Hi there. I hope some of you with experience will be able to help me. A feral stray who spent the winter under the neighbors shed gave birth to a litter of six several weeks ago. She chose my straw strewn shelter (I take care of several outside cats) to have her kittens. I contacted a sanctuary and was told they would take the kittens and spay the mother,. I am unsure of the age of the exact age of the kittens, but they started eating mom's food a week ago so I think they must be 5 weeks. I couldn't see any at first and then, one by one came out over a week and a half until six emerged. She's a great mother though she is definitely wild and is only now, after 6 weeks of my feeding her, getting a bit used to me. I don't want to deprive the mom of her babies too soon or deprive the babies of fun with their siblings so I'm not sure how to go about placing them.