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Earlier today I got a call from my uncle saying he had kittens in his car's engine and he needed help to get them out. I went over, and after nearly an hour and a half of struggling in the Florida heat, we finally got one of them. He was lying on the muffler and I had to reach up into the wheel well to drag him out. After looking for another thirty minutes, we determined the mother must have came back and gotten the other one.
I put the kitten in a cat carrier while we tried to figure out what to do with him. I saw the mother with her other kitten off in the distance, staring at the garage, looking for her baby but afraid to get close. I didn't want to just let him out of the carrier though, as he would most likely get back into the engine again, and my aunt said that she wasn't going to check for kittens in her car every time she had to drive (insinuating she would just let them die.)
We ending up setting up a raccoon trap with cat food in it, hoping to catch the mother and baby. I took the kitten home with me, and I'm taking him to the vet tomorrow morning.
Should I have tried to put him back with his mother? He looks pretty young. I really didn't want her putting those kittens back up in the engine, and my uncle said she's been putting them up there the past couple nights due to the rain. They live in a heavily wooded area, with hawks and owls and such, so I didn't want to leave him in the woods either.
I weighed him and he was about a pound and a half, so he's probably about 4 weeks old I think. I went to petsmart and bought him some kitten weaning formula and some wet food, but I'm still not sure I should have brought him home at all.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm kind of conflicted here. Thanks.
I put the kitten in a cat carrier while we tried to figure out what to do with him. I saw the mother with her other kitten off in the distance, staring at the garage, looking for her baby but afraid to get close. I didn't want to just let him out of the carrier though, as he would most likely get back into the engine again, and my aunt said that she wasn't going to check for kittens in her car every time she had to drive (insinuating she would just let them die.)
We ending up setting up a raccoon trap with cat food in it, hoping to catch the mother and baby. I took the kitten home with me, and I'm taking him to the vet tomorrow morning.
Should I have tried to put him back with his mother? He looks pretty young. I really didn't want her putting those kittens back up in the engine, and my uncle said she's been putting them up there the past couple nights due to the rain. They live in a heavily wooded area, with hawks and owls and such, so I didn't want to leave him in the woods either.
I weighed him and he was about a pound and a half, so he's probably about 4 weeks old I think. I went to petsmart and bought him some kitten weaning formula and some wet food, but I'm still not sure I should have brought him home at all.
Does anyone have any advice? I'm kind of conflicted here. Thanks.