Category Archives: Foster

Fun-Loving Polka Dot Seeks Forever or Foster Family!

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polkadot2What a character Polka Dot is. He entertains everyone with his silly antics and playful nature. He often walks around the house with a toy ball in his mouth or spends his time chasing dust flecks in the air. He is currently seeking his forever home, or a single-cat foster home until he gets adopted!

Wherever he is and whatever is around him he can turn it into a game. Polka Dot is a happy boy who doesn’t appear to have a care in the world. When he is done with all of his playing, he also loves attention and will curl up in his foster mom’s lap to sleep while she watches TV. He rolls on his back for a belly rub and is fine to be picked up and cuddled. He has a cute little meow he makes when he wants attention. Polka Dot is a sweet boy with a gentle soul and a playful nature.

polkadot3He was rescued from outside along with his mom (Amber) and his siblings (who have all been adopted). It is Polka Dot’s turn to find his forever family. Polka Dot is Feline Leukemia Positive. Despite having the virus he is currently in good health, but most likely the Feline Leukemia virus could cause complications down the road. However, for now he is a engaging, stunning boy who deserves a proper chance to have a forever home. Although he does get along with other cats, he can only go to a home with other cats if they are also Feline Leukemia positive, as it is a contagious virus to cats only. He lives with big dogs and a child and he is fine with all of them. Polka Dot is a real show stopper and is guaranteed to make you fall in love with him.

In hopes of finding Polka Dot his purr-fect family, we are waiving our standard adoption fee of $175 for a donation of your choice.

Polka Dot was born July 30, 2012 and has been neutered and vaccinated.   To adopt, call us 416-538-8592, press #1 / email us:  tcr.adoptions@gmail.com / fill in our adoption online form on our Adopt A Cat page.  To foster (single-cat family please), fill in our Foster Application.

TCR Desperate for Foster Homes with No Pets

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Toronto Cat Rescue has a growing need for volunteer foster families with no other pets in their home.  Most of our foster cats get along very well with other animals, but currently we have several that really prefer to be on their own to receive lots of human love!  We are seeking foster homes in downtown Toronto, the GTA and Kitchener.

This is a great opportunity for:

1. Families who have never had a pet before (or it has been some time since you have had an animal) to see if a furry friend will match your lifestyle.

2. College or university students seeking a study-buddy during the school year.

3. Someone who is moving or traveling in the near (or distant) future and cannot adopt an animal long-term, but would love the temporary companionship a kitty can offer.

THE KITTIES NEED YOU! If you are able to provide a safe, loving home for a cat who is sensitive to having other animals around, please apply today by filling in our Foster Home Application. We will always be able to fill your home with a purr-fect companion as there are always many, many cats in need of rescuing!!

Become A Feline Foster Family!

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With kitten season just around the corner, TCR is in need of more foster homes!

Devyn was rescued from death row at a high-kill shelter *adopted*

Fostering is a great way to have the companionship of a cat without signing up for a long term commitment. It is a very rewarding experience when you see the little soul you have helped rescue find their forever home.  Because TCR does not have a shelter, our foster homes are the crux of our organization. The more foster homes we have, the more cats we are able to rescue! Our foster homes are always full because there is always a need for them.

We currently need volunteers who are able to care for foster cats who are getting ready or awaiting adoption.  Specifically, we are seeking foster homes who have a separate space to put their foster cats while they are getting ready for adoption. We are also in need of foster homes who will take nursing moms or litters of kittens. In addition, bottle feeding foster homes will be increasingly important as we find abandoned kittens who need extra attention and care prior to being eligible for adoption. TCR foster families must supply their own food, litter and a loving environment. TCR will provide the medical care for the cats in our program.

If you have space in your home and heart to take on a rescue cat, please fill out our Foster Home Application today! We will answer all of the questions you may have about fostering during our foster family screening interview.  Thank you for helping to literally save lives!

Jesse: Desperate For A Loving Family ASAP!

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Please help Jesse: click to see a video of him playing!

Update: Jesse has a caring TCR foster home, but is desperate for a forever home.  Please adopt this sweet boy.

Do you remember Jesse? This sweet boy was our featured cat in 2010, and we were thrilled when he finally got a home last Spring. Sadly Jesse is now being returned for a third time to TCR and he is in desperate need of an adoptive family.  Please share Jesse’s story with all potential adopters/foster families that you know.

Jesse has been through a lot in his short life and the stress has gotten the better of him. Someone declawed him at some point in his life, and then dumped him at a shelter. Since then he has been bounced around from home to home and this has only made his stress and anxiety worse. What Jesse needs is a secure home to feel stable in but his current family leaves him alone for long periods of time – sometimes over weekends. When Jesse feels anxious he urinates outside of the litter box. This behaviour actually started back when Jesse was diagnosed with kidney disease. Although his disease is under control, the behaviour has continued. We believe that in a home where he can be given a tonne of attention and TLC, this behaviour will improve. He may never be “perfect” though, and so he needs a very patient, loving family.

Jesse’s health is in a good state but he should remain on a low-protein veterinary diet for the rest of his life. He is also on an affordable pill called Fortekor, which helps prevent further kidney or heart problems (he has a very minor heart mumour). TCR would also like to try him on anxiety meds and bach flower remedies, in his new home, in the hopes that this will alleviate some of the stress that we believe leads him to urinate inappropriately.

An ideal home for Jesse would be someone who is home for most of the day and who can give him a lot of love and attention. He absolutely loves to be loved and is very sweet. He should not go to a home with young children, or with multiple animals. One or two quiet companion cats would be okay for Jesse, but generally he needs a home where all attention is on him and where he can feel like king of the castle. He has been neutered, vaccinated, declawed and was born April 2005.

Please, please help us find Jessie an adoptive family!

To Adopt: Because we understand it takes an extra special family to adopt Jesse, a donation of your choice is appreciated in lieu of our standard adoption fee.  To adopt, call us 416-538-8592, press #1 / email us: tcr.adoptions@hotmail.com / fill in our adoption online form on our Adopt A Cat page.

Rescue In Action: Determined Helpers In Mississauga

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Written By: A TCR Feral Colony Caregiver.

Buttercup safe in a caring foster home.

In the spring of 2010 someone in Mississauga had three unspayed female cats. The cats were let roam and then their owners moved away. The abandoned felines found a nearby vacant lot where they could live among the junk and weeds and, of course, were soon joined by an un-neutered male.

Some of the original cats and their offspring survived the winter and in early August a TCR volunteer found the colony. By then it consisted of about twenty cats of various ages including four month old kittens. They were starving and the volunteer began feeding as well as taming. She started with juveniles and soon got six tame enough to pick up. She had those kittens neutered, found a foster home, took two to an adopt-a-thon and got them adopted.

Unfortunately people who live in townhouses adjacent to the vacant lot objected to her feeding.  One arrogant couple did everything possible to hinder her efforts. He screamed abuse, threatened (with a hatchet), cut down trees to block access, threw out the food and water dishes on a daily basis and trashed all shelters. 

In spite of the abuse, the volunteer persisted and plans were made to take another young gray male cat on Thanksgiving Monday to get him neutered on Tuesday morning. But just before that, the volunteer noticed that some of the cats had suddenly disappeared. We searched the lot and sadly found four dead adult cats, plus very sick one (sadly, the one who was scheduled to be adopted). It was rushed to an emergency clinic where a vet said the cat had definitely been poisoned – probably with anti-freeze and had to be euthanised as that was the only humane option.

Blackberry happily playing safetly in TCR foster care.

In the vacant lot we found little plastic bags that had been ripped open by animals.   They contained cat food and antifreeze.  We also found two litters of young kittens screaming for their mothers (we assume their mothers  had died of poisoning).  TCR volunteers took them and are bottle-feeding them.  

Eight cats still live in the vacant lot.  At least two (probably the original mothers) are quite tame and will sit in the volunteer’s lap.  Peel police have visited the neighbours who are suspected of doing the poisoning and at least for now the food dishes have not been thrown out and no more cats have been found poisoned.

Foster homes for the remaining cats would be greatly appreciated.  If you would like to foster for this colony, please fill in our Foster Application today and state it is for the “Determined Helpers In Mississauga: Feral Cat Colony“. 

Special thank you to the colony caregivers and foster parents that help, or have helped, the cats and kittens – you are true kitty heroes!  Without your determination, these cats would have no hope.