Fostering a cat

Tomorrow, my daughter and I will get our first foster pet. After trying for about a month, we were told yesterday that a cat is available for fostering. My daughter has won this privilege after a hard-fought battle with her mom, who is clearly not overly enthused with the idea.

A shopping list has been drawn of the things we would need: from food and drink bowls to cat food to litter box to scratch post to toys. Her room has been cleaned up to make space for everything including a play pen with balls of yarn in it. Green and Red zones have been identified for cat’s movement. However, since it is our first pet (I had a dog over thirty years ago – so not sure it counts), we keep on coming up with questions that range from basic to wildly hypothetical to seemingly ridiculous :).

While we are both very excited at the prospect of having a pet at home, we are also hoping we will be able to manage between the two of us.

Any tips?