Saving Kindles of Kittens with DIY Kitten Boxes

About this episode

Deborah Magaldi discusses how the Helen Sanders CatPAWS organization is saving young kittens by providing DIY Kitten boxes for caregivers.

#297: Deborah Magaldi talks about the Helen Sanders CatPAWS organization in Orange County California, where they are saving very young kindles of kittens from a certain death in the shelters (where there's nobody available to bottle feed them every 3 hours) by providing a DIY Kitten box for the people who bring in kittens that are not yet weaned. This gives Good Samaritans a chance to actually really save the kittens by taking them home to feed and care for them long enough for the kittens to...

People in this episode

Host: Tracie Hotchner

Guest: Deborah Magaldi

Topics covered

• kittens
• animal rescue
• DIY projects
• shelter animals
• cat care

Keywords

• kittens
• rescue
• CatPAWS
• bottle feeding
• shelters
• DIY Kitten box

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Helen Sanders CatPAWS

Places: Orange County California

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