by susan gottfried

Tails of a Foster Fur Mom: Nikki

Guest Blogger: Susan Gottfried “Little girl, where is your OFF switch?” It’s not a question I often ask my foster kittens. In fact, to be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever asked a kitten where its OFF switch is. Truly, … →

Adventures of a Foster Furmom: Constance and Claire

Guest Blogger: Susan Helene Gottfried The past few months have been a whirlwind over at Casa Foster Furmom’s. After we lost Pete, we raised Clarabelle and Pluto to adoption age. They found homes after a great kitten shower, and my … →

Foster Fur Mom: Losing Kittens

Guest Blogger: Susan Gottfried After two years of fostering, it happened this morning. I lost a kitten. Now, I’ve lost kittens before. They have an uncanny habit of running under beds or tucking themselves into spaces that I never knew … →

Tails of a Foster Fur Mom: Goodbye Geronimo!

Guest Blogger: Susan Gottfried We humans tend to mark our progress in life by firsts. I had a first today: the first time I cried as I returned a foster kitty so he could find his forever home.The cat, of … →

Tails of a Foster Fur Mom: Food Bowl Woes

Guest Blogger: Susan Gottfried The hard part of having multiple cats who are on multiple diets is keeping the proper noses in the proper food bowls. I had done this before, with my Devon Rex rescue cats. Chanterelle had been on … →

Adventures of a Foster Fur Mom: Part 3

Guest Blogger: Susan GottfriedThe e-mail went out a few weeks ago from Chris Whyle, the foster coordinator here at Animal Friends. A bunch of kitties could use a cage break. I eyed Zenji. He’d been here over two months and … →

How To Become a Foster (Fur)Parent in 10 Easy Steps

By Volunteer (and foster mom): Susan Gottfried   My journey into rescue began, really, in the spring of 1994. My sister, the vet, called me. She was still in vet school at the time and I was finishing up graduate school. … →