Hi, all. it's been a while since I've been on The Cat Site. When I first joined this site back in 2014, I had a pregnant stray and you all gave me wonderful advice. I still have the cat, but all her kittens were adopted back then. Now, for the first time in YEARS, I've got another pregnant semi-feral. She's been hanging around and I've been feeding her wet kitten food and some dry. She has been wanting in the house, but that cannot happen. I now have six cats of varying ages and circumstances and no place for a pregnant cat since my house is very open and has sliding doors that can easily be opened by cats.
I have a wonderful storage room - large with two doors and windows - where the first pregnant cat had her kittens and lived for four months until the last kitten was adopted and I could bring her inside. Unfortunately, that room is now back to being a storage room full of things. I have managed to get an XXL dog kennel in there and kitted it out with all that is needed for Charlie-Belle. The kennel is partially-covered for a feeling of security. I have been trying to kennel train her. The problem is that she will go in the storage room and look around, stick her nose in the kennel and eat food from a bowl sometimes, but the minute I make a move, she will run out the door of the storage room.She panics if I close the room's door. She still wants in the house, but that experiment did not work as my 18 year old female went into attack mode (and I thought it would be the three 1-2 year-olds who would be the problem because they are pesty and demanding Siamese mixes.) How can I help this cat have her kittens in safety if she is not going in the kennel? I already have a rescue with whom I work ready to take the kittens when they are ready and will spay Charlie-Belle, but they have no room and no fosters available at this time.
I have a wonderful storage room - large with two doors and windows - where the first pregnant cat had her kittens and lived for four months until the last kitten was adopted and I could bring her inside. Unfortunately, that room is now back to being a storage room full of things. I have managed to get an XXL dog kennel in there and kitted it out with all that is needed for Charlie-Belle. The kennel is partially-covered for a feeling of security. I have been trying to kennel train her. The problem is that she will go in the storage room and look around, stick her nose in the kennel and eat food from a bowl sometimes, but the minute I make a move, she will run out the door of the storage room.She panics if I close the room's door. She still wants in the house, but that experiment did not work as my 18 year old female went into attack mode (and I thought it would be the three 1-2 year-olds who would be the problem because they are pesty and demanding Siamese mixes.) How can I help this cat have her kittens in safety if she is not going in the kennel? I already have a rescue with whom I work ready to take the kittens when they are ready and will spay Charlie-Belle, but they have no room and no fosters available at this time.
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