Kai happens to be one of the hardest cats we've had into foster care, Leonard did a great job...not only fostering Kai but advising the adoptive home on how to introduce him and work with his issues.
B
Brigitte Cowell
Kirembo Savannahs
www.kirembosavannahs.com
brigitte@...
Rescue Coordinator, Savannah Rescue
The Savannah Cat Club
www.savannahcatclub.com
lifeatthesharpend wrote:
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I have to say that it is rewarding to help out some of the cats when you can. Esp if you have an extra room. Here is a video of a cat that I had here in rescue about a year and a half ago. Here is the video of him:
Kai:
Kai was sent with an "aggression" problem. They only real problem with Kai is that he did not like to be with other cats. The video is of him at my place after about 2 weeks.
Leonard.
lifeatthesharpend productions
Spotted Love Savannahs
www.spottedlove.com
----- Original Message ----
From: Brigitte Cowell <brigitte@...>
To: Savannah Chatter <SavannahChatter@...>; Savannah Cat Pets <SavannahCatPets@...>; Savannah Kittens <savannahkittens@...>; Kittens Available <kittensavailable@...>; "SVCatClub@..." <SVCatClub@...>; SVBreedMentors@...; Savannah Breed Section <savannahbreedsection@...>; SVCC-Rescue@...
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:36:21 PM
Subject: [SVCatClub] Looking for fosters
Hi,
This is a task that Kristine and I have been meaning to get onto for
some time. We need more foster homes. We'd like to have a nice healthy
list across the US of people that could take in a cat or two if they had to.
We understand that many breeders worry about infection, and of course
they should be careful. But please consider being able to temporarily
being able to erect a great dane crate in the garage away from your
cats... even such a thing may be very useful to Rescue in the short
term. In those cases, it may only be a couple days, long enough to get
that kitty a health cert and onto a plane to a longer-term foster.
For the pet owners, fostering is a feel-good experience. The poor
kitties do not deserve the disruption to their lives, they do not
deserve to be discarded, they are scared and unsettled. Being able to
help them and see them find wonderful new homes where they will be
adored really is a wonderful feeling. And of course, if it should happen
that that kitty turns into your own pet then so be it. We do feel that
the foster should be able to adopt the cat if it works out that way.
In general, the cats we've had into Rescue have not arrived sick and
have not stayed in Rescue long at all. Savannah Rescue is fortunate
enough to have hundreds of folks on our email list that truly JUMP on
any available Savannah. The work is often in wading through the great
homes to find the most perfect one.
And lastly, we don't get a lot of Savannahs into Rescue. Indeed,
recently we've found that many of the breeders of the cats we are
contacted about have been ready, able and willing to take back their own
cats. It's been really pleasing to see this...even if it is the right
thing to do, we all know that not all breeders are created equal. Even
though we've been fortunate recently we DO need to have some foresight,
and having a list of people that would consider helping out if need be,
that would be great!
Please help Kristine and I reduce our stressload by volunteering to
consider being on our foster list. Having a list is a great start to
being able to deal successfully with an unexpected influx of cats.
There's no predicting when that may happen!
Please email one of us, brigitte@kirembosav annahs.com <mailto:brigitte%40kirembosavannahs.com> or
gattobello@cox. net <mailto:gattobello%40cox.net> , if you would consider being on our list.
Thank you!
Brigitte & Kristine
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Brigitte Cowell
Kirembo Savannahs
www.kirembosavannah s.com
brigitte@kirembosav annahs.com <mailto:brigitte%40kirembosavannahs.com>
Rescue Coordinator, Savannah Rescue
The Savannah Cat Club
www.savannahcatclub .com