We were feeding our cats on the porch this AM when we heard frantic kittens crying from all over our backyard. We grabbed a box and found them in plants, behind the garbage can, under cement blocks and we listened for another half hour to see if there were any we missed. Four total, good health, eyes open maybe 4-5 weeks, no mom in sight. We thought that either someone dropped them off here or the Mom had moved them and left. We brought them inside,
I calmed them down and later fed them chopped up wet canned food and a little cream. They ate like little pigs and fell sound asleep. I watched all day for the Mom, walked the perimeter of the yard until finally around 7:30 this evening saw her fly across the front yard, over the fence into the backyard. She looked frantic, too. Just awhile ago I heard a cat on the other side of the fence near the street howling in pain I thought, so we grabbed a flashlight and ran around the fence towards the street, it was the Mom again. She was howling for them I am so upset now. My heart tells me to bring them outside and leave them so she can find them but my brain says no, they are getting to be too much for her to control. Advice? What would you do? There is a no kill refuge I can take them to, or perhaps have them fixed and then release back here? I feel so bad but she was not around all day they would have wandered away. Should we just leave them outside so she can find them or consider that we have four that we can help..So hard to figure this one out. I do take care of several older ferals and older kittens but these are so young..The Mom took wonderful care of them, too..Let me know your thoughts?
I calmed them down and later fed them chopped up wet canned food and a little cream. They ate like little pigs and fell sound asleep. I watched all day for the Mom, walked the perimeter of the yard until finally around 7:30 this evening saw her fly across the front yard, over the fence into the backyard. She looked frantic, too. Just awhile ago I heard a cat on the other side of the fence near the street howling in pain I thought, so we grabbed a flashlight and ran around the fence towards the street, it was the Mom again. She was howling for them I am so upset now. My heart tells me to bring them outside and leave them so she can find them but my brain says no, they are getting to be too much for her to control. Advice? What would you do? There is a no kill refuge I can take them to, or perhaps have them fixed and then release back here? I feel so bad but she was not around all day they would have wandered away. Should we just leave them outside so she can find them or consider that we have four that we can help..So hard to figure this one out. I do take care of several older ferals and older kittens but these are so young..The Mom took wonderful care of them, too..Let me know your thoughts?