I am brand new to this forum and this looked like the correct place to ask this question but if it's not, I'll remove it!
A few days ago we heard the squeekings of kittens coming from the bathroom vent, so we went under the house and sure enough coming from the hanging insulation we heard them loud and clear again. That was the first we had heard, and they sound super young so I am guessing that was a day or two after she had them. We've seen the mom, she's a super shy med-haired cat. Now the problem is we live out in the country and we have coyotes, raccoons, stray dogs, and everything else. There have been other wild strays over the years most which have not lived long do to the surrounding wildlife. The other thing is, even if they do all manage to survive, we're not keen on having a whole bunch of feral cats on the property. (We love cats, even adopted the last friendly stray who showed up here, but indoors only! We have a lot of rare birds in the area that have enough trouble with the raccoons and snakes) We did google and find out some info, we started feeding the mother cat in one spot in the morning and she's been eating. (We don't leave any food or anything around past afternoon so not to draw in the other wildlife). She will now stay in the area if she sees us, but not if we look like we're coming near her. We want to help both her and the kittens, preferably tame and rehome. We have moderate experience rehabilitating young feral kittens as we've helped a few in the past and they turned out sweeter then any other cats I know, but we've never dealt with a mom and babies situation just orphaned or abandoned ones.
Sorry this is so long! If anyone has any advice on what to do or how to handle this it would be most appreciated.
A few days ago we heard the squeekings of kittens coming from the bathroom vent, so we went under the house and sure enough coming from the hanging insulation we heard them loud and clear again. That was the first we had heard, and they sound super young so I am guessing that was a day or two after she had them. We've seen the mom, she's a super shy med-haired cat. Now the problem is we live out in the country and we have coyotes, raccoons, stray dogs, and everything else. There have been other wild strays over the years most which have not lived long do to the surrounding wildlife. The other thing is, even if they do all manage to survive, we're not keen on having a whole bunch of feral cats on the property. (We love cats, even adopted the last friendly stray who showed up here, but indoors only! We have a lot of rare birds in the area that have enough trouble with the raccoons and snakes) We did google and find out some info, we started feeding the mother cat in one spot in the morning and she's been eating. (We don't leave any food or anything around past afternoon so not to draw in the other wildlife). She will now stay in the area if she sees us, but not if we look like we're coming near her. We want to help both her and the kittens, preferably tame and rehome. We have moderate experience rehabilitating young feral kittens as we've helped a few in the past and they turned out sweeter then any other cats I know, but we've never dealt with a mom and babies situation just orphaned or abandoned ones.
Sorry this is so long! If anyone has any advice on what to do or how to handle this it would be most appreciated.
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to TCS! And bless you for looking out for this mama and her kittens. It sounds like the predators in your area are a real danger to this little family so I think the ideal place to start is to get everyone into the safety of your home. How difficult will it be to accomplish that? Hopefully, extracting the kittens from the insulation won't be that difficult but you may need a trap for their mother. She might follow them inside if you bring them in first but best to have some way to trap her, just in case. You may be able to borrow a trap from a nearby vet or rescue group if you don't have your own.
