Hi. Recently, my family and I got some newborn kittens from our shelter. They were born on August 20th, and we got them on the 24th. There are 5 kittens and a mother cat (pictured below).
The mom, who we call Delilah, is really sweet and from the moment we brought her home has been nuzzling against us, wanting attention. She seems to have no problem with her kittens being touched and picked up.
Today I woke up and eagerly went to check on the kittens, as I do every morning. This time when I got into the kitten room, the Mom, Delilah was nowhere in sight. When I looked more closely I saw that there were only three kitties in the bed. Delilah suddenly appeared, but we couldn't find the kittens. After a lot of searching, we heard cries coming from the closet. We opened it up but couldn't figure out where they were. Finally, we found them in a small paper bag at the bottom of the empty closet; one of the black ones and
the little gray, crying and squeaking. This was really surprising. I've heard of this happening, but only with mothers who don't let you get too close to their babies. Delilah lets you touch and hold them without a problem. But it must have been the frequent opening of doors, or maybe the smell. We cleaned out their old dog bed because it was covered in drops of Delilah's blood and poop. We put them in a different cat bed. A couple minutes later, we returned to see that the kittens had been moved again, this time to under the dresser. The little pen was closed, meaning Delilah must have picked up the kitten and climbed all the way up and down the pen. Poor kitties. We kept putting them back and she kept taking a few and putting them somewhere "safe." I tried closing the blinds and turning off the lights and hardly going in there at all, in hopes of making it feel safer to her. I thought this worked, but after coming home after not being around for a couple hours, I found four of the five kittens behind the dresser.
This is really worrying me. I don't feel safe leaving them alone and I don't understand why she would do this if she acts to friendly to humans. Help please.
The mom, who we call Delilah, is really sweet and from the moment we brought her home has been nuzzling against us, wanting attention. She seems to have no problem with her kittens being touched and picked up.
Today I woke up and eagerly went to check on the kittens, as I do every morning. This time when I got into the kitten room, the Mom, Delilah was nowhere in sight. When I looked more closely I saw that there were only three kitties in the bed. Delilah suddenly appeared, but we couldn't find the kittens. After a lot of searching, we heard cries coming from the closet. We opened it up but couldn't figure out where they were. Finally, we found them in a small paper bag at the bottom of the empty closet; one of the black ones and
the little gray, crying and squeaking. This was really surprising. I've heard of this happening, but only with mothers who don't let you get too close to their babies. Delilah lets you touch and hold them without a problem. But it must have been the frequent opening of doors, or maybe the smell. We cleaned out their old dog bed because it was covered in drops of Delilah's blood and poop. We put them in a different cat bed. A couple minutes later, we returned to see that the kittens had been moved again, this time to under the dresser. The little pen was closed, meaning Delilah must have picked up the kitten and climbed all the way up and down the pen. Poor kitties. We kept putting them back and she kept taking a few and putting them somewhere "safe." I tried closing the blinds and turning off the lights and hardly going in there at all, in hopes of making it feel safer to her. I thought this worked, but after coming home after not being around for a couple hours, I found four of the five kittens behind the dresser.
This is really worrying me. I don't feel safe leaving them alone and I don't understand why she would do this if she acts to friendly to humans. Help please.