FOSTER
WE’RE OVERJOYED YOU WANT TO HELp! Please understand, WE MUST ENSURE EACH CAT OR KITTEN IS PLACED IN a foster home that will suit the animals’ needs and must be 150% safe and escape proof.
Fosters who live closest to the silver lake/Los Feliz/Echo Park region are always preferred.
Fostering encompasses caring for a cat or kitten our team has rescued in your own home or apartment. Some fosters are short-term ( 2-4 weeks), other fosters donate their love for several months.
It’s important to understand they type of rescue work we do before you apply. We DON’T have a shelter or ‘holding’ facility, meaning we CAN’T rescue a kitten or cat from the street without a pre-approved foster on call & ready to jump when our volunteer trappers can save a life. Leaving a kitten on the street for even an extra day could be the difference between life or death. This also means even if you’re approved to foster, we may not need you that same day. We can’t schedule when an animal is rescued, so having a foster team ready to respond is critical.
Almost all our fosters provide food litter so we can dedicate what funds we scrape together for required medical care.
Our policy is INDOOR ONLY so our fosters are required to keep their foster kitty 150% SAFE at all times, meaning there’s absolutely no possible way for your foster to escape. This includes taking a cat outside for any reason, other than the carrier provided for Vet visits or transfers. (no harness/leash training at all, no balcony time unless completely enclosed like a catio)
We need our fosters to stay in contact, reach out with concerns, keep us updated & provide photos we can use to promote them for adoption.
Our fosters are NOT responsible for finding adopters. We appreciate everyone working as team to cast a wider net, but each adopter must be fully vetted and officially approved by our team. We rescue them, you love them & that means we all want to ensure they find a forever paw parent!
Luxe Paws assumes full responsibility for all medical care, our fosters will NEVER be asked to take their foster to a vet & we will NOT reimburse fosters for medical care they obtain without WRITTEN approval.
The pandemic has dramatically altered access to veterinary care, waiting 4-6 hours is the norm now, so we ask all our fosters to please remain patient as our team navigates the limitations.
Agree to all the above? Just fill out our application below, tell us about your strengths & weaknesses, even your eagerness to learn new skills! IF your application is approved, our foster coordinator, Jenn will email you within 72 hours to schedule a phone interview & discuss foster options!
