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There is a feral mom cat in my neighborhood and she has 2 litters each year with multiple kittens. We have 3 ourselves and our neighbor has 4.
Anyhow, we ended up feeding the feral mama and she had a litter 2 months ago. We caught 1 kitten who we adopted and the mama kept 1 kitten with her and brought her to our house and they hung out in front of the house at nights. They are so sweet together - mom rested while the kitten would climb all over her and they looked like they were watching the moon.
We trapped them both yesterday. The mom stayed in the trap and did not eat for 24 hours. The kitten was freed to roam and she tried to get close to her mom all day by sleeping near her and even sleeping on the top of the trap. The mom was frozen in fear yesterday and this morning she finally put out her paw out of the trap and the kitten was able to touch her mom. The mom went with a rescuer this morning to be spayed and will go with my neighbor to recover while the kitten stays here.
Anyhow, I am feeling really heartbroken the way they separated and the kitten is crying. The mama cat stays with her kitten in the winter and it feels harsh just letting her free to be alone in the winter. What should we do? Should we ask for the mom back and try to socialize her and hope that they can be adopted together?
I should clarify that the plan is to release the mama cat after her recovery (with our neighbor) and for us to foster the kitten short term. The winter is harsh here and it's all suburbs. We will continue to feed the mom cat if she comes around but maybe we should give her a chance to be socialized. But I don't know how she will get along with our cats (who are all her babies) and if she can be socialized. She is a calm cat and maybe she will enjoy the indoors. Don't know what the right thing to do is.
Anyhow, we ended up feeding the feral mama and she had a litter 2 months ago. We caught 1 kitten who we adopted and the mama kept 1 kitten with her and brought her to our house and they hung out in front of the house at nights. They are so sweet together - mom rested while the kitten would climb all over her and they looked like they were watching the moon.
We trapped them both yesterday. The mom stayed in the trap and did not eat for 24 hours. The kitten was freed to roam and she tried to get close to her mom all day by sleeping near her and even sleeping on the top of the trap. The mom was frozen in fear yesterday and this morning she finally put out her paw out of the trap and the kitten was able to touch her mom. The mom went with a rescuer this morning to be spayed and will go with my neighbor to recover while the kitten stays here.
Anyhow, I am feeling really heartbroken the way they separated and the kitten is crying. The mama cat stays with her kitten in the winter and it feels harsh just letting her free to be alone in the winter. What should we do? Should we ask for the mom back and try to socialize her and hope that they can be adopted together?
I should clarify that the plan is to release the mama cat after her recovery (with our neighbor) and for us to foster the kitten short term. The winter is harsh here and it's all suburbs. We will continue to feed the mom cat if she comes around but maybe we should give her a chance to be socialized. But I don't know how she will get along with our cats (who are all her babies) and if she can be socialized. She is a calm cat and maybe she will enjoy the indoors. Don't know what the right thing to do is.