Become an RCR Angel by Long Term Fostering

What is Long Term Fostering?

With us, long term fostering means that the cat or cats remain our ultimate responsibility whilst living with the fosterer as their own cat, with support from us. The only financial cost to a foster home is food and litter.

This means that not only are we on hand for advice but we also pay for medication, veterinary care and even flea and worming treatments as well as their regular vaccinations and health checks.

As one of our long term fosterers you will offer a safe and caring home - often indoor only - and give love and kindness to the cats in your care.

Our foster carers are special people, important to running our charity and we appreciate all they do.

Which Cats Are Available to Foster?

We offer certain cats to long term foster homes for a variety of reasons.

• They may have an illness such as diabetes or cancer in remission, or they may have FIV.
• They may have a disability caused by a birth defect or an accident, or they may be blind.
• They may of course simply be elderly - needing a home due to the death of a previous owner or because their owner has replaced them with a younger cat (yes, this does happen!)
• The other types of cat we offer for long term fostering, for reasons of cruelty or neglect, or a previous life without human interaction, are rather cautious or have contact issues.

These cats present slight challenges but ultimately offer a huge sense of achievement and reward to the fosterer.

Seeing a timid or traumatised cat become less fearful because of your care and the safety you have given, far outweighs the challenges.

In the case of cats with illness - they just need kindness and care in the same way as any other but with regular medication.

Cats with FIV need indoor only homes, to protect their weaker immune system and to prevent the spread of it via serious bite wounds. you can read more about FIV here.

Disabled cats just need the protection of kind and caring owners, but are often overlooked in favour of more "perfect" cats.

Elderly cats are simply that. They have often given a lifetime of companionship and comfort only to find that in the autumn of their life, nobody wants them.

You will receive an RCR Angel Pack which contains important information about your foster cat, vaccination dates, medication and of course all of our contact details. 

How to Become a Fosterer

We believe that every cat deserves the chance to be safe and to be loved, so we would like to hear from like-minded people interested in becoming one of our RCR Angels.

If that sounds like you, please contact us on 01580 241632. You can also email us at enquiries.rolvendencats@yahoo.com

CATS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR FOSTERING

Name:  Pedro

*** HOME OFFERED ***

Age: 2 years  Gender:  Male   Breed: DSH

About

Pedro is a darling black and white boy.

He was rescued from a harsh, homeless life on the streets before coming into our care.

We have discovered that Pedro is FIV positive, so he is available to foster on a permanent basis, and he will need an indoor only home. He is a healthy boy, and hopefully with good care he will remain so for years to come. You can read about FIV and the importance of neutering here.

He is friendly and gentle and he also mixes well with other cats. He  is suitable for a variety of kind and loving homes.

If you would like to offer lovely Pedro the real home he is waiting for, please contact Ruth on 01580 241632.