Very Pregnant stray (long post)

For the past few months I've been feeding a stray. I live in northern Ohio and our winter has been cold and snowy. I could not take her in since I have 2 cats of my own and live in a no pet co-op. I fill her bowl outside on my porch twice a day. I've only seen glimpses of her through the door. She's a beautiful black cat with streaks of gold in her fur, she has gorgeous green eyes. Last night when my grandson came over he said she was outside and was pregnant. Sure enough when I looked out she was walking up the drive and was very pregnant. Now I'm really concerned for her. I don't know where she is living. It has to be outside somewhere. She'll have those babies and surely the weather will be so cold they won't survive. I'm hoping that she will bring them to me when they are old enough to eat cat food. Then maybe I can trap them and give them to the local shelter for adoption. Hopefully I can also trap her and the shelter will TNR her. My heart goes out to her. I am so glad that at least I have been feeding her. Do kittens born this time of the year outside survive? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Any chance you could trap her and let her have the kittens in a secluded room of the apt - just a temporary thing?

Feed her a quality kitten food, as much as she wants.

I would look up shelters/rescue groups in the area, and see if you can find somone to trap her and foster her while she has the kittens, and then rehome the kittens. Whether to socialize and rehome her or release her (after having her spayed) would be up to the foster (who should have experience doing this).

Here are links to help you find someone or a group that may be able to help:

http://www.pets911.com/organizations/organizations.php
http://www.alleycat.org/orgs.html

You can also contact Alley Cat Allies to find out if there are any "Feral Friends" in their network near you: http://www.alleycat.org/response.aspx

You can also contact the Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Campaign to see if they have anyone in their network near you that can help: e-mail [email protected] and explain the situation (http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehom...ets/about2.cfm).

I hope you're able to find someone who can help you trap and then take in this kitty!



Laurie

Originally Posted by Mom of 4

Any chance you could trap her and let her have the kittens in a secluded room of the apt - just a temporary thing?

Feed her a quality kitten food, as much as she wants.

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I would love to be able to bring her in but I have never even petted her. I started to feed her because she was trying to eat bird seed. I have only caught glimpses of her these past few months. She feeds early AM and late PM. Both in the dark. My heart goes out to her. I'm checking with the local shelter to see what they can do. The problem there is that the shelter's bldg. isn't ready for pets yet. A foster home would have to be found. Lets pray for this beautiful cat.