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The big problem with that is that she's down the street from me... so that wouldn't work unfortunately. She won't be able to stay in the house either... We have 6 dogs who aren't cat friendly, but we do have a small air conditioned/heated outdoor building we call the "barn house". Our cat has free roam of the barn house and can go in and out the cat door to the horse area and from there, wherever she wants besides our yard (she knows not to go in there).
My cat doesn't like other cats, so while mama and kittens are in the barn house I will lock her out and she can go in our tack room to sleep for the time being. Another problem is the possibility of the mama cat escaping the barn house whenever we come and go from it. I have a big crate (like this one http://www.ryanspet.com/icrate-single-door-48-x-30-x-33-pz-M1548.html) that I'm planning on setting up with a litter box, food, water, a pillow for a bed, and covering with a sheet so she feels safe. She won't be able to get out, but it seems small to keep her in. Of course, if she was at the shelter she would be in a cage smaller than that, but she's used to having all the room in the world. Do you think it would be good to keep her in the crate with her kittens for a week or so to get her settled down, then I could let her out? Of course I'll block up the cat door.. but do you think she would bolt out the barn house door as soon as it was opened?
It would be a disaster if she got out.. she would be in the yard with 6 dogs, a half mile from her home, and leaving her kittens behind. Maybe she would stay put with her kittens.. but she might also see the great outdoors again and take off without much thought..
My cat doesn't like other cats, so while mama and kittens are in the barn house I will lock her out and she can go in our tack room to sleep for the time being. Another problem is the possibility of the mama cat escaping the barn house whenever we come and go from it. I have a big crate (like this one http://www.ryanspet.com/icrate-single-door-48-x-30-x-33-pz-M1548.html) that I'm planning on setting up with a litter box, food, water, a pillow for a bed, and covering with a sheet so she feels safe. She won't be able to get out, but it seems small to keep her in. Of course, if she was at the shelter she would be in a cage smaller than that, but she's used to having all the room in the world. Do you think it would be good to keep her in the crate with her kittens for a week or so to get her settled down, then I could let her out? Of course I'll block up the cat door.. but do you think she would bolt out the barn house door as soon as it was opened?