
“If people bring their kittens in and they have the mother, bring her in too and we can desex her for free to stop the ‘bandaid’ approach.” Ms Aguis said.
The adoption turnover rate for kittens was two to three days.
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Karen Hughes adopted two kittens on December 18, Misty and Mittens, after their family cat, Snowy, was attacked by a snake.
“They were so comfortable, within half an hour you’d think the cats were born there,” she said.
The Cat Protection Society has a network of 30 foster carers who prepare the felines to be adopted to their forever homes, but only a few who are able to provide neonatal care.
This means bottle feeding the kittens who have no mothers, every two hours.