Hello!
I need some advice... Yesterday I saw a stray or feral cat and kitten in the alley. I was trying to see if they were friendly and walked over, the mom stayed where she was but the kitten approached me but then got spooked. He ended up running across the alley into my yard, where my dog chased him (when I saw her and told her to "leave it" she stopped.) So to make a long story short, I caught the kitten but the mom is still out there. I left out food for her in the alley. The kitten is probably about 7-12 weeks old. The mom was very small and skinny, I'd guess she was still a teenager herself. I would like to trap the mom and try to find her a home as well or at the very least do a TNR with her (I've done TNR once before.)
The problem is I don't know if she might have other kittens somewhere. There are hawks and foxes around here and although the kittens are not at the nursing stage anymore they probably would not survive on their own...
I was thinking though, the mom was alone with the one kitten. I saw her late last night again, on my front lawn also alone (she ran because I was walking my dogs). I think maybe because she was young and small she may have either just had the one kitten or no others survived?
I guess my question is, should I assume there are no more kittens, and trap the mom? If not, does anyone have any advice for how to find any additional kittens there might be? The mom does not run immediately when she sees me but she is skittish.
If anyone is interested in seeing the kitten, here is a photo:
I need some advice... Yesterday I saw a stray or feral cat and kitten in the alley. I was trying to see if they were friendly and walked over, the mom stayed where she was but the kitten approached me but then got spooked. He ended up running across the alley into my yard, where my dog chased him (when I saw her and told her to "leave it" she stopped.) So to make a long story short, I caught the kitten but the mom is still out there. I left out food for her in the alley. The kitten is probably about 7-12 weeks old. The mom was very small and skinny, I'd guess she was still a teenager herself. I would like to trap the mom and try to find her a home as well or at the very least do a TNR with her (I've done TNR once before.)
The problem is I don't know if she might have other kittens somewhere. There are hawks and foxes around here and although the kittens are not at the nursing stage anymore they probably would not survive on their own...
I was thinking though, the mom was alone with the one kitten. I saw her late last night again, on my front lawn also alone (she ran because I was walking my dogs). I think maybe because she was young and small she may have either just had the one kitten or no others survived?
I guess my question is, should I assume there are no more kittens, and trap the mom? If not, does anyone have any advice for how to find any additional kittens there might be? The mom does not run immediately when she sees me but she is skittish.
If anyone is interested in seeing the kitten, here is a photo: