05/19/2026
We wanted to give everyone a quick update from the ICFF chaos corner 🐾
At this time, we are unfortunately unable to take in any additional cats or kittens. Right now we have 17 foster cats in care, including 9 bottle babies requiring around-the-clock feeding and care, much like newborn infants. Between feedings, medications, cleaning, socialization, and medical needs, our fosters are stretched very thin.
This month alone, before summer has even officially started, we have taken in:
• 3 litters of kittens (all bottle babies)
• 1 lone special-needs kitten (also a bottle baby)
We know it is heartbreaking to find kittens outside and want to help immediately, but in many cases the BEST thing you can do first is leave them where they are and monitor from a distance.
A few important kitten season reminders:🐱 If kittens are found tucked away in a safe/inconspicuous area, leave them and check back every 4 hours. Mama cats often leave during the day to hunt for food and WILL return to care for them.
🐱 Please do not immediately touch or move the kittens unless they are in immediate danger (traffic, flooding, severe weather, etc.). Human scent and disruption can sometimes cause mama to relocate or reject the litter, dramatically lowering survival rates.
🐱 Removing kittens too early can also cause mama cats to mourn and search endlessly for their babies.
🐱 If mama has not returned after monitoring, or the kittens appear injured, cold, lethargic, or covered in fleas, THEN intervention is needed.
Most importantly: SPAY & NEUTER.Kitten season is already exploding, and it is not even summer yet. Spaying and neutering saves lives, reduces suffering, decreases disease spread, and helps stop this overwhelming cycle before more kittens are born into unsafe conditions.
We are still absolutely here to provide education, guidance, and support for anyone who finds kittens and needs help determining what to do next.
Updates on the current babies will be coming shortly 🍼
As always, thank you all for the continued support, donations, shares, encouragement, and love you show these animals and our foster team. We truly could not do this without the community behind us.
If you have ever considered fostering, now is the time. Even helping with one or two kittens makes an enormous difference. Please reach out if you are interested in becoming a foster ❤️