31/08/2026
PLEASE READ - A HARD TRUTH ABOUT RESCUE
At Mc Kitty Cat Rescue, we believe in *Quality Rescue over Quantity Rescue.*
And that means we need to talk about a dangerous practice we are seeing far too often with other rescues:
Mixing litters without testing or quarantine
This is NOT rescue. This is recklessness.
Here is what responsible rescue looks like, and what we will ALWAYS do:
1. From Day One: Vet Check. No Exceptions.
The day a kitten comes into our care, it goes for a full veterinary assessment. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Immediately.
That assessment includes testing for FIV and FeLV, a thorough health check, and if they are big and healthy enough - their first set of vaccinations and deworming
2. NO Mixing of Litters. Ever.
Do not mix litters. Especially when you do not know their history.
It takes ONE sick kitten to wipe out an entire group of healthy kittens. One undetected virus, one case of Panleukopenia, Calicivirus, or Ringworm, and what could have been one sick kitten becomes ten dead kittens.
3. Quarantine is NOT Optional.
Every single new kitten taken in must be quarantined. For a minimum of 14 to 21 days.
This is non-negotiable. This is the incubation period for many deadly viruses. If you skip this, you are gambling with lives.
We have seen cases where kittens are brought into foster and immediately placed with a lactating mommy with zero health history done. Now, instead of one sick kitten, you have a sick momma, her own vulnerable babies sick, and the new kittens sick. One shortcut created a catastrophe.
4. Fosters Must Be Properly Vetted.
Not everyone can foster, and that's okay. We must ask:
Are you capable of bottle-feeding neonates every 2 hours?
Do you know what Fading Kitten Syndrome is and what to do?
Do you have a separate, quarantined space?
Do you understand cross-contamination?
Do you have the funds if these kittens should get sick?
Sending a critical kitten to an unprepared foster is setting them both up to fail.
Rescue is NOT a numbers game. It is NOT about who can take in the most kittens.
We as rescues NEED to rescue responsibly - no shortcuts to be taken.
If we cannot afford to test, to vet check, to vaccinate, to quarantine - then we cannot afford to take that kitten in. And that is a hard but honest truth.
In rescue, we either do it right, and for the right reasons, or there is no point in rescuing at all.
We will always choose to save fewer lives, the RIGHT way, than to put many lives at risk by doing it the wrong way.
Thank you to the like minded fosters and supporters who understand and uphold this standard.
This is how we protect our residents, and every other precious soul entrusted to us.
Mc Kitty Cat Rescue
Rescue Responsibly.
No Shortcuts
