Cat Mom Sends Hilarious Video to Animal Shelter to Admit She's a Foster Fail

Being a foster parent is one of the best things you can to do make a real difference in the life of a shelter animal. Not only does it make their lives much better (and more comfortable) as they wait to find their forever homes, but it also helps to save the lives of other cats and dogs who need the open spot that the animal you're fostering will allow them to have. There's just one problem, though: It can be very heartbreaking when you have to say goodbye to your foster pet when they finally do find their forever homes.

That's why I personally can't blame anyone for becoming a "foster fail" and deciding that they're going to adopt an animal they're fostering. And in the case of the foster mom in this video, I totally understand — that Tabby is her cat.

This video from @clickclickpurrr is actually a video message that she sent to the foster agency letting them know that she was now officially a foster fail. With this sweet kitty cuddling her during the video, how was she supposed to do anything else?!

"I am unfortunately in a love bond with one of the kittens — I'm not gonna tell you which one, I'm gonna leave it as a surprise," she joked. "I don't know what to do. I need to talk about the options for foster failing whenever you get the chance."

Yeah, it's really gonna be hard to figure out which kitten she's talking about. Maybe it's the one who is stuck to her like glue in this video?

For what it's worth, I have a feeling that they're going to be very happy together, even if her fostering didn't turn out quite as she'd planned!

More About "Foster Fails"

Becoming a foster fail isn't a bad thing — it just means that you met an animal you couldn't live without while in the process of offering them a safe place to land.

However, the term can be a bit of a controversial one, and some organizations, like the ASPCA, note that it's better to refer to it as a "foster fortune" — after all, you and the animal in question are both coming out of this arrangement as winners.

The organization also notes that this happens far more often than you might think. For example, out of the 200 animals in their care who were being fostered, 20 ended up being foster fortune animals after embedding themselves in the hearts of their new humans.

It's all really sweet when you think about it — and in the end, the goal of a forever home has been achieved, even if it may not have happened the way they originally thought.