My husband and I foster cats for a cat rescue. At present, we have 16 fosters and 4 cats of our own. We buy all of their food, litter, etc. We pay for as much of the vet bills as we can. My husband will wake up every 3 hours to bottlefeed kittens if necessary.
We feed all of our kitties Solid Gold. It's not the best food that's out there, but it ranks. Our rescue feeds Science Diet and we used to feed it to the fosters that had crates, but eh. After comparing one black kitten on Science Diet to the other three black cats in my house who eat Solid Gold- kitten had dull fur, but we finally made the change a few weeks ago.
We have three dogs, all rescues, and a foster dog. We rescue dogs off the street sometimes and find them good homes. I've found homes for two males in the last few years and at present have a 10+ year old pit mix who's completely deaf, partially blind, and arthritic. We're trying to find her a new home, but in reality, she probably only has a few good months of life left in her so we'll give her all the love we can until putting her down is the humane thing. We did not take her to the pound when we found her wandering at dark because we wanted her to have a chance at life, not death.
All of my cockatiels are rescues, as well. They all came from bad homes who were bored of them or ignored them.
My husband and I also rescue snakes and reptiles as needed.
My guinea pigs are pretty much rescues. One was abandoned at a pet store (so the pet store took care of him then gave him away for free to my sister), and the other was got from a hoarder who had to get rid of her pigs. A day after getting the first pig, I had found this site & learned a ton to give them the best life possible.
We're young, and we hope to start a german shepherd rescue someday.
But I think the best thing we do is let the neighbor kids come over and play with and help take care of the critters. Both have decided they want to be vets someday and now do everything they can to help animals.
We feed all of our kitties Solid Gold. It's not the best food that's out there, but it ranks. Our rescue feeds Science Diet and we used to feed it to the fosters that had crates, but eh. After comparing one black kitten on Science Diet to the other three black cats in my house who eat Solid Gold- kitten had dull fur, but we finally made the change a few weeks ago.
We have three dogs, all rescues, and a foster dog. We rescue dogs off the street sometimes and find them good homes. I've found homes for two males in the last few years and at present have a 10+ year old pit mix who's completely deaf, partially blind, and arthritic. We're trying to find her a new home, but in reality, she probably only has a few good months of life left in her so we'll give her all the love we can until putting her down is the humane thing. We did not take her to the pound when we found her wandering at dark because we wanted her to have a chance at life, not death.
All of my cockatiels are rescues, as well. They all came from bad homes who were bored of them or ignored them.
My husband and I also rescue snakes and reptiles as needed.
My guinea pigs are pretty much rescues. One was abandoned at a pet store (so the pet store took care of him then gave him away for free to my sister), and the other was got from a hoarder who had to get rid of her pigs. A day after getting the first pig, I had found this site & learned a ton to give them the best life possible.
We're young, and we hope to start a german shepherd rescue someday.
But I think the best thing we do is let the neighbor kids come over and play with and help take care of the critters. Both have decided they want to be vets someday and now do everything they can to help animals.