Our first fostering experience failed which everyone predicted so.
We have been talking about fostering fur kids in the future and that we have to be firm that we won’t end up adopting them instead. I guess, most times, it didn’t go as planned.
A friend approached me, asking if we could foster an injured cat. She showed me a video of the cat limping and said her estate community neighbors would be trapping the cat for medical care. After discussing with the wife, we said sure. Let’s get her well again after her hospital stay.
We knew how soft our hearts were and kept reminding ourselves not to name the cat. And no, we’re not keeping her. We were both determined to make the fostering a success. Sadly, we failed. She needed a home and we gave her one. It was a long hoo-ha between the rescuers and her previous owner. Eventually, he relinquished his ownership and we adopted her.
The first thing on our agenda was to get her better. Borrowed a soft playpen from our friend, but it didn’t last long as this little girl jailbreak her enclosure. We were supposed to prevent her from moving too much as she just had surgery for her injured paw and sterilization. This active girl thinks she’s all good and ready to conquer her new home. Sadly, the first week was a nightmare. The boys and her didn’t get along well. Weirdly, the boys were aggressive towards one another instead of towards the new pawmily member. Somehow, eventually they started to get better mingling. And today, they’re getting along really well. Thankful there’s no crazy cat fights and injuries during the introduction period. It was tiring for us both physically and mentally, but the end results were worth it.
Initially, we named her Dew, after her eye color. However, when she did something wrong and we were shouting her name out, we realized it sounded wrong. In Cantonese, it was a vulgar word and we knew we had to change her name. And it was another round of scrolling through Google for name inspiration.
We ended up renaming her as Dione, after a Greek goddess. Dione is the wife of Zeus. So yes, our feisty little one is named Dione Mimi. And we’re happy to announce that she’s eating well and on a full raw diet. She’s gaining weight and her coat is getting better too. And hopefully, for now, she’s the last kid we bring into our pawmily till we’re ready for the next one. Things don’t always go as planned, but we’re glad that we’re able to provide a home for the kids that we’ve adopted so far.