{"id":4839,"date":"2014-05-11T10:03:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:11:48","slug":"10-amazing-animal-foster-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/11\/10-amazing-animal-foster-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Amazing Animal Foster Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/11\/10-amazing-animal-foster-moms\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2014%2F05%2F11%2F10-amazing-animal-foster-moms%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a mom (a single mom, currently filling all the parental roles) to an amazing little boy. I&#8217;ve also been a foster mom, not to human kids, but to animal babies.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, I&#8217;ve raised orphaned kittens, squirrels, raccoons and more.<\/p>\n<p>But what really amazes me is how some animals naturally become foster moms to other animal species.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 10 of the most amazing&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/amazing-foster-mums-in-nature-infographic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4840\" alt=\"amazing-foster-mums-in-nature-infographic\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/amazing-foster-mums-in-nature-infographic.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"7000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day! 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