Recent Content by allresq

Thanks for the encouragement! In the past, I've seen mama cats keep nursing for a long time. I'm sure someone on this board knows all about that. If they were all staying with me and mama was tame, I'd let her nurse as long as she wants. But since I have to find good homes for them, I'm...

Thanks so much for asking! It's going to be a big project for the next few wks! Kittens are fat and healthy and starting to play. They will be 4 wks old in a few days and socialization is underway. It's challenging - mama cat is gradually letting me handle them more but only when she's eating. I...

Kittens are 2.5 wks old & doing well! I really didn't have to do anything for the 1st 2 weeks except feed mama cat - she took exceptional care of them - but now things are getting more interesting. Last week, she moved them out of the tiny fleece playhouse where she had given birth, ignoring the...

Kittens are 1 week old, big, fat & healthy! Mama cat is still ready to kill for them & I cannot get nearer than about 4 feet. I prepared 2 more nesting boxes but she won't move them out of the tiny cat playhouse where she gave birth. It's crowded in there, so she lies right in front of the box...

Whoops! FOUR kittens! All alive and nursing! After I posted, she gave birth to one more! She ate at some point this morning and peed in the litter box so I guess she has the strength to get up and walk a few feet. Of course she does everything when I'm not there! I go in quietly with food and...

We have kittens, as of a couple of hours ago! Three kittens (I hope we are done). All are alive and nursing! Momma looks so exhausted it's frightening. I guess I trapped her just in time. Her little cat cave is a mess and I wish I could at least check her and the babies over to see if...

Thank you both, StefanZ and Ondine, for the advice and ideas! I had forgotten about Feliway. And my cats are so docile and happy, and speak such fluent human,  that I was rusty on the body language cues. We are managing and no one has gotten hurt. It's starting to seem like she's hissing and...

Hi everyone: I'm looking for advice on managing my latest project. A young feral cat turned up on my isolated, rural property. I put out food & water for about a week & when I got a good look at her, realized she was starving & pregnant. She was in such bad shape I think she was getting weak &...