It’s Tweenie Time!

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Kitten season’s here and that means another call for foster parents who can take care of tiny Tweenies.

Each year the Department of Animal Services (DAS) gets hundreds of kittens who are too young for adoption. The kittens are usually 4 to 8 weeks old and need foster care. These kittens are called Tweenies because they fall beTWEEN the ages of 4 and 8 weeks.

This program started in 2007 with 36 foster parents and 125 Tweenie kittens and has grown to over 110 foster parents and more than 500 kittens fostered last year. Now it’s time to help this season’s Tweenies.

Animal Services is looking for foster families who can care for these little ones until they’re 8 to 9 weeks old and can return to the shelter for spay and neuter and adoption at a robust 2 lbs! DAS loves to have County employees be foster parents to Tweenies because they have done such a good job in the past.

DAS supplies food, bowls, toys, litter and bedding. All you need to do is provide a home and snuggles. You can foster two or more of these babies but no singles as these Tweenies needs the companionship of their siblings.

If you have the time, desire and commitment to be a foster parent, raising young kittens can be very entertaining, rewarding and full of picture perfect moments. For more information on becoming a Tweenie foster parent, contact Department of Animal Services Volunteer Coordinator Marlena Young at (619) 767-2611 or Marlena.young@sdcounty.ca.gov .

Watch a CTN.org video below about a foster parent for pets, including some Tweenies.