Recent Content by cicadidae

Hello, I have a foster kitty with many behavioral issues. She came to me with self grooming issues and was frightened and distrustful. Initially I kept her in my office because she fought with my own cats and clearly needed a peaceful place to relax. When it was clear that she was not getting...

First, I apologise for the title. We were told that unless socialized in foster care, most cats like this are euthanized. Keeping Lily as a forever kitty would be difficult as that would make 4 cats together in a very small house. Our hope is to help her learn trust to the point where she...

I am a retired therapist. My last employment was working with foster kids. I am reminding myself of those naive foster parents who thought that opening their homes to a little orphan would result in the child being happy and peaceful...and grateful. This cat is like those kids...totally...

We are new fosters. Our agency recently placed Lily into our home. We are told that Lily is a difficult to adopt cat because of her extreme fearfulness and because she self groomed in the shelter to the point of being almost bald from her shoulders back. Very little else is known about Lily...