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The kittens are 1 month old now! 2 are eating kibble like momma and 1 just started eating wet food tonight. The other 2 are being stubborn aboya eating. Oh well, they will get it eventually. All seem to be using the litter box finally! I don't see a bunch of puddle places anyway. They are all...

I found out, just tonight, that when one of my kittens started chewing on the side of the plate, I shoved a little wet food on the edges. He got a taste of it and dug right in! So out of 5 babies, 2 are eating kibble but not wet food and 1 eats wet food but not kibble. The other 2 want nothing...

Lol! Yes, she almost 4 weeks old now and still loves to climb on me and sleep. I think momma is trying to start weaning them so I am doing a shallow bowl with milk replacer, but they want nothing to do with it. I don't want to waste the milk replacer, but if they don't drink it, I have to dump...

Here's another odd question for anyone... One of the kittens seems to always want to be with me when she's not eating. I mean she will cry for me to pick her up and hold her. When I place her back into the nest after I hold her she cries again. Unless she is sound asleep when I put her in there...

I have a question to ask... When would the best time be to introduce my resident cats to Mistie? I know she's protective of her babies right now, but we know it will be harder to find her a home and we are willing to keep her. I just want the process to be as smooth as possible. I've been...

Mistie is doing really well. We are done with the antibiotics the vet gave her last week and she's eating better and caring for the kittens even better than before. She will be staying with us after the kittens find their furever homes. That is if we can get her and our other 2 cats to get...

Thank you so much. I nicknamed that one snowflake because they'will never be another like him. It still makes me so sad when I think about him. The rest are doing wonderfully and growing fast! :woohoo:

Thank you! They are beautiful! I've since moved them to a spare room upstairs. The under spaces that are bad have been closed off (mainly just under a dresser) so there is no worries about them getting trapped. The first couple of days she moved them under the futon but she did move them back...

Momma still tries moving them at night. I've had to lock her in a night too. It makes me so sad to do that, but I need to get sleep and I can't when I am worried about her moving them at night. I set up my Alexa down there near the cage to play classical music but I still wonder if that and...

Lol! I can't believe I went through that for 3 weeks! I have a few pictures from after they were first born. I'm trying to talk my husband into keeping mom, because I know it will be hard to find her a home. 4 of the kittens are already spoken for. I nicknamed a couple of them, but trying not...

Last night she took a kitten out and put it by the dryer on the cold cement. Thankfully, something woke me up to check on them. She had to be locked in last night. Then I opened it this morning while I was getting ready and she moved 2 to her freshly scooped litter box. Locked her in again. :-(...

The view with the camera. I can also zoom in if I need to. Peace of mind is so valuable.

Ok, so the crate is set up and the camera I use to keep an eye on her while at work, is right in the crate. It is at the top, hopefully out of reach of any kitties. A small litter box towards the back, food, water and a soft cushion for her to lay on are also in there. She has already gone in...

Thank you foxden! I will make sure it's safe for them :-)

I have been weighing them. They seem to be gaining weight appropriately, so far. They all have little round bellies and sleep quite a bit. She does take good care of them. :-) I will keep you updated on her progress. Fingers crossed the crate works well for us! :crossfingers::wavey:

Thank you so much for your help Sarthur2! I really appreciate it! Hope your schooling goes well and you feel better very soon! :runningcat:

We will have the crate later today. Kittens just turned a week old today and momma is about 7 months old. She delivered at the vet's office last week because she was having a hard time getting the kittens out. Then they all went to the vet saturSat because mom hhad some bright red discharge...

I'm borrowing the crate and it was used for a lab before, so it's going to be a good size. They are all in the main part of the basement so bigger than one room but closed off from 2 other rooms down there and from the upstairs where our resident (fixed ) cats are. We are going to try and find...

I'm also worried that if the cage is big enough to put her litter box in, that she will start putting the kittens in that when I'm not home. I know it wouldn't be good for them to be in the litter box. She's a very young stray that we brought into our basement to have and raise the kittens...

I'm getting a large crate to keep momma and kittens in until they are older because she keeps moving them to unsafe places when I'm not home with her. How often does she need to be let out to use the litter box? I usually work 8 hours a day.