Neonatal Animals
When kittens and puppies too young to eat on their own come into our shelter, their lives depend upon staff and volunteers who have the time, energy, expertise and emotional strength to bottle-feed these babies.

If you would like to learn how to care for neonatal kittens and puppies, we can provide individual or group instruction on the skills and supplies needed for this type of care.

Before you consider this type of foster opportunity, you need to know that, no matter how much time, effort and love you provide, some of these babies may not make it. Look inside yourself and make sure you have not only the time (some babies need bottle-fed every two hours, round the clock!), but the emotional fortitude to provide this level of care.

Fostering for Space
Although we do not usually foster out healthy, adoptable animals (our shelter buddies best chance for adoption is in the shelter, where potential adopters can see, touch, and fall in love), when kennel housing gets cramped and cage space is an issue, we welcome foster parents who can give a two-week cage break to one of our animals.

Animals fostered for space remain on our website as available for adoption, and foster parents may need to return their foster animal early to meet a potential adopter. If you fall madly in love with your foster animal, foster parents usually have “first dibs” on adopting their foster animal. This decision needs to be made immediately if we have another interested potential adopter.

Foster requirements »

HELP US HELP THE ANIMALS

Become a Foster Home for our North Side or Elizabeth Shelter. Click here to take our foster survey.

Volunteer & Foster Services
W PA Humane Society
1101 Western Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233

For more info call Jessica Dettling at 421-321-4625 ext. 221.