Foster SCAA Cats or Dogs
Love animals? Miss having a cat or dog? Not able or ready to adopt a pet? Fostering is a great, temporary way to help SCAA re-home rescued stray and abandoned animals while enjoying their companionship.
Fostering a rescued animal is a rewarding experience. Watching a needy cat or dog grow healthy and happy thanks to your time, patience and attention offers volunteers a great sense of accomplishment. It can be hard saying goodbye when the time comes for a foster animal to move to a forever home, but knowing these animals may have struggled on the streets in a short life without foster parents to care for them puts our efforts into perspective.
With the rewards of fostering, including companionship and a sense of contribution, come responsibilities towards SCAA and our animals. Interested in making a difference in a rescued cat or dog's life? Please read our Fostering FAQ below and download the Foster Parent Application Form. We look forward to hearing from you!
Fostering a rescued animal is a rewarding experience. Watching a needy cat or dog grow healthy and happy thanks to your time, patience and attention offers volunteers a great sense of accomplishment. It can be hard saying goodbye when the time comes for a foster animal to move to a forever home, but knowing these animals may have struggled on the streets in a short life without foster parents to care for them puts our efforts into perspective.
With the rewards of fostering, including companionship and a sense of contribution, come responsibilities towards SCAA and our animals. Interested in making a difference in a rescued cat or dog's life? Please read our Fostering FAQ below and download the Foster Parent Application Form. We look forward to hearing from you!
Foster Parent Resonsibilities
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SCAA's Fostering Support
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Fostering - Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I pick my foster animal?
Not really. Foster animals are placed in foster homes based on urgent need and match between foster home and foster animal. Foster parents should indicate availability to foster cats and/or dogs, if they have pets and/or children, and if they have the time or experience to provide critical care for newborns or injured animals. |
Foster parents cannot choose which animals to foster based on personal preference for a certain age, color, gender, breed etc of foster animal.
SCAA do our best to match a foster animal to a home based on the information provided; to avoid placing potentially contagious animals around other pets and kids and to minimize the stress of adding another animal to the home. |
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How long will I wait to start fostering?
It depends. Homes with other pets and with small children could wait longer to start fostering as sometimes the rescued animals have contagious (but treatable) disease. How can I introduce a foster animal to my pet? Foster animals who can safely mix with pets (e.g. no obvious signs of illness and with flea control and de-worming) often benefit from having a friendly pet to socialize with and vice versa. Introductions should be made slowly and under supervision. |
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Check out these useful tips from The Indoor Pet Initiative (Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine).
What is the minimum fostering commitment?
Ideally, foster animals will not move around to multiple foster homes while awaiting adoption. A minimum 3 or 4 month commitment is greatly appreciated.
*** There is always need for temporary cover for when foster parents travel. So being available for a few weeks or over holidays can be helpful. ***
I work Sundays. Can I still foster and skip adoption days?
Adoption Days are the main venue for finding adoptive families. Although volunteers with a regular Sunday work conflict may foster, in these cases fostering would primarily be temporary care while an animal's foster parents are away and/or foster care cover during long holidays including summer (SCAA does not hold an Adoption Day in July), October National Day holidays, Christmas, and Chinese New Year. |
Who pays for medical care and at which clinic?
SCAA pays at our vet partner, PAW , where our foster animals receive discounted care. Foster parents should not bring our animal to any other vet clinic. For dog grooming other than at PAW, we ask foster parents to please carefully choose salons / shops to avoid poisoning or sickening foster dogs from dangerous chemicals and poor hygiene practices at less reputable pet shops and grooming salons. |
Can I help advertise an SCAA foster animal for adoption?
SCAA appreciates our volunteers and supporters spreading the word about our healthy and happy foster cats and dogs seeking a forever home. It is important to note in any promotion on foster parents' social media that the cats or dogs for adoption are in SCAA's foster care program. We ask that any promotion also refers potential adopters to our adoption policies and procedures.
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What happens when I travel? Can I have my Ayi or a friend watch my foster animal for SCAA?
SCAA will reach out to new and current foster parents for temporary foster care cover as best we can. As much notice as possible is greatly appreciated. However, a foster parent's help arranging temporary fostering cover is also greatly appreciated given the limiting foster home resources SCAA has. |
Please contact SCAA ahead of time to advise of travel plans and provide us with contact details (English and/or Chinese) of your temporary caregiver and provide the temporary caregiver with SCAA and PAW contact information should a problem arise in your absence.
Temporary caregivers covering for foster parents should also meet SCAA fostering responsibilities for safety, PAW care, and notify us about issues. |
