I need a little help. (working/volunteer related)

[catmandu]

I think that you would readily be accepted as a Volunteer as they can use all the Help that they can get.
As for witnessing Birth,I am not sure as Mother Ctas usually wait until they are alone before they have Kittens.
A Pre Caution they ahve in the Wild where Predators abound.
A Feral Mother will have have Kittens when people are present,if they can help it.

[QueenScoopalot]

I agree that shelters are always in dire need of help! What about offering to foster a pregnant cat? Moms to be always do much better in a quiet place, rather than a shelter environment where they are under stress, and exposed to different kitty colds. But even if you go that route, it is no guarantee you'll see anything, as many cats deliver during the dead of night. Here's a link to a cat I rescued several years ago that delivered kittens...sorry it's not live action, but it does give you the idea.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...ighlight=Holly
There are far too many kittens in the world than there are homes for them, and as many of us know MILLIONS get killed because of that fact. I too hope you have spayed your pets, and consider fostering and volunteering at a shelter. They are always in need and would no doubt love to have you helping!

[Sevaede]

I agree that shelters are always in dire need of help! What about offering to foster a pregnant cat? Moms to be always do much better in a quiet place, rather than a shelter environment where they are under stress, and exposed to different kitty colds. But even if you go that route, it is no guarantee you'll see anything, as many cats deliver during the dead of night. Here's a link to a cat I rescued several years ago that delivered kittens...sorry it's not live action, but it does give you the idea.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...ighlight=Holly
There are far too many kittens in the world than there are homes for them, and as many of us know MILLIONS get killed because of that fact. I too hope you have spayed your pets, and consider fostering and volunteering at a shelter. They are always in need and would no doubt love to have you helping!

Awww! Thank you so much for sharing that! Heh, I don't sleep much (just can't. I am much more a night person.) so I was hoping that would be one up for me. =P

Isis is getting her shots soon and then she will be spayed. We were already planning Soni's neuter before Isis got pregnant. When we discovered that she was, we hurried up the process a little bit. Imagine how long it took before he talked to us again!

[Sevaede]

I think that you would readily be accepted as a Volunteer as they can use all the Help that they can get.
As for witnessing Birth,I am not sure as Mother Ctas usually wait until they are alone before they have Kittens.
A Pre Caution they ahve in the Wild where Predators abound.
A Feral Mother will have have Kittens when people are present,if they can help it.

Hmm, so maybe I should volunteer at some of these places before I go applying to paying jobs? That would help experience-wise.

Yeah, I was pretty wary about my ability to watch Isis have hers (she would have had them March 23rd, by the way) until my mother told me not to worry because I am super close with Isis. And by super close I mean the only person she will even let hold her or touch her while they are awake (sleeping people are a different story).

My husbands parents have five outside cats and there are a couple of others that have just wandered up in the past couple of days. There are only two females in the whole bunch (there were a bunch more cats but something keeps getting them). Both of them are pregnant, now there is Mama Cat and Rasputin. Rasputin is a first timer who is not much younger than Isis so I am not too sure about her mothering abilities however I hope that Mama Cat will protect her babies from the predators that are getting all of them. =( It IS going to be snake season around here, soon, and they are both due any time now.