In 2025, Barry and I fostered 9 cats found abandoned, and got them adopted into forever homes.
We'll start with Meeko, a big kitten found abandoned, confused, and meowing at strangers in a housing estate. He's the first cat I tricked into the carrier on my own, and he proceeded to howl to the entire neighbourhood about it. He's now a lap cat who enjoys to lay down while snacking.
We had two single kittens last year. Whiskey, above, a rare pure ginger who is growing biiig, and Rocket, below, who is the youngest kitten we've had, at 4 weeks old, banana for scale. Kittens need extra socialization, and both have been adopted into families with other cat(s).
Carlos was our tragedy for 2025. Found at the same vacated housing estate as many of our rescues, he had been outdoors for a while and unfortunately contracted FELV and passed away. We didn't get him on time, and it haunts me a little.
Yuki is a much happier case. She lives to cuddle. Rescued from the same estate, she was fostered by Tony, who made the sensible decision to keep her forever. That's called a foster fail, which is a bad name for a wild success.
Cassia was found in the playground ready to go home with just about anyone. Other than being keen on aggravating her spay scar, she is a delight and is called Mochi in her new home.
Buddy, below, had some adventures in 2025, since he was adopted and returned twice! It turns out he's best suited to being the only cat in the house, and he's now living with the family who also helped us to foster Whiskey.
Simba was found on the street next to a shopping mall, and took a longer time to warm up to us, having been a bit traumatized by his neuter before he met us. He has now become a chonk, and is living in a lovely home in our neighbourhood!
Frida was our first calico cat, and also the first cat we had with just a tiny, wiggly lump for a tail. I think she is also a chimera cat, which you should look up if you're into nerdy science. In addition to her beauty, she is sweet and is certain that our bathroom has a portal to Narnia.
Let's close this with one more before/after of Rocket, because he is so cute! Look at that belly.
This year we had support, and it's been fabulous to grow our cat network and work with other fosterers. Thank you to the Meownistry of Meow, our vet, our favourite vet nurse, and our foster friends for last year! 9 cats of the street, 3 sterilizations and 1 more shortly. You can also see the previous before/afters
here.
