I lost one if my babies February of last year, I knew my other baby was suffering not having a brother anymore and I really wanted to get him one. I went to many Caturday events through other shelters but I just didn't feel the right connection. I found Furkids and was browsing the site and found a few kittens I wanted to go see. I went to the shelter that Saturday and I immediately saw Gulliver, which was one of the babies I wanted to meet. I went to go grab him from the cage and I was told he had his leg amtupated the day before. I asked what happened to him and was told his story about how he was thrown from a moving vehicle and his leg was so badly injured it had to be amputated and his chin was completely degloved and he had a number of laser treatments to fix it. I held him and I immediately knew I had to have him. He was my baby! He was pretty drugged up so I asked if I could come see him the following weekend just to make sure we still had a connection after he was off of the meds plus they told me it would be 3-4 weeks before I could take him home anyway. The picture attached is me holding him that next weekend and falling even more in love with him. Of course we went into the back so I could play with him some and his foster brother Sheldon was there too. I saw the connection they had an there was no way I could separate him so he also became mine.
It broke my heart that anyone could ever do something like that to an animal and after seeing how much Carlene cared for them, I knew that was something I wanted to do too. I wanted to help the babies that needed help, just like mine did so I decided to start fostering! Of course my first foster was also a tripod and had her tail removed and I absolutely adored her. 19 fosters later and I couldn't be happier that I decided to do this. I have always wanted to volunteer or help those in need some how, but I never found anything that really made me feel like I was doing something meaningful. Every foster I have had has made me realize I finally found that thing and I couldn't be more grateful!