Female cats have kittens year 'round, but this is the most prolific time of year for cats in Florida.
The gestation period for a female cat is short, 63 days, and as soon as she stops nursing her kittens she goes back into heat, so she can have litters three or four times a year.
Shelters and rescue groups are overrun with kittens, and you can help save countless of them by adopting one (or two ... or three).
In Manatee County, Kitty Korner is a division of Animal Network made up of people who are committed to rescuing, spay/neutering, and adopting cats in our community. Kitty Korner runs a program for trap-neuter-release of "community cats," spaying and neutering as many felines as possible.
Cats and kittens that are adoptable are put into a foster program and offered for adoption once they are spayed/neutered. Those that are returned to their cat colony are put under the watchful eye of a guardian who feeds and monitors the colony every day. These folks also take cats from Manatee County Animal Services and place them in the foster/adoption program.
Some of Kitty Korner's cats and kittens are housed at the adoption center at Petsmart, 4425 14th St. W., and can be seen during the week. Many more of the program's foster cats are are shown 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Petsmart. You can also view adoptable cats at www.petfinder.com (search for Animal Network, Bradenton). The standard adoption fee of $75 includes testing, spay/neuter, current vaccines, microchip and a post-adoption vet visit.
This is a community problem, and as a community we should do all we can to get these cats off the streets and into good homes.
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