I am a Foster Failure

[kirstenb1]

You are not a failure,

Your buttons hero

Agree!!

 

[MrsDuck]

Yay Buttons!! He's perfect. Thanks for rescuing such a sweet baby!

 

[Disneefun]

You're in good company. The woman who fostered our current dog "failed" on her next foster. He was 10 years old and big and no one wanted him due to age and size. But he was so sweet and funny. Rather than let him go, she kept him so he could live out his senior years with care and comfort.

If that's failure, then I'd like to be a failure, too, and hang out with other awesome failures.

 

[disney1990]

You brought tears to my eyes as I read your posting. Thank you for adopting this sweet kitty.

 

[skylizard]

What a sweet little guy! He's lucky to have you!

 

[LBIJim]

The purpose of fostering is to care for the cat until a permanent home can be found. Well, the cat found a great home! I call that an awesome success story!

Not a fostering situation, but we were suppose to get a kitten from a litter right before Labor Day. At the last minute, the daughter of the woman giving them away just couldn't bear to part with "our" kitten. So we went to the shelter instead and somehow ended up with two new kittys.

 

[Deb in IA]

Tara, that is a wonderful story.


Buttons now has a forever home, and you are not a failure.

 

[pryncess527]

I'm a Foster Failure too! Foster Failures are the absolute best ways to "fail"!

Congrats to both you and Buttons

 

[Mokat76]

I'm glad you failed. Buttons is REALLY glad you failed. I'm a sucker for a love story. <3

 

[Pugsley]

That's wonderful that you're keeping him! I recently adopted a kitten who was being fostered. The kitty's mother had died and so the woman who fostered him had to bottle feed him. I can't imagine in my wildest dreams being able to bottle raise a kitten (especially one as precious as this one) and then let him go. Thank goodness there are people who can do it though. I'm so grateful to her though because he's the sweetest cat I've ever had and is very people oriented because of the care he received from her. Shortly after we got him we found out he has cataracts and I was really worried about him going blind, but I figured that indoor cats that are blind could do just fine. Luckily I took him to the kitty opthalmologist and she said they probably won't get any worse. But if they did and he needed surgery, we'd get him the surgery. Anyway, I need to contact that foster mother and thank her for taking care of my baby. And let her know that she found him the right home because he couldn't be any more loved or spoiled than he is with us!

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Wait, you got a cat to jump in the shower VOLUNTARILY?????


Yeah, he's not going anywhere

 

[Handbag Lady]

I don't know you but I love you.

Both of my cats were rescues. My first one was fostered and she was the love of my life. She had a fine five years of being spoiled both by her foster and then by me. Kidney failure took her life but she was SPOILED ROTTEN by me. I understand the trials and tribulations of a special-needs kitty. And the vet bills.

Our second kitty, I just can't imagine life without her.

 

[mom2rtk]

I can see a real need for someone who can successfully foster, then let the pets move on to another home, allowing you to foster more.

I can see a greater need for Buttons to have a loving forever home.

Sounds like things turned out just as they were supposed to.

 

[kamik86]

Wait, you got a cat to jump in the shower VOLUNTARILY?????


Yeah, he's not going anywhere

Lol it happens... my kitty (the one that is no longer with us) did this once. he wasn't that afraid of water anyway and the way the water was spraying the part he was in seemed pretty dry. He did run pretty quick when I moved and he got sprayed in the face a bit though (only time he minded water)

As a kitten he once was on our enclosed porch and could see us in the living room. Well he wanted to get to us. (This was during the intro period where the two cats weren't allowed in the same space without being watched). So he was clinging to the screen in the window... my husband sprayed him trying to get him to jump down but he was not afraid of the water. I decided if he was that determined to get to us that I should go see him and his fur was soaked and he still didn't seem to mind. So we got a towel and wrapped him in it and cuddled... Such an awesome kitty.

He also couldn't have one of those water bubblers that look like water coolers and give multiple days of water. He would see the little nub at the bottom and want to catch it, putting his arms in the water, splashing all over, sometimes even dumping the entire thing OVER! we had to get normal bowls that were weighted so he couldn't flip them. Now that its just the girls they have one of these though. They like it much more then he did.

 

[ilovepcot]

Soooo wonderful to hear what a "failure" you are!

 

[lakelandgal70]

Congrats! I have failed numerous times.