My Nonprofit Reviews

I began fostering with SPAR due to having an "only cat" rescue that I adopted from the SPCA in Annapolis, MD. This cat, Furi (an 11-year old Bengal), had always been skittish around people, couldn't be held, and absolutely HATED other cats to the point where I had to sit on the dog side at the vet's office!

I reached out to SPAR to inquire about fostering 1-2 kittens to see if Furi would learn to tolerate them as I felt she was lonely. She never played with toys and mostly hid. I began fostering Johanna and Kevin, a Torti and a Grey/White tabby. Furi was not impressed, but I received LOTS of good tips and tricks for slowly introducing an older cat to kittens. It took 3 months, but Furi began to barely tolerate their presence in the same room.

It's been more than a year now, and Furi is doing fine. We adopted Johanna and Kevin and renamed them Emma and Frank. Furi has even started to play with some toys and loves chasing Frank and sometimes being chased by him. She has really come out of her shell and bonded with more humans too! She barely notices new kittens now, and we have the expertise of SPAR's director and the treasurer to thank.

Since that time, we have fostered dozens and dozens of felines for SPAR and have been very impressed by the support and resources available to us so much so that I recently joined the Board as Vice-President! Now I'm a SPAR advocate and pass along the same knowledge that I gained when I first began to volunteer for SPAR.