We had a total of sixteen foster cats and kittens in 2019, and all the ones for adoption now have forever homes! That’s fifteen kitties who went from high-risk environments to loving homes. One of them, Misha, is what we call a “foster fail,” because she was adopted by us. But I think it doesn’t really count, because we didn’t actually adopt her – our cat did!
We have had the younger of our two cats, Jiro, for four years, since we rescued him from a feral life in our yard, trying to live on bread crusts at a year old. Since then he’s had to put up with our older cat, who really liked being an only cat. We had thought for some time that Jiro deserved to have a friend, a young cat who was not a big grump. So when the kittens were six months old, and we let them out of their room to join the rest of the family, he made the decision himself. “That one!” he said. “I want that one!” So Misha has stayed, and Jiro has his very own kitten.
