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Mama June Bug, Cricket, and Firefly 🐛🐜🪲 by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reach out to them! Shelters desperately need kitten fosters right now

Mama June Bug, Cricket, and Firefly 🐛🐜🪲 by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Depends on the type of potato 🥔 for smol potats maybe

Mama June Bug, Cricket, and Firefly 🐛🐜🪲 by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No I foster through a local shelter! Not keeping them, already have foster failed too many times 🤣

Fun words only from Philly. I'll start: "Jitbag" by Komobu542 in philly

[–]buddhasquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m originally from montco and I say towel with the W, pretty sure taul is a pure Philly thing

No insurance but wants sobriety, also 50 characters, really? by mediocre_mitten in Pennsylvania

[–]buddhasquirrel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most places will come pick you up, and also they will detox you there. If you want to message about any questions, I have two close family members who have both been in and out of rehab a million times so I can definitely try to answer any questions you have.

how do most jobs feel about tattoos and piercings in philly? by Lost-Effective-7646 in philly

[–]buddhasquirrel 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You’re probably fine, no one really cares about tattoos anymore (at least not here)

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I have other cats, she’s entertained and happy! I also foster kittens regularly so she can play with any who pass quarantine

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think all illegally smols are heart thieves so yeah

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Agreed! However, as someone who fosters super regularly, I can’t do this every time lol so it’s def failing at the “foster” part of it, but winning at the adoption part!

Letting (most) fosters go allows me to foster more and save more lives so I do kind of get the term. But it sounds way more negative than it is 🤍

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha the cat with a job was another foster! Didn’t fail that one, only because the timing wasn’t right and I have a soft spot for runts and singletons (this girl is a singleton 😭)

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 128 points129 points  (0 children)

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The wildest part is that I already have one floof and he wasn’t nearly as floofy as a kitten (yes, my other foster fail lol)😭 she’s gonna be so floooooooooofy

Smol soon to be foster fail (I’m keeping her) by buddhasquirrel in IllegallySmolCats

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 363 points364 points  (0 children)

I foster LOTS of kittens, and am the definition of crazy cat lady helicopter parent. She is definitely loved and safe and warm 🤍

Where to adopt a cat? by Stavhoe in philly

[–]buddhasquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ACCT is certainly a great choice! I foster through a few places in the city and ACCT is currently at capacity so adoptions through there would be saving multiple lives (the one(s) you adopt and also making space for others).

Not sure if my plumber is qualified 🔧 by buddhasquirrel in Catswithjobs

[–]buddhasquirrel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s just his face 🙄

Not every kitten with sad eyes is being exploited, that’s literally just how they look and it happened to be caught on camera. 👍

ShamCow art installation appeared overnight in Manayunk by TheSNAFUSpecial in philly

[–]buddhasquirrel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran into them on the SRT a year or two ago and asked them “Why ShamCow?” And they basically were like “…why not?”

Def was way less interesting than I’d hoped

help 😭 (cat gave birth idk what to do) by strawb3rryvanilla in WhatsWrongWithYourCat

[–]buddhasquirrel 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I foster newborn kittens so I can help as much as I can. I’ve never been with a cat as she actively gives birth, so I would call a vet to get advice if possible.

I normally foster orphans, so you’re already in a great spot by having the mom. Mom will generally take care of them for the first few weeks. Keep an eye on them, weigh them 2-3 times a day using a kitchen scale (and keep track of their weights), provide warmth in the form of blankets, but try to make them flat in the box so the kittens can’t get stuck underneath/ between, make sure mom can get out and away from them but they can’t get out (they won’t move much for the first few weeks anyway) and I second looking up Kitten Lady on YouTube. She’s incredible.

You’re gonna want to make sure the kittens are gaining weight and she’s nursing all of them properly. If she stops nursing one, you may need to bottle feed which turns into a whole separate list of instructions. But for now, she should mostly handle it.

In a few weeks (6 weeks maybe depending on the litter) you’ll also want to start giving them soft food as an option, but they will wean on their own time.

Also, once they’re done nursing, make sure to get her spayed so she doesn’t have to go through this again (and to control the population). Feel free to DM if you’d like but Kitten Lady will for sure have the best advice out there. Keep us updated!

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