Psst! Spread the word

My name is Victoria

Hi everyone.  This is my foster mom's blog, but she is busy taking care of me and my siblings plus a bunch of other kittens so I am hijacking her blog to send a message to all the feral kittens like me that are still running and hiding outside.  And my message is this - STOP hiding.  Let someone catch you and bring you to a foster mom.  Trust me.

Don't get me wrong, I was very afraid when my brothers and sisters and I were caught and we ended up with our foster mom. In fact, every time she came in the cage she put us in, I tried to bite her.  When she fed us with a syringe because we were too young to eat on her own, I tried to bite her and when I was scared and she comforted me, I tried to bite her.  But the funny thing was that she just did not give up.  She would just tell me it was ok, and that we were safe.

And day after day, she brought us food and water and clean blankets to sleep on.  If we were cold she would bring us a heating disk to keep us warm.  If we cried she would come to comfort us, even if we hissed at her when she tried.  We always had full bellies and a safe warm place to sleep and play.  The only downside was that our foster mom kept trying to pet us and pick us up.

Sydney when he was sick

Sydney cuddling with our foster mom

Then my brother Sidney got very sick and my sister Adelaide and I were afraid that he would not make it.  But our foster mom took him to something called a vet and got lots of medicines for him.  She sat with him and cuddled him and did not even get mad when he pooped on her! 

She fed him when he was too weak to eat and stayed up with him at night when he was scared and lonely.  Thankfully Sidney is feeling better every day. 

At first I thought Sidney was crazy because he wants to sit with our foster mom all the time.  He cries until she comes to get him and then purrs whenever she is near him.  And now Adelaide started cuddling with her too!  I held out for a while but could not resist and eventually I climbed up on the bed to try the cuddling and it was pretty great.

Adelaide

Yes, I am still sometimes scared and hide a lot, but my foster mom does not seem to mind and tells people I just need more time to learn to trust since I am not quite as brave as my siblings.  But all and all, life is pretty good when you have a foster mom who loves you and gives you what you need to survive and all the love you can ask for whenever you want it.

So to any feral kittens like me still living out in the world all on your own, if someone is trying to catch you and you hear them talk about a "foster home".  Let yourself to get caught.  You will not regret it.

Bye for now.  >^..^<