BYE-BYE BATCH #9

It is always my intention to foster a batch of kittens until each one of them finds a new forever home. However, this does not always happen due to planned holidays or work-related travel plans.

With Batch #9, I had them all ready to be adopted out at 8 weeks of age. I had all their pictures taken and their bios written and uploaded to the *VOKRA website.

VOKRA has now changed their policy with respect to the age of adoptable kittens, from 8 weeks to 10 or 11 weeks. You see, all kittens were previously vaccinated up to 8 weeks old, but many kittens were having severe reactions to their vaccinations. So, VOKRA now waits until the kittens are 10 weeks old before they are vaccinated and their fosters must ensure that the kittens have not reacted adversely to their vaccinations. VOKRA wants to ensure that all kittens are healthy and happy before they are given to their new homes.

So, with the added weeks, the timing ran into our planned anniversary/birthday boat cruise and we were forced to transfer Trig and her 6 kittens to another set of VOKRA fosters. Believe me, hubby and I discussed the possibility of cancelling our plans so that we could stay home to continue fostering this batch, but it wasn't just any anniversary cruise that we would have been cancelling - it was our 20-year wedding anniversary, so we reluctantly decided to keep our plans intact.

I'm going to miss these little guys! I hope they all find wonderful, loving homes.

Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association

https://www.facebook.com/VOKRA

Adoption application:

http://www.orphankittenrescue.com/adoption_application/