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Some of you may remember the cat that tried to move in on us from next door. She was killed by a car a few months ago. We were very heartbroken, especially as we had been discussing between ourselves offering to buy her from them in the week leading up to her death.
This weekend they got a new kitten, I think it is 6-8 weeks old. It went to the toilet on their carpet apparently so they decided it should live on their front door step and kicked it out of the house! It is tiny! it tried to move in on the people across the road who returned it and were told they could have it and the owners refuse to take it back into their house... Don't care what happens to it etc. The nice people can't have another cat. Long story short, we saw it on the road, talked to everyone involved and are now fostering a kitten, to the absolute disgust of our dear ringnecks!
Kitten is a boy, very affectionate but shy and can be nervous. We call him Moustachio. We have only had him a few days but he has used the litter tray with 100% accuracy! We can't keep him for more than a few weeks. We have been asking around to see if anyone RESPONSIBLE we know may want him, hopefully someone will. We have also reported those guys.
But, if no one we know wants him, should we try to rehome him privately? Or send him to a shelter? What is likely to have the best outcome for him? Because he is not super confident, and so young, we have some reservations about sending him to a shelter. The local options aren't home based for kittens, so we are worried he will not thrive there while waiting for his forever home. He has settled into our house quickly.
We are kind of considering trying to scrape together the money to get him vaccinated and microchipped and then rehome him privately.
Any advice? Has anyone rehomed a kitten themselves?
He is dead cute:
This weekend they got a new kitten, I think it is 6-8 weeks old. It went to the toilet on their carpet apparently so they decided it should live on their front door step and kicked it out of the house! It is tiny! it tried to move in on the people across the road who returned it and were told they could have it and the owners refuse to take it back into their house... Don't care what happens to it etc. The nice people can't have another cat. Long story short, we saw it on the road, talked to everyone involved and are now fostering a kitten, to the absolute disgust of our dear ringnecks!
Kitten is a boy, very affectionate but shy and can be nervous. We call him Moustachio. We have only had him a few days but he has used the litter tray with 100% accuracy! We can't keep him for more than a few weeks. We have been asking around to see if anyone RESPONSIBLE we know may want him, hopefully someone will. We have also reported those guys.
But, if no one we know wants him, should we try to rehome him privately? Or send him to a shelter? What is likely to have the best outcome for him? Because he is not super confident, and so young, we have some reservations about sending him to a shelter. The local options aren't home based for kittens, so we are worried he will not thrive there while waiting for his forever home. He has settled into our house quickly.
We are kind of considering trying to scrape together the money to get him vaccinated and microchipped and then rehome him privately.
Any advice? Has anyone rehomed a kitten themselves?
He is dead cute:
It's so good of you to help this little kitten. I found myself the keeper of 4 stray cats last summer. I'll spare you all my trials and tribulations to finding them homes but here are a couple ideas from my experience. Do the rescues have people who will foster the kitten? Here at least, kittens below a certain age go to a foster home until they get big enough to stay at the shelter. Also, are you on facebook? Posting pics and the story on facebook and asking friends to share can reach a lot of people. Your kitten really is very cute. 
