04/02/2023
Cider
Cider was my first ’feral’ cat foster. She was brought into the shelter from a hoarder house where domestic and feral cats were mixed. Despite her unsocialized behaviors, Cider wasn’t eligible to be released because she was found inside the home and therefore was placed for adoption. Unfortunately upon intake she bit 2 people (myself included) and due to her behavior she was moved to a back housing area where she sat for months. Week after week of seeing her and having no options for placement, I requested to foster her for a weekend to see if being out of the shelter would make a difference. Two months passed in foster care with me before she finally got comfortable with me being near her. This video is the exact moment when she allowed me to pet her for the first time. At this point I knew she was a house cat and would love to have a home of her own. I went back to work and raved about her progress and shortly after this she found a home with a family that had a barn where she could chase all the rodents that she wanted.