I live in a small apartament, I cannot foster. But in the last months I spayed 14 females in a neighbourhood. I am so happy, no more kittens born on the street from these cats. 14 females and 3 males spayed. Found help for a kitten with a broken leg and found a forever home for a black male. All this cats from the same area. This channel is such an inspiration for me. Thank you
Katy ! You are an ANGEL for helping all of those cats ! Every little bit helps ! Thank you for your hard work and dedication. We need more people like you in this world ! Stay Awesome ! 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺
Wonderful work! Every cat you spayed would in few years have at least couple of young ones, ans they would have their own, you helped reducing the population of street cats greatly in a entirely peaceful, empathic way. Fertile cats get i to fights, they get infectious disease more often, they are i search of partners - getting hit by cars or attacked by dogs or by other cats. I thank you for preventing all of that misfortune
Totally! I have a female kitty with the same slim body type and small head, and she has a black white face too, with the main color being black, and a thin white ^ shape that goes along her nose on both sides and her forehead. Her brother has really cool facial markings too. This cat is gorgeous.
What are the costs? I'm genuinely curious. I'm not in the US but I would like to know more about fostering. Or does it depend in the country I'm based in?
@@1nsurr3ction It really depends on the rescue group you are working with, usually the medical care is provided unless you are working with an animal shelter (they usually only provide basic care). For example, ASPCA will provide everything including costly surgeries and medicine, they even allow personalized supply requests. I fostered a momma cat and 6 kittens. They didn't like the food or litter the rescue group provided so I bought everything myself (including the toys) since they only provide what is donated to them. It cost me several hundreds of dollars for per month. Worth it though. I loved all the cats and momma and I think about them every day.
@Steph thank you for this. It's such a wonderful thing to do, so many lives saved. I did wonder about vet costs, can see how they can be something that needs to be considered.
For some unknown reason, cats who need help, keep showing up at our backdoor. They are pregnant, malnourished, hurt or all three of them. We take them in, bring them to the vet and foster them, until our local animal shelter finds a forever home for them. Amongst others, we fostered a momma with six fur babies two years ago. It was the most fun and rewarding thing I did all my life. ❤ Although - saying goodbye was incredibly hard. 😢
I was the VERY same … cats in need always seemed to come to our house. I’m now a senior living in a condo so I no longer see them sitting on my doorstep or windowsill. I think cats somehow communicate and pass the word where to go when in need - lol!
@Elaine Culbert I know youre right. When I fed the stray apartment cats where I used to live I swear they all told each other I was a softie. Even though my neighbor with his big dog used to get so mad at me. I didn't care!! 😂😂😂
aww, mama cat was very much not feral. Sad to think someone just dumped their intact kitty outside to fend for herself. Glad she and her babies are inside now
I love seeing mama's slow blinks, and the babies all grown up in their forever homes. They and their mom really hit the jackpot when you rescued them. I don't have the time or space to foster, so thank you for all that you do.
I adopted a senior cat 3 years ago from a local shelter. The cat was with a young couple in their apartment. This was their first foster cat. I submitted my adoption application, had a zoom meet and great with the adoption facilitator and foster parents, and days later brought the cat home. After he settled in, I sent the foster parents pics of my kitty. They were happy he went to a good loving home, which encouraged them to keep fostering. Soon after they began fostering a mom cat with kittens. I am very grateful they took care of my Ralphie before I snatched him up 🙂❤.
I would be a complete foster failure with that sweet mama cat. Her expressive little face just makes me melt. What a wonderful difference - she was so stressed in that basement, and then looked like she was in heaven once she had a safe, warm place for her and her kittens.
I'd Love to help raise a family like this however my 2 x 9Kg male cats might have something to say about it so for now take this small offering and help others to help cat families everywhere
@@SelinaCat Nah Ordinary Mogs Neutered late , since we got them as rescues we don't know their early history. Being mostly indoor cats their exercise is somewhat limited which partly explains their size
Neutered tomcats are sometimes very friendly towards kittens. My Bubbie was like a loving uncle towards all kittens. He would lick them just like a momma cat and play with them when they got older. I never once heard any of the kittens screaming in pain as if he was being too rough or biting them hard. He enjoyed playing with them and I'm sure the kittens enjoyed it too.
What a gorgeous little family. Those slow blinks from Momma are such a treasure and those little thank you squeaks from rescuing the kitten from the cat tree are overwhelmingly cute. The work you do is so difficult; I'm extremely grateful you're giving the cats and kittens of Flatbush a chance and I'm forever proud to be a monthly supporter. Thank you for all you do ♥
Fostered my first momma cat and her 6 babies last year, HGHLY RECOMMEND. Was hands down the easiest time I had fostering newborn kittens. Momma does EVERYTHING that is usually the most time consuming and stressful part. After that I fostered 2 sets momma and kittens (mom cats were friends so they got along). at the same time. 2 sets was just as easy as 1. If you are on the fence bc you don't think you can handle the work, or you had a tough time fostering orphaned kittens before, I would really recommend taking on a mom and babies. ❤❤❤❤
It's the best. We had a mom dumped on our porch in active labor (breached kitten partially out)😢 I brought her in, and she delivered 9 kittens, all but 2 breached. Mom and 8 babies survived, and we called our local shelter and fostered through them. It was great. I've fostered dozens of orphans, and there's just something different about how well adjusted this litter was. Having mom makes a difference in so many ways I hadn't thought of.
That is ALWAYS the best way. I get told that I did so much for Miss Midnight the Feral's kittens. But, all I did was give them a safe place to live. Miss Midnight did ALL the heavy lifting! I just made sure that feral girl had want for nothing.
And how many weeks until the kiddos separated? I just tried to release my stay mom after 10weeks with her two kittens and she was so stressed meowing for them in the evening I had to catch her and reunite them. So glad I was able to to that. Will she ever be able to return to her old life?
I found a pregnant cat and I recently took her in and I’m raising her and he two kittens! Already found homes for all 3. Im planning on fostering again this time through an agency.
Omg Mama Stracciatella is just like the Mama cat we have at work, even the same coloring and spots (but our Mama cat looks like she has a mask on). thankfully we got her kittens adopted and Mama cat is spayed and waiting to be adopted
I would love to foster but I'm at full capacity with my 7 rescues. One of them brought a litter of kittens with her. The kittens found their forever homes. And momma made my house her forever home. ❤
I wish shelters told more of the backstory of the cats people adopt. I want to thank the fosters and show them how happy their cats are now 18 years later.
I always since childhood rescue feral stray cats, neutered their and keep them for 17 to 23 years. I love to give them a new chance at life. I don’t rescue a lot of cats but each finds a long happy life and vet care. I have a special bond with pregnant moms and i always keep them after babies are gone in good families.
both of my babies were born outside, one of them, i got to bottle feed around the clock, provide sub q fluids, and help her fight a terrible case of calicivirus and kitty herpes. That was six years ago, and today, she is the center of my world. 2 months ago I did a shelter/ rescue and training course with our local animal shelter and as a cat person, I've volunteered to be part of TNR team. I have a spare room in my house that I'm setting up as a foster nursery for this year's kitten season. I am so blessed and thankful for this opportunity.
Beautiful mama and the three sweethearts getting all the love and attention needed to grow up together and finally to get adopted👏😊💯💖💕 Thank you for all you do ❤
I had a bookshop in Ohio wherein shelter cats were fostered and then adopted by customers. More than 50 were adopted from my shop over the years. I then wrote a series of novels about the experience (Shelve Under C is the first) to encourage other shops to look into fostering dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. The business that took over my location continued to foster, thankfully.
If you handed me a momma cat and kittens, and I raised them, they would wrap themselves around my heart, and it would be a foster fail. To all repeat foster parents, I salute you. My respect for you knows no limit.
As always, wonderful on-point information. Your love is palpable. May lovable, beautiful Mama Stracciatella go to an awesome home when her (LAST) kittens are ready for theirs! 🖤🤍🖤
That mom cat is a knock out. Her eyes are so expressive and her fur is so amazing and attractive. She wasn't a feral despite living in the basement.
The shelter I worked at referred to these cats as "community cats". They're friendly, they're not stray, but nobody owns them
mom is very beautiful with such unique markings... :))
@@Ksweetpea they own themselves! all cats own themselves I guess, some just have live-in servants
Sadly many female cats still get abandoned when they become pregnant. And she will be so very happy to be inside again.
She ---IS--- a gorgeous momma cat! Wish she were mine! :)
I live in a small apartament, I cannot foster. But in the last months I spayed 14 females in a neighbourhood. I am so happy, no more kittens born on the street from these cats. 14 females and 3 males spayed. Found help for a kitten with a broken leg and found a forever home for a black male. All this cats from the same area. This channel is such an inspiration for me. Thank you
You are amazing.
Katy ! You are an ANGEL for helping all of those cats ! Every little bit helps ! Thank you for your hard work and dedication. We need more people like you in this world ! Stay Awesome ! 😺😺😺😺😺😺😺
Oh so well done! Each adult cat can cause sooooo many kittens over a lifetime. And all those kittens now don't have to die outside. Thank you.
Wonderful work! Every cat you spayed would in few years have at least couple of young ones, ans they would have their own, you helped reducing the population of street cats greatly in a entirely peaceful, empathic way. Fertile cats get i to fights, they get infectious disease more often, they are i search of partners - getting hit by cars or attacked by dogs or by other cats. I thank you for preventing all of that misfortune
Thank you for what you do it's a wonderful thing
“My heart breaks a little so theirs will never break again” a quote from another rescuer…
This is beautiful ❤
Oh hey, you talking about the lady who fostered Bagel? I remember her specifically for the little song she sang to wee Bagel 😭
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@@midnightmorpher9066yes! I couldn’t remember where I’d heard it, just that it came from another cat rescuer! Thank you!
That cat's face is a work of art.
She looks like a Jackson Pollock painting😻
rorschach?
@@andreiaribeiro8766 i seent it
Totally! I have a female kitty with the same slim body type and small head, and she has a black white face too, with the main color being black, and a thin white ^ shape that goes along her nose on both sides and her forehead. Her brother has really cool facial markings too. This cat is gorgeous.
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I used to rescue and foster, but the costs just overwhelmed us. Thank you for all your efforts to raise the monies for your clinic. Thank you so much.
What are the costs? I'm genuinely curious. I'm not in the US but I would like to know more about fostering. Or does it depend in the country I'm based in?
@@1nsurr3ction probably the vet bills for spaying and neutering/health checkups!
@@1nsurr3ction It really depends on the rescue group you are working with, usually the medical care is provided unless you are working with an animal shelter (they usually only provide basic care). For example, ASPCA will provide everything including costly surgeries and medicine, they even allow personalized supply requests. I fostered a momma cat and 6 kittens. They didn't like the food or litter the rescue group provided so I bought everything myself (including the toys) since they only provide what is donated to them. It cost me several hundreds of dollars for per month. Worth it though. I loved all the cats and momma and I think about them every day.
Thank you for the time that you fostered. You are a hero too.
@Steph thank you for this. It's such a wonderful thing to do, so many lives saved. I did wonder about vet costs, can see how they can be something that needs to be considered.
For some unknown reason, cats who need help, keep showing up at our backdoor. They are pregnant, malnourished, hurt or all three of them. We take them in, bring them to the vet and foster them, until our local animal shelter finds a forever home for them. Amongst others, we fostered a momma with six fur babies two years ago. It was the most fun and rewarding thing I did all my life. ❤
Although - saying goodbye was incredibly hard. 😢
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I was the VERY same … cats in need always seemed to come to our house. I’m now a senior living in a condo so I no longer see them sitting on my doorstep or windowsill. I think cats somehow communicate and pass the word where to go when in need - lol!
@Elaine Culbert I know youre right. When I fed the stray apartment cats where I used to live I swear they all told each other I was a softie. Even though my neighbor with his big dog used to get so mad at me. I didn't care!! 😂😂😂
They could sense you were kind maybe. Cat senses
aww, mama cat was very much not feral. Sad to think someone just dumped their intact kitty outside to fend for herself. Glad she and her babies are inside now
That last minute or so was a flippin' master class in marketing. We're looking at foster programs right now. Congrats.
I love seeing mama's slow blinks, and the babies all grown up in their forever homes. They and their mom really hit the jackpot when you rescued them. I don't have the time or space to foster, so thank you for all that you do.
6:50 the mom looks like a very happy cat, almost as if to say thanks
Mama is giving you the blinkey-eyed-look of adoration.
6:23 That kitten just said “thank you.”
I adopted a senior cat 3 years ago from a local shelter. The cat was with a young couple in their apartment. This was their first foster cat. I submitted my adoption application, had a zoom meet and great with the adoption facilitator and foster parents, and days later brought the cat home. After he settled in, I sent the foster parents pics of my kitty. They were happy he went to a good loving home, which encouraged them to keep fostering. Soon after they began fostering a mom cat with kittens. I am very grateful they took care of my Ralphie before I snatched him up 🙂❤.
Watching your cat-rescue videos is like listening to poetry.
More like therapy!
It is!! I love Will and his videos. He is so calm and inspiring!! ❤🎉
I would be a complete foster failure with that sweet mama cat. Her expressive little face just makes me melt. What a wonderful difference - she was so stressed in that basement, and then looked like she was in heaven once she had a safe, warm place for her and her kittens.
That happy, grateful mama... Those many slow blinks....
Thank you angels ❤❤❤
I can't get over momma cats markings, they are so beautiful and I can't understand for the life of me how someone could abandon such a gorgeous mama 🥺
I’m proud to donate to this organization.
Momma is one of the most gorgeous cats I've ever seen. I'm I'm love.
3:03 that's a very comfortable blinky-face right there :> so glad this momma wasn't stressed around people
Mama Stracciatella ist the perfect name for her
Im in love with mama Staciatella ❤
I'd Love to help raise a family like this however my 2 x 9Kg male cats might have something to say about it so for now take this small offering and help others to help cat families everywhere
They're BOTH 9kg?! 😳
@@SelinaCat Yup - big boys they started big and just kept on growing , neither is exactly overweight just BIG
@@colinritchie1757 wow. Are they Bengals?
@@SelinaCat Nah Ordinary Mogs Neutered late , since we got them as rescues we don't know their early history. Being mostly indoor cats their exercise is somewhat limited which partly explains their size
Neutered tomcats are sometimes very friendly towards kittens. My Bubbie was like a loving uncle towards all kittens. He would lick them just like a momma cat and play with them when they got older. I never once heard any of the kittens screaming in pain as if he was being too rough or biting them hard. He enjoyed playing with them and I'm sure the kittens enjoyed it too.
Under no circumstances would I give up the mom cat here lol. This is a quality cat.
Mama Stracciatella is so beautiful! I love her face markings!
They are so cute it breaks my hearts seing they outside without food
Mama Rorschach and her little inkblots
3:06 love and contentment blinks
sad that i cant help cats, but im glad that you can do what many cant!
What a good momma
Very small tip for everything you’re doing for your community. I live in Paris and can relate with these issues.
Wish you all the best of the best 😽
Straciatella is a great name but so is Rorschach ❤️
6:19 He thanked you so cute omg
What a gorgeous little family. Those slow blinks from Momma are such a treasure and those little thank you squeaks from rescuing the kitten from the cat tree are overwhelmingly cute. The work you do is so difficult; I'm extremely grateful you're giving the cats and kittens of Flatbush a chance and I'm forever proud to be a monthly supporter. Thank you for all you do ♥
Omgggg I was for looking this comment. I sworn the kitten said thank you when he put him down from the cat tree it’s the cutest thing ever I can’t♥️
It's so cute and the mother cat pads along with her kittens
The markings on mama are incredible.
Thank you for all you do. ❤❤
Mama is beautiful, and so PROUD of her babies! Having a loving, safe haven to raise her little rascals in obviously made all the difference. 😊
This ad is expert level
Mama is so beautiful! That face 😊❤❤❤
Momma has gorgeous markings
Fostered my first momma cat and her 6 babies last year, HGHLY RECOMMEND. Was hands down the easiest time I had fostering newborn kittens. Momma does EVERYTHING that is usually the most time consuming and stressful part. After that I fostered 2 sets momma and kittens (mom cats were friends so they got along). at the same time. 2 sets was just as easy as 1. If you are on the fence bc you don't think you can handle the work, or you had a tough time fostering orphaned kittens before, I would really recommend taking on a mom and babies. ❤❤❤❤
It's the best.
We had a mom dumped on our porch in active labor (breached kitten partially out)😢 I brought her in, and she delivered 9 kittens, all but 2 breached. Mom and 8 babies survived, and we called our local shelter and fostered through them.
It was great. I've fostered dozens of orphans, and there's just something different about how well adjusted this litter was. Having mom makes a difference in so many ways I hadn't thought of.
That is ALWAYS the best way. I get told that I did so much for Miss Midnight the Feral's kittens. But, all I did was give them a safe place to live. Miss Midnight did ALL the heavy lifting! I just made sure that feral girl had want for nothing.
And how many weeks until the kiddos separated? I just tried to release my stay mom after 10weeks with her two kittens and she was so stressed meowing for them in the evening I had to catch her and reunite them. So glad I was able to to that. Will she ever be able to return to her old life?
wow mama cat is just stunning! I've never seen such cool face markings
Thank you so very much 😊👍💛💙💚💛💙💚💛💙💚💞☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️🐈😸☺️
Mother looks so, SO happy and grateful to have such a safe, cosy place to raise her kittens! It's so happy to see.
I've missed your uploads
What a sweet mama!
6:20 That kitten said 'Thank you'
Thank you Flatbush Cats team!
I found a pregnant cat and I recently took her in and I’m raising her and he two kittens! Already found homes for all 3. Im planning on fostering again this time through an agency.
Beautiful Mama Stracciatella is such a good mom to her babies. So sweet...
Omg Mama Stracciatella is just like the Mama cat we have at work, even the same coloring and spots (but our Mama cat looks like she has a mask on). thankfully we got her kittens adopted and Mama cat is spayed and waiting to be adopted
Mama cat is beautiful she is sweet and affectionate I can't believe she is a stray cat someone abandoned her 😢😢😢
Mom has the coolest face markings!!
What beautiful little cows - and that extraordinary-looking mother! Thank you for what you do.
momma cat's markings are so cool! and she has such a sweet face, awww
I want to do this when I retire in a few years. What a great retirement gig.
the mommy cat is so adorable and lovely what an angel
Mama cat has extraordinary marking. She’s a knockout!
Garfield said HI! So cute!
Me: oh boy a Flatbush Cats video time to Cry The Entire Time
Please adopt more than one, donate, and foster.🍀✨💕🌟🌄
It's funny that the mum cat is kneading while her kittens nurse from her, truly the circle of life,
God bless you. Thank you for saving them.
We save cats too and yes ur right most of stray cats just die as babies thank u for what you do for this poor babies Sending love❤️❤️
Mom has a Rorschach test on her face. So cute!
I would love to foster but I'm at full capacity with my 7 rescues. One of them brought a litter of kittens with her. The kittens found their forever homes. And momma made my house her forever home. ❤
Hello family!!
I wish shelters told more of the backstory of the cats people adopt. I want to thank the fosters and show them how happy their cats are now 18 years later.
I always since childhood rescue feral stray cats, neutered their and keep them for 17 to 23 years. I love to give them a new chance at life. I don’t rescue a lot of cats but each finds a long happy life and vet care. I have a special bond with pregnant moms and i always keep them after babies are gone in good families.
You have such a caring beautiful soul.
You will Litterly be...❤
WHO else heard the kitten meow "thank you" after being helped off the cabinet?
the mom is so pretty! her pattern reminds me of a Rorschach test
I took in 2 kittens last year. They r in my vids on my channel. One survived a fox attack here on Staten Island
both of my babies were born outside, one of them, i got to bottle feed around the clock, provide sub q fluids, and help her fight a terrible case of calicivirus and kitty herpes. That was six years ago, and today, she is the center of my world.
2 months ago I did a shelter/ rescue and training course with our local animal shelter and as a cat person, I've volunteered to be part of TNR team. I have a spare room in my house that I'm setting up as a foster nursery for this year's kitten season. I am so blessed and thankful for this opportunity.
You are a wonderful person thank you from bottom of my heart
I remember when you first shared Mama Stracciatella’s story. She really is a sweet kitty and I’m glad she and her babies got good homes.
Love Straciatella. Her markings are stunning! what a sweet Mom. Thanks for all the kitten raising tips.
The kitten popping out of the McCafe container (4:37)--to die for!
Beautiful mama and the three sweethearts getting all the love and attention needed to grow up together and finally to get adopted👏😊💯💖💕
Thank you for all you do ❤
I would build a cat sanctuary if I had the resources. Cats are the love’s of my life, everything about them is special no matter what.
I love the Mother's face & what the kittens look like her Mom🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had a bookshop in Ohio wherein shelter cats were fostered and then adopted by customers. More than 50 were adopted from my shop over the years. I then wrote a series of novels about the experience (Shelve Under C is the first) to encourage other shops to look into fostering dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. The business that took over my location continued to foster, thankfully.
I loved the one that you helped down... The Little Meow it did sounded like A "Thank You" And I think that was Adorable
Thank you so much to all the fosters for all you do
mom was telling u guys i love u
Creating joy for others - exactly how I feel about fostering.
Look at how HAPPPY she is in there! OMG! I love her soft blinky eyes!
They are beautiful
Seeing videos/updates from people who had adopted the kittens always makes me cry at the cuteness and happiness
If you handed me a momma cat and kittens, and I raised them, they would wrap themselves around my heart, and it would be a foster fail.
To all repeat foster parents, I salute you. My respect for you knows no limit.
My love for you: listening to an ad about prostate shrinking ... .
Aww Mamá was making biscuits when she got there😊😊😊
Sweet family 😍😍
Your channel is so captivating that i watched them again n again. ❤❤❤
Oooh Momma's giving Trust Squinties while making Trust Biscuits!
We’ve got a wonderful Momma cat with three of her own, along with four orphans a week younger she took to immediately
I love how in 6:24 it seems as though the kitten is saying “Thank you”.❤️
stop making me cry with these videos 😭😭😭
As always, wonderful on-point information. Your love is palpable. May lovable, beautiful Mama Stracciatella go to an awesome home when her (LAST) kittens are ready for theirs! 🖤🤍🖤
If I was a male cat that momma cat would break my heart, she’s beautiful.
Thanks for this teaching video,