Hi there. I really want to be able to foster a cat, but I don't have a room in the house that could be safely designated as "a cat room". I'm quarantined with my parents right now (who are amenable to the temporary foster of a cat/kitten) and there's just a lot of clutter everywhere that I really can't control, in particular the garage and basement which are at this point just storage rooms.
The only place I can think of is our spare bathroom. It's not that big, 5x7 ft not including the bathtub, but we've already kept a litter box in there once, and the tile floor would be a blessing for cleanup and I can easily remove items from the room to make it safe. But wouldn't a scared cat want to burst free of such a small room? I have no idea how I would physically keep a cat from escaping said room, especially cats older than small kitten age.
If I do foster, and I do use the spare bathroom, should I refrain from using that bathroom? Or does would that actually fall under the realm of trying to socialize a cat? I remember reading that cats who use the litter box in front of you are showing you that they consider you family, but does that go both ways?
(I should note that I'm talking about cats that need to be socialized/acclimated; a housecat that is already socialized I would let roam my house freely.)
The only place I can think of is our spare bathroom. It's not that big, 5x7 ft not including the bathtub, but we've already kept a litter box in there once, and the tile floor would be a blessing for cleanup and I can easily remove items from the room to make it safe. But wouldn't a scared cat want to burst free of such a small room? I have no idea how I would physically keep a cat from escaping said room, especially cats older than small kitten age.
If I do foster, and I do use the spare bathroom, should I refrain from using that bathroom? Or does would that actually fall under the realm of trying to socialize a cat? I remember reading that cats who use the litter box in front of you are showing you that they consider you family, but does that go both ways?
(I should note that I'm talking about cats that need to be socialized/acclimated; a housecat that is already socialized I would let roam my house freely.)