Pet Care Information

Man with his longhair gray tabby cat foster

Pet Fostering Q&A

What’s a pet foster parent? By being a pet foster parent, you provide a temporary home for an animal prior to adoption....Read More

Kitten Foster Manual

Best Friends' kitten foster care manual has information on preparing for, bringing home and caring for a foster kitten to prepare him or her for a forever home....Read More

Small gray and white kitten being bottle fed by a gloved hand

Watch Rosebud the Baby Kitten Be Bottle-fed

Nom nom nom ... Rosebud is ready for her lunch! Sam is fostering Rosebud and shares how she bottle-feeds kittens from the comfort of her living room....Read More

Three cats who have been neutered. TNR is the best solution to the feral cats problem.

Solutions to Cat-Related Issues

Free-roaming and feral cats (or community cats, as we like to call them) live in our communities and make their homes wherever they can find food and shelter....Read More

This tabby kitten sometimes plays too rough

Kitten Plays Too Rough

Play is a very important and fun part of a kitten’s life....Read More

Feral cat meowing. Trapping cats for TNR is important to caring for outdoor cat colonies.

Humane Cat Trapping Instructions for TNR

The following are guidelines recommended by Best Friends Animal Society for trapping community cats (free-roaming, stray and feral cats) for the purpose of trap-neuter-retu...Read More

Black-and-white feral cat to be humanely trapped for TNR and then returned to his outdoor colony

How to Trap Animals for Rescue or TNR

There are two reasons why you might want to learn how to trap cats humanely:...Read More

Stray cat, with gray and orange markings, sitting in grass

Help Stray Cats: Community Cat Tools

Two cats near cat trap being used for trap/neuter/return

Frequently Asked Questions About TNR

Trap-neuter-return: What is it? Trap-neuter-return is a humane, non-lethal alternative to the trap-and-kill method of controlling cat populations....Read More

Long-hair black kitten with chronic upper respiratory infection

Chronic Upper Respiratory Infections in Cats

Upper respiratory infections, sometimes called URIs or “cat flu,” are common in cats of all ages — from kittens to the elderly....Read More