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Kittens Need a Warm Place to Stay Before Monday, Dec. 12 — Brooklynian

Kittens Need a Warm Place to Stay Before Monday, Dec. 12

anonymous
anonymous
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
We desperately need your help ...

We rescued three small kittens from the Prospect Heights area last night. They were cold, hungry, and scared. They are about 6 weeks in age. I'm glad that we found them before the snow - they are really lucky.

We are going to get them spayed/neutered on Saturday but need foster homes for them for a couple of weeks until we can find them permanent homes.

If you would be interested in taking one of these wonderful little creatures temporarily into your home please let me know as soon as possible. We will take care of any costs associated with feeding, litter, etc. and will find them a home. They just need some warm, safe place to stay until we can adopt them out. If you are leaving for the holiday, we will make arrangements to care for them in your absence.

Please consider housing one of these adorable little kittens temporarily in your home. If we do not have a home for them before Monday, December 12th then we will have to put them back where we found them.

Thank you, please respond as soon as possible if you are interested. I will try to post some photos this evening.

Comments

  • stacey
    stacey
    Please dont put them back!!! IF you cannot get foster homes isn't there somewhere (like Hope Vets) who will put them up until you get a permanent home for them? I would love to help but have two of my own at home. Good luck and keep us informed
  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: BARC

    BARC in Williamsburg is a no kill shelter that might take them.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    curious, where did you find them? (cross street?) i have been on the look out for the 3 stray kittens behind my apt. and have not seen them in soo long..

    let us know!

    also, if you register, people might be more able to help via private messages if they are able to take the kittens... this way they can send email or phone number without telling the WHOLE board. :wink:
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    Thanks for the info about registering. I will do that.

    The kittens were found on Prospect Place between Franklin and Classon.
  • sje
    sje
    Are they healthy or flearidden? I have three other animals to consider first, but if they're healthy, I can foster one of them, female please, for a while, say a month or 6 weeks. Don't worry about food, etc., I have plenty here.

    Also, PLEASE, OH PLEASE do not get them spayed at 6 weeks! That's too early! They are not even remotely fully developed, and it can cause pretty bad health problems later, like being unable to hold urine in. IF you do that now, I personally will not foster one. Otherwise IM me.
  • vanilla
    vanilla
    sje wrote:

    Also, PLEASE, OH PLEASE do not get them spayed at 6 weeks! That's too early! They are not even remotely fully developed, and it can cause pretty bad health problems later, like being unable to hold urine in. IF you do that now, I personally will not foster one. Otherwise IM me.
    good point sje! i missed that... "6weeks thing".. 3 months for males and 6 months for females, right?
  • sje
    sje
    Yeah, something like that.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    andrea wrote:
    The kittens were found on Prospect Place between Franklin and Classon.
    The cats are out of control on that block. I wonder what happened with the TNR deal...
  • stacey
    stacey
    vanilla wrote: good point sje! i missed that... "6weeks thing".. 3 months for males and 6 months for females, right?
    I have two males and we had to wait until they were six months.
  • sje
    sje
    Andrea, contact me if you need a foster for one of them. I'm super busy right now, do please get in touch ASAP.
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    My name is Adam,i live in Astoria andI am really looking for a new kitten and would love to take one off your hands. I rescued a kitten about 6 months ago and want to get her a friend.Please get with me as soon as you can . I am more than happy to provide a clean healthy happy home.Please call me @ 347-413-2686
    hope to hear from you soon
    Adam
  • laura b
    laura b
    stacey wrote: [quote=vanilla]good point sje! i missed that... "6weeks thing".. 3 months for males and 6 months for females, right?
    I have two males and we had to wait until they were six months.

    The rule of thumb for neutering feral/stray kitties is that they be at least 2 months old or 2 lbs. Vets will not do the surgery if they don't meet that standard (and in the case of these kittens, they did). It's not ideal, but it's sometimes the only alternative.
  • stacey
    stacey
    Laura B wrote: [quote=stacey][quote=vanilla]good point sje! i missed that... "6weeks thing".. 3 months for males and 6 months for females, right?
    I have two males and we had to wait until they were six months.

    The rule of thumb for neutering feral/stray kitties is that they be at least 2 months old or 2 lbs. Vets will not do the surgery if they don't meet that standard (and in the case of these kittens, they did). It's not ideal, but it's sometimes the only alternative.

    Thanks Laura :)
  • laura b
    laura b
    nybt wrote: [quote=andrea]
    The kittens were found on Prospect Place between Franklin and Classon.
    The cats are out of control on that block. I wonder what happened with the TNR deal...

    This was part of the "tnr deal." We trapped/neutered/released several cats from the s-shuttle station area over the weekend, and will be doing more on an ongoing basis. If the project continues successfully you should see fewer critters in that area over time.

    By the way, the kittens mentioned above have found foster homes and won't be going back to the street. They still need adoptive homes, however, so please consider adopting one or more...

    Thanks everybody for your concern and support!
  • oceanpoet
    oceanpoet
    Thanks for all of this information, Laura. I'd like to help out with these cats. I'm going to be mostly-unavailable this month, but maybe we can talk in January. That is, if you can use me...
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