Rescuing and rehoming dogs and cats in Calera, AL and surrounding communities.

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Foster a Cat

Open your home, save a life. Fostering a cat offers a safe, nurturing space for a rescued feline to decompress, heal and prepare for their forever home.

Foster a Cat

What It's All About

By opening your home to a cat or kitten you give them a safe, loving environment to thrive outside the stress of a shelter. Some cats need fostering because they’re too young for adoption, have special needs, don’t adjust well to a shelter environment, or have simply been waiting too long. Whether it’s a few days or a few months, your care gives them a second chance — and makes space for another life to be saved.

Cats Available to Foster

Foster vs. All the Paws Responsibilities

Foster parents provide

A safe and stable environment for a cat or kittens
Monitoring of health, well-being and temperament
Adoption advocacy: bio updates, adoption events, answering adopter emails
Food, bowls, toys, litter and other supplies such as blankets or towels

All the Paws provides

An awesome house guest, plus a carrier
Access to available donated items
Support and guidance from our cat foster team
Pre-approved medical care
Adoption coordination and events

Cat Foster Application

Tell us about your home and which cats you’d be able to care for. Our cat foster team will be in touch with next steps.

Donate to support our mission.

Your donation helps us rescue, care for, and rehome pets in need — giving them the second chance they deserve.