Here's a link to the update regarding what's going on with my fosters: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...threadid=34638
With this eye condition, I feel its going to be very hard finding homes for these sweeties. I've put posters up at work, told everyone I know that may have room in their hearts for a kitten, given a poster to someone I met that does rescue. Everything I know how to do, outside of setting up a cage at work. (If I do that, I have no control over who would get a kitten...ie: can't control it being declawed, outdoor, taunted by children, etc.)
My vet said they will require a major surgery to get their eyes to where they'll be healthy again, but not until they are older. I have to be honest with people, but who is going to be willing to adopt a kitten, give it "artificial tears" twice a day, pay for that surgery when its time AND adhere to my adoption policy? I feel like I'm asking so much of people.
Its crossed my mind to keep one of the kittens, which would help the odds of my finding them good homes. Timothy isn't as bad and may not even need the surgery, so that narrows it down to two who'd need really good homes.
But...and its a big one. I don't want this to effect my cats. As it is, I feel terrible if I'm too tired to play with our cats, especially if its BECAUSE of the kittens. I can tell Noah and Micah are upset. Olivia is being excessively witchy to the other cats as well. I'm sitting here on the computer with Basie staring at me...it makes me feel so bad I want to wake up and have it all be someone else that took the kittens home.
I know I did the right thing by rescuing them, but not by bringing them home and making them my responsibility.
What do I do? I'm at a loss. My cats come first.
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