I was wondering what you were feeding them in that picture of the day! As far as I know, eggs and milk are both not good for cats.
From what I know of it, fostering animals isn't much different from fostering human children, definition-wise. It means someone will take animals into their home on a short-term basis, so they don't have to be kept in cages at the shelter while they're waiting to be adopted.
We looked up the information online--according to the internets, WHICH NEVER LIE, this was a good formula if you needed something on the fly. Supposedly milk is bad in that it doesn't actually have enough nutrients to sustain them, as apparently some assume. I didn't see anything about eggs. And, sadly, we did not have plain yogurt, which is what my friend suggested. *shrug* We only had them for one night, and by now I'm sure they're on a much better diet, so hopefully they won't be too scarred for life by it... And anyway, we figure, even if this wasn't the best meal for them, it had to be better than digging through garbage and eating insects, right?
Very true...I don't think there's too much you can do to them in one night that would scar them for life. I've never heard of giving plain yogurt to cats either. (I'm certainly not claiming to be an expert here...)
That's pretty much exactly what fostering is. The HS will foster out (dogs at least) for about a month in order to sort of bring a little life back into the animals when they come back for adoption. It isn't that they have a horrible life at the HS, it is actually a really, really nice facility, but it is a little depressing not being able to interact with permanent people and for more than a minute at a time.
Jenny and I really want to foster but we fear the attachment we would develop. I didn't think it would be that hard but after having Clementine for a month I realized that it would be. Though I suppose it might be easier if you go into it knowing that it is only a temporary thing.
I thought the same thing about these websites when J and I were looking for doggies to adopt. I mean, they are truly hideous and look like they belong on Geocities (are they even still around?). If you're serious about it then let me know, I have a few resources at my disposal.
I've totally thought the same thing, actually ... except leaning more to giving print overhauls, too. I think of one prison ministry in particular that sends me mail ... their letters are the equivalent of those Geocities-esque party-like-it's-1998 pages. I've been meaning to write to them, bill myself as a DR&PW type, and offer my services in exchange for a nice tax write-off. ;)
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From what I know of it, fostering animals isn't much different from fostering human children, definition-wise. It means someone will take animals into their home on a short-term basis, so they don't have to be kept in cages at the shelter while they're waiting to be adopted.
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heh.
As for the rest...
Very true...I don't think there's too much you can do to them in one night that would scar them for life. I've never heard of giving plain yogurt to cats either. (I'm certainly not claiming to be an expert here...)
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Jenny and I really want to foster but we fear the attachment we would develop. I didn't think it would be that hard but after having Clementine for a month I realized that it would be. Though I suppose it might be easier if you go into it knowing that it is only a temporary thing.
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I...Irene is that you?
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--Dorothea
Although I suppose I have been leveling up in Ranger this year.
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Let me know what you come up with ...
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Also, charity-like non-profits are not the only ones to suffer. I have noticed that many churches have some hideous websites as well.
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