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Hi everybody!
I'm Sol and I'm an Argentinean female living in Yokohama, Japan.
My DH and I had moved to Japan 5 years ago with our 2 black cats: Ponyo (
and Chihiro (9 - deaf - cancer survivor).
A couple of months ago a feral cat came to our backyard and we started feeding "him" every single day. He was afraid of us but would accept food. We even lurded him to get into our house to eat and were already thinking in trapping him for TNR.
Suddenly 10 days ago "he" ended up being a "she" and came with 2 adorable kittens that we think were 6 weeks old at that time.
We put them a cage and changed the location of the dog house we already installed for her several weeks ago and they moved in.
We started feeding them all every day with kittens food and started the plans for TNR and socializing the kittens, but we started thinking she is pregnant again, so that put a stop to all our plans were trying to figure out what to do.
Once DH accepted the best for everybody was TNR mom (terminating pregnancy) and keeping the kittens indoors for socialization, they suddenly dissapeared.
They were playing like usual before breakfast time, and by breakfast time, they were gone... That was 4 days ago.
Mom came back that night to eat and run away... and she's been coming back two times per day to eat and go away as fast as possible. No signs of the kittens....
We have our hopes up that they will find their way back to us (and to the delicious kittens food and the toys they liked so much).
Mom still seems pregnant(ish?) so I think TNR is really needed. We are planning to take her to 公益財団法人 神奈川県動物愛護協会
THE QUESTION NOW:
- Should we keep waiting for the kittens to show up or do we trap her ASAP and release her? - Can the kittens manage themselves for 2 days while mom gets TNR?
Without mom to nurse them (she was nursering once a day when they were here as they were eating kittens food) will they search for other sources of food?
Thank you very much in advance for any guidance you can provide.
Sol
I'm Sol and I'm an Argentinean female living in Yokohama, Japan.
My DH and I had moved to Japan 5 years ago with our 2 black cats: Ponyo (
A couple of months ago a feral cat came to our backyard and we started feeding "him" every single day. He was afraid of us but would accept food. We even lurded him to get into our house to eat and were already thinking in trapping him for TNR.
Suddenly 10 days ago "he" ended up being a "she" and came with 2 adorable kittens that we think were 6 weeks old at that time.
We put them a cage and changed the location of the dog house we already installed for her several weeks ago and they moved in.
We started feeding them all every day with kittens food and started the plans for TNR and socializing the kittens, but we started thinking she is pregnant again, so that put a stop to all our plans were trying to figure out what to do.
Once DH accepted the best for everybody was TNR mom (terminating pregnancy) and keeping the kittens indoors for socialization, they suddenly dissapeared.
They were playing like usual before breakfast time, and by breakfast time, they were gone... That was 4 days ago.
Mom came back that night to eat and run away... and she's been coming back two times per day to eat and go away as fast as possible. No signs of the kittens....
We have our hopes up that they will find their way back to us (and to the delicious kittens food and the toys they liked so much).
Mom still seems pregnant(ish?) so I think TNR is really needed. We are planning to take her to 公益財団法人 神奈川県動物愛護協会
THE QUESTION NOW:
- Should we keep waiting for the kittens to show up or do we trap her ASAP and release her? - Can the kittens manage themselves for 2 days while mom gets TNR?
Without mom to nurse them (she was nursering once a day when they were here as they were eating kittens food) will they search for other sources of food?
Thank you very much in advance for any guidance you can provide.
Sol