Help us build the best tool for foster parents

We're building OnlyCats to make fostering easier and more rewarding. Your experience matters — tell us what you actually need.

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What we're building for you

Here's what OnlyCats already has and what we're planning for your role. See the full project overview →

Built

✓Cat profiles with photos, bio, personality tags, and medical history
✓Health tracking — weight log, vaccines, medications, and surgeries
✓Catch-up care schedule showing what rescues need based on their history
✓Meowments — post photo/video updates that adopters and donors can follow
✓Help request system — flag cats that need fostering, medical help, or supplies
✓Foster guide with local LA rescue orgs, vets, and low-cost clinics
✓Gamification — earn points and badges for fostering milestones

Planned

○In-app messaging between fosters and org coordinators
○Foster availability calendar so orgs know when you have open space
○Automated health reminders for vaccines, meds, and vet checkups
○Foster-to-adopter handoff with full medical + behavioral history
○Mobile app with quick photo updates and health logging

1.How long have you been fostering cats?

2.How many cats have you fostered?

3.What types of cats do you typically foster?

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4.Do you foster through an organization or independently?

5.How many cats do you typically foster at the same time?

6.What's the hardest part of fostering?*

7.Have you ever considered stopping fostering? What almost made you quit?

8.What's your biggest out-of-pocket expense when fostering?

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9.How easy is it for you to access vet care for your fosters?

Very difficultVery easy

10.How do you currently communicate with your rescue org?

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11.How do you currently keep track of your foster cats' health records?

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12.Where do you currently share updates about your fosters?

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13.What tools or info would make fostering easier for you?

14.Would you use an app to post updates about your foster cats?

Definitely notAbsolutely yes

15.How useful would a health-tracking log be for your fosters (weight, vaccines, meds)?

Not usefulVery useful

16.How useful would an automated care schedule (vaccine reminders, deworming, vet checkups)?

Not usefulVery useful

17.How useful would it be to pass along a full care history to the adopter when your foster gets adopted?

Not usefulVery useful

18.Would you use a supply wishlist where supporters could buy things your fosters need?

Wouldn't use itLove this idea

19.Would you join a community of local foster parents to share tips, ask questions, and support each other?

Not interestedVery interested

20.Would earning points, badges, and recognition for fostering milestones motivate you?

Not at allVery motivating

21.What's one thing you wish adopters knew about your foster cats?

22.Do you stay in touch with adopters after your fosters are adopted?

23.Have you ever "foster failed" (adopted a foster)?

24.Would you pay for a fostering app if it truly made your life easier?

25.What phone do you use?

26.Based on what you've seen, would you use OnlyCats for your fostering?

Definitely notAbsolutely

27.What's missing from the tools you currently use (apps, spreadsheets, Facebook) that would make your life easier?*

28.What feature would make OnlyCats an indispensable tool you couldn't foster without?*

29.What would make you recommend OnlyCats to another foster parent?

30.Would you want early access to help shape the product?

31.What's your first reaction to the name "OnlyCats"?

32.Does the name "OnlyCats" make it clear what the platform is for?

33.Any thoughts on the name or branding? Suggestions for alternatives?

34.Anything else you want us to know about your fostering experience?

35.Know anyone who might want to help build or grow OnlyCats? (developers, designers, marketers, community builders, rescue influencers, etc.) Drop their name and how to reach them.

36.What skills would they bring?

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37.Do you have any skills you'd want to contribute to OnlyCats yourself? Tell us what you're good at and how you'd like to help.