Kitten Videos

To the left you will see a picture of my cat Jesse, when she was a kitten.She is a Himalyan Persian.

I love kittens and wanted to bring you some videos of gorgeous kittens all in one place. Children also love kittens so they may enjoy the videos as well. I find that watching kitties play always makes me smile and laugh.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to talk about something more serious. When I lived in Australia I used to be a foster mother for the SPCA. I don't think its widely know that animal shelters and SPCA's around the world are always in need of foster parents for their animals. What this means is that you take care of a kitten or a bunch of kittens or puppies or a mother with kittens or a grown cat or dog for a specified period of time.

This is a temporary situation, not ownership of the animal. How it worked for me was that I chose to foster kittens. Already having two of my own adult cats, I felt it would be too traumatic for  them if I introduced an adult cat into the household. The SPCA would ring me and tell me what they had for me, for instance 4 kittens and then I would go get them and bring them home. I always got small kittens weighing under 1 kg and it was my job to feed and play and handle with them and keep them safe and happy. When they weighed 1200 grams they would be ready to take back to them for de-sexing. After they had recovered they would them be ready for the SPCA to adopt them out to their new owners.

I had such fun fostering, but I must say it was also hard work. The kittens needed feeding 3-4 times and day and keeping them seperate so they all got enough food was quite demanding:-) As they got used to my house they took over the place and you had to be very careful not to step on them as they were so tiny. I usually had each batch of kittens for around 4-5 week at a time.

I would recommend this to anyone who had the time and dedication. It certainly makes you feel like you have a purpose in life and that you are doing something to give back. If you would like to find out more about this, just give your local SPCA a ring and they will tell you what they need.