Hey everybody!!
Haven't posted in a while, but now am in need for some more advice. This morning I found 3 kittens under my father-in-laws shed.
About 10 months ago I first posted here about a cat that his neighbor had traped. Her name is Luna, and she was mostly feral when I brought her into my home. Now she is a totally different cat. I can pet her and have been for a while now and she loves it!!!
She even gets in my lap now!! I still have yet to pick her up though.
Anyway back to the kittens. They are about 7 weeks old I think. Keep in mind this is NOT a cat friendly neighborhood and the only reason I have Luna is because she was trapped by mean neighbor who decided to get rid of the ferals living there.
So my father-in-law also was not so happy to come home to see me holding 1kitten and setting out food and water for them. He is a not cat friendly as well.
I start to panic a little because father-in-law does not want them under his shed and I don't even want to think about what would happen if mean neighbor were to see them.
So I didn't have many options on what to do.
There is a pet store in my town that will sometimes take in stray kittens. I call them and of course they want to know age, if they look sick, etc. I send some pics and they say bring them in, we can probably take them.
It took a bit to catch 2 of them as they are a lot more shy than the little gray one, but I got them all.
The store is going to take them, but can't for another week because of age.
So I now have them in my bathroom with a litter box, food, water, a pet carrier that is covered and some toys.
The lady at the pet store also gave them worm medicine and also sent me home with lots of food.
So my question is that I don't think they know how to use a litter box and they are also in need of a bath because they did have some accidents in the carrier and maybe have fleas.
Luna just started using the box from day 1. I haven't had any trouble with her.
Oh wait, my daughter just came in and said one of them used the box but didn't cover it up. Also this is the more friendly of the bunch.
Any advice would be great. I didn't see a momma cat and really haven't seen too many cats since neighbor started trapping them 10 months ago.
I just couldn't leave them. I hope I did the right thing by taking them.
Hope everyone is well and thanks!!!
Haven't posted in a while, but now am in need for some more advice. This morning I found 3 kittens under my father-in-laws shed.
About 10 months ago I first posted here about a cat that his neighbor had traped. Her name is Luna, and she was mostly feral when I brought her into my home. Now she is a totally different cat. I can pet her and have been for a while now and she loves it!!!
Anyway back to the kittens. They are about 7 weeks old I think. Keep in mind this is NOT a cat friendly neighborhood and the only reason I have Luna is because she was trapped by mean neighbor who decided to get rid of the ferals living there.
So my father-in-law also was not so happy to come home to see me holding 1kitten and setting out food and water for them. He is a not cat friendly as well.
I start to panic a little because father-in-law does not want them under his shed and I don't even want to think about what would happen if mean neighbor were to see them.
So I didn't have many options on what to do.
There is a pet store in my town that will sometimes take in stray kittens. I call them and of course they want to know age, if they look sick, etc. I send some pics and they say bring them in, we can probably take them.
It took a bit to catch 2 of them as they are a lot more shy than the little gray one, but I got them all.
The store is going to take them, but can't for another week because of age.
So I now have them in my bathroom with a litter box, food, water, a pet carrier that is covered and some toys.
The lady at the pet store also gave them worm medicine and also sent me home with lots of food.
So my question is that I don't think they know how to use a litter box and they are also in need of a bath because they did have some accidents in the carrier and maybe have fleas.
Luna just started using the box from day 1. I haven't had any trouble with her.
Oh wait, my daughter just came in and said one of them used the box but didn't cover it up. Also this is the more friendly of the bunch.
Any advice would be great. I didn't see a momma cat and really haven't seen too many cats since neighbor started trapping them 10 months ago.
I just couldn't leave them. I hope I did the right thing by taking them.
Hope everyone is well and thanks!!!