What: Kitten baby shower
When: Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Rd., Tampa, FL 33619
Hillsborough County, Fla. (April 3, 2025) - Hillsborough County's Pet Resource Center is expecting a lot of babies soon and is planning a party to prepare.
Kitten season is just beginning, a months-long time of the year when the Pet Resource Center takes in hundreds of kittens. To help with the seasonal influx - and to introduce residents to the possibilities of fostering kittens, cats, or dogs - the shelter will host the fourth annual Pet Resource Center kitten baby shower from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. The kitten shower will be at the Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Rd., Tampa, FL 33619.
Celebrate Foster Awareness Month at this free event with games, education, and fun. The baby shower features Easter-themed enrichment tables, informational sessions, photo station, the chance to name kittens at the shelter, and a Fill the Play Pen supply drive.
The kitten wish list includes:
- Royal Canin wet cat food
- Dry kitten food
- Pee pads
- Uncooked rice
- Tube socks
- Kitten toys and other kitten supplies
Kittens present a special set of challenges for shelter staff, especially very young kittens that require hand feeding if their mother is not present. The kitten shower will include information and resources on how residents can become a foster parent to kittens, cats, or dogs that just need a little love and help to find a new home. Foster parents will receive training and can take care of pets based on their availability and the pets' needs. The foster program provides a temporary, safe place for pets to live, and behavioral or other valuable information about the pet from the foster parents, which significantly increases the chance of a successful adoption once the pet is no longer in foster care.
Residents are also encouraged to not assume that very young kittens found alone have been abandoned by their mother. Most often, the mother is nearby, either looking for food or scared off by the person's presence. In most cases, the mother will return shortly.