If you find kittens don't send them to the shelter or rescue group rig

Newport Beach CA

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If you find kittens don't send them to the shelter or rescue group right away & Why • Only take kittens in if mom does not return after a few hours. Or take in kittens and mom. Lure with food & get trap if needed. • Mom will nurse & do the bulk of care for her kittens. You keep them safe & fed. Problem only arises if mom rejects one of the kittens or kitten doesn't latch on. Kitten will need to be bottle fed every 2 hours around the clock.  If this is too much,  reach out to a rescue group that does work with kittens.  Make sure you do research on the rescue group & verify they are real. Not all rescue groups & shelters are created equal. • Avoid sending to shelter. Shelters can only adopt out 8wk old kittens.They will just give them to a partner rescue group. Once reaching 8wks, rescue adopts them out or returned to shelter & shelter will adopt them out. While kittens will be in good care with rescue and fosters, some hang onto kittens for a very long time even into their cathood teenage years because "no one was just the right home for these kittens." Some rescues have backwards priorities snatching up the healthy cute or purebreds kittens/cats because they can charge a higher adoption fee. Even though rescues are non-profit, does this seem right? I have seen a purebred himalayan in shelter for months and wasn't easily adopted out because he had severe aggression issues. Purebreds usually get adopted out or picked up by a rescue almost immediately. Isn't that part of a rescues' work, though? To take in sick, special needs, injured kittens/cats providing vet care and socialize them until they can be adoptable to their forever homes? So why didn't a partner rescue take the himalayan? • A partner rescue group gets dibs on cats before the public. Is that fair? Why do you think there is so little purebred choices and even more evidently seen with dogs. Why do you think you see mainly pit bulls and chihuahuas? • If you send them to a shelter, kittens should be 8wks & over and sent to a no kill shelter. Get help to estimate age if you need. • If you send them to a rescue, verify they are real and do your research on their mission statement. • Why you should consider rehoming kittens and mom yourself:  Ease of conscience. You are a good sarmaritan & can be a productive citizen. You can do your due diligence. Interview applicants and charge a rehoming fee as it fits. Your family, friends, neighborhood is a good start.You get to see for yourself who kittens are going home to. Kittens will have a much shorter foster stay and go to their forever homes. *Interesting fact: Did you know shelters are only required to care for their animals a minimum of 15 minutes per day as per "industry best-practice standards?"