Cats In Need of Foster Care

Wednesday, December 17: All PAWS locations are closed for an all staff meeting. All services will resume tomorrow with regular hours

Cats In Need of Foster Care

Thank you so much for fostering and saving a life!

Our cats and kittens most urgently in need of foster are listed below. Every time an animal leaves into foster care, it opens a space in our shelters to save another in need. You are truly changing lives: not just for these cats, but also for others whose lives depend on a spot at PAWS.

If you are new to fostering with us, please apply here to get started. If you’ve fostered with PAWS before, you can email foster@phillypaw.org for the link to schedule a foster meet & pick-up appointment if you don’t have the link already. When you arrive to meet or pick up potential fosters, please bring a carrier with you (if you do not have a carrier, let us know). We will provide you with a sample of what the cat has been eating here in the shelter, along with the cat’s paperwork and any meds they may be on.

For a refresher on PAWS’s foster policies and procedures, view our online orientation here.

Read on to find your next foster cat!

Cats with Medical Needs

These cats need foster care due to the medical care they need. They will heal faster and be much happier in a home than in the shelter.

All Grays Ferry Old City Needs Transfer Needs Sitter Upcoming Intakes

Cats with Behavioral Needs

These cats need foster care due to either being stressed or nervous at the shelter, needing socialization, quickly getting overstimulated, having known behavior challenges in their previous home, or being on the shy side. They need time to decompress in a new home and they need a foster parent to help us learn more about them so that they can find their best adoption match in the future.

All Grays Ferry Old City Needs Transfer Needs Sitter Upcoming Intakes

Orphaned Kittens & Nursing Moms with Kittens

These young kittens need a foster home until all are ready for adoption. Some have come in with a nursing momma! Larger litters can be hard to place, and the most helpful option is to take an entire litter so that we open an entire kennel and only take up one foster home, allowing us to immediately save another litter. For kittens without a mom, we are open to separating litters of 4 or more, but we will not split up litters of 3 or less, and we will not pull out singles to send to foster care.

All Grays Ferry Needs Transfer Needs Sitter Upcoming Intakes

PAWS Safety Net Program Participants

These cats are a part of our Safety Net Program, which provides safe, temporary foster care for pets whose owners are going through times of transition or crisis, typically for ~3 months. This program makes a tremendous impact on our community by keeping people with the pets they love! The pets in this program don't typically need adoption promotion unless an owner is not able to reclaim them. These cats are typically sensitive to the stress caused by the loud shelter environment and need a loving home setting to relax and let their personalities emerge. Learn more about our Safety Net Foster Program.

All Grays Ferry Needs Transfer Needs Sitter Upcoming Intakes

Needs Transfer

These cats are already in foster, but need a new foster home to avoid having to come back to the shelter!

Needs Sitter

These cats are already in foster, but need a foster pet-sitter to avoid having to come back to the shelter!

Social Cats Needing Short-Term Foster

These sociable cats need a foster home! NOTE: If you are taking a foster cat that’s a FAST program candidate, they can be dropped off at our PetSmart or Old City locations for adoption within 2-3 weeks, since we need to keep those locations filled with adoptable kitties!