Hi everyone,
I brought home 2 pregnant foster cats on July 29. I put one in a 3 tier cage in the foster room and one free in the room. The smaller of the two had her 4 kittens on the 30th, so I got her just in the nick of time from having to have them in a 2x2 cage. One of them she ignored until I broke the sac and got breathing, then she took over.
I've been acclimating them to each other, since the shelter I foster for is under funded and I'm trying my best to safely help as many cats as possible.
Today, the 10th of August is the first time I let them out together the whole day and there was no drama at all! Yay!
Any how, after work today the still pregnant cat started cleaning the kittens and would sit opposite the mom with the kittens sandwiched between offering to nurse them. I separated them for now.
My questions are: Should I keep them separated, since I assume it's important to keep the colostrum in the second queen for her yet to be born kittens.
Since the kittens will be close to or greater than 2 weeks apart, once they're born, should I keep them separated since so the older kittens don't hurt the young one playing too rough.
The shelter told me even if I had to keep them separated all 12 weeks, it would still be nicer for the cats to be raised in a home rather than an over flowing cat room.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post
I brought home 2 pregnant foster cats on July 29. I put one in a 3 tier cage in the foster room and one free in the room. The smaller of the two had her 4 kittens on the 30th, so I got her just in the nick of time from having to have them in a 2x2 cage. One of them she ignored until I broke the sac and got breathing, then she took over.
I've been acclimating them to each other, since the shelter I foster for is under funded and I'm trying my best to safely help as many cats as possible.
Today, the 10th of August is the first time I let them out together the whole day and there was no drama at all! Yay!
Any how, after work today the still pregnant cat started cleaning the kittens and would sit opposite the mom with the kittens sandwiched between offering to nurse them. I separated them for now.
My questions are: Should I keep them separated, since I assume it's important to keep the colostrum in the second queen for her yet to be born kittens.
Since the kittens will be close to or greater than 2 weeks apart, once they're born, should I keep them separated since so the older kittens don't hurt the young one playing too rough.
The shelter told me even if I had to keep them separated all 12 weeks, it would still be nicer for the cats to be raised in a home rather than an over flowing cat room.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post
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