In Seine-et-Marne, Fanny is a foster family for abandoned cats: “It’s a real commitment”

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It's her, it's a bit like a cat's house. Two years ago, when Fanny saw Inca on Facebook, a pretty kitten offered for adoption by the Ani'Meaux association, it was love at first sight. This is how she became host family for stray cats, two years ago. By talking with the association, Fanny understood how important this role is. “I welcome them until they get back on their feet and find a family for them,” explains this forty-year-old, lover of cats and animals in general.

Well-protected little felines

Fanny has seven of her own. In part, these are cats that she had been given to care for and that she chose to adopt. Victor is the latest. But her two brothers and sisters, Vaillant and Victoria, found in Lagny, are still waiting at her house.

I got them when they were only two months old. Vaillant was very ill. He had coryza, giardiasis… I took care of him, fed him and today, look how beautiful he is.

Since the end of their quarantine, now that they are cared for, the siblings can enjoy the whole house. The mother, very wild, was treated, sterilized and released.

Thanks to her teleworking job, Fanny can be very present at home and take care of her little ones. “Depending on the condition of the cats, the association chooses the families. I have time. I have perhaps had the most difficult cases with very specific illnesses which sometimes killed certain kittens,” she says.

“In the street, some cats live in unspeakable conditions”

In two years, she welcomed around fifteen cats four of whom died. “It’s always difficult. But we tell ourselves that we save more than we lose and that, even if they die, we have offered them a few days of respite. On the street, some cats live in unspeakable conditions. »

To be a host family, you must above all have a room to be able to isolate the latest arrivals. Once back on their feet, Fanny must also “educate” them. “It’s just socializing them, caressing them, being present, playing with them…” As for the cohabitation with her own cats, everything has always gone well. “They sputter a little when they arrive, otherwise they isolate themselves and that’s it. »

A real commitment

For her, there is nothing difficult, except losing some of them or seeing them leave. “I treat them as if they were my own, so obviously we get attached. But I can’t keep them all and they then go to good, informed, concerned families,” she smiles.

From his point of view, these kittens from the street are just as cuddly, or even morethan those who were in a family: “Kittens are always adorable. And if it's an adult, at worst, you have a cat that is fearful, but never aggressive. In my opinion, it's even better than donated cats. You know their journey, their past… We hide nothing.”

At home, the whole family takes care of the kittens, even her older children and everyone accepts this feline cohabitation. “If we don’t do it, who will? It's a real commitment. Moreover, as some people need specific food, because of their past illnesses, I buy the kibbles myself and it is like a donation, tax deductible. But above all, when I know the conditions they live in, I don’t see myself just watching from my window and doing nothing,” she concludes.

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