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This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« on: July 02, 2017, 01:37:10 am »
For New York City’s strays, this guy is the cat’s meow.

Charlie, a 7-year-old house cat living on the Upper West Side, is the ASPCA’s top foster dad in the city. Over the past five years, this gray-and-white feline has helped raise 25 foster kittens, cuddling, grooming and getting them emotionally and physically ready for adoption.

“He’s so wonderful with the kittens,” Charlie’s owner, Chandler Alteri, told The Post, adding that many of the animals she and Charlie foster have special needs. “He lets them fake nurse with him. He cleans them. Sometimes he bops them around, like training them to stand up for themselves and be independent. He teaches things I can’t.”

Charlie himself was a foster, found in 2010 with his siblings in a box near Alteri’s parents’ home in Nashville, Tenn. When Alteri’s mom offered him up, she couldn’t say no.

More: http://nypost.com/2017/06/24/this-cat-has-fostered-25-stray-kittens-with-the-help-of-his-owner/

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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2017, 11:21:28 am »
Thank you @EC
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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2017, 11:45:06 am »
Always my pleasure.  ^-^
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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2017, 03:26:22 pm »

@Freya

Kittens are nice,
Kittens love you back.
Then they grow up,
And plot your murder.






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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2017, 03:49:49 pm »
Not murder. They want cheeseburgers 🍔 @Suppressed

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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2017, 04:32:14 pm »
I'm now following his Instagram. What a wonderful kitty!

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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2017, 11:24:58 pm »
@Freya

Please add me to the kitty ping list. I am a dog person but have a love of all animals.

Is it usual for a male cat to care for kittens? I have never heard of this. Great story.
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Re: This Upper West Side cat is NYC’s best foster dad
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2017, 11:42:54 pm »
@Freya

Please add me to the kitty ping list. I am a dog person but have a love of all animals.

Is it usual for a male cat to care for kittens? I have never heard of this. Great story.

@austingirl , you will be. On the next kitty story.

I never heard of a male cat caring for kittens, but I suppose anything is possible.

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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2017, 11:58:31 pm »
@Freya , I have heard of male cats taking care of kittens, but it's pretty rare.

Here's an example of Charlie in action.

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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2017, 10:13:04 am »

I never heard of a male cat caring for kittens, but I suppose anything is possible.


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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2017, 10:18:49 am »
Our Fleabag does it. Looked after Nameless better than his mother did. Still does, now Nameless is back. It's funny to watch.  ^-^

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