Help!!

Okay....got adopted by a beautiful little stray......who was pregnant before we could get her fixed....gave birth in our garage last week to five beautiful babies.

So....for a couple of days....all goes well.....then one day....cat and kittens were gone. She found a way into the attic crawl space through the garage.

Two days later, there's a heat wave....and I catch her in the garage panting. Get her cooled down, but really worried about the babies up there.

Next door neighhbor crawls through attics for a living, so he goes up and can only find three kittens.....so momma and kittens come in the house....they get a nice comfy box....food, get cleaned up....I figured the other two had died.

In the middle of the night, theres baby cries......so I put momma up there toi find them....one on one side of house.....the other on the other side. There is not enough space where they are to have a person go up. I figured she would get the other two and bring them to the three.

I saw her pick up one and nurse it.......tried to leave her alone.....not sure if she found the other one and nursed it or not, but she came down into garage again.


How do I get the other two babies down??? The area that they are in is too small and too far from the access to get in there.....and it's expected to be really hot again tomorrow.


She seems happy with the three down here.....but got nervous when she heard the other two cry....

HELP...I cant stand to think of those babies up there dying.....do you think putting smoke up there like you do with bees would get her to bring them down?? I need ideas!!! Thanks!

Okay......no smoke. Can't cut my way to them....because I can't see them...and what prevents me from seeing them is a structural beam.

I tried putting momma up there and she goes to nurse one of them....but I haven't seen her go to the other. I don't understand why she wants to leave them up there....when she knows the other three are safe.....This whole thing is breaking my heart....

I live in California....and I will call the ASPCA as soon as theyopen this morning.....don't know if they can help or not, but it's worth a shot.

There really isn't a whole lot of room to put a box up there....I am trying to find something that might fit.

Okay......so on a trip to feed the babies.....she took one baby to the other.....still in an inaccessible area.....but right next to the beam. My son (bless his heart) was able to crawl down on the other side of the beam, reach his hand under and grab them.

ALL FIVE KITTIES AND MOMMA ARE DOING GREAT....and are locked in my daughter bedroom, where it is cool!!! Now....to litter box train momma.....sigh.


And of course...in a couple of weeks....a trip to the vet is in order.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR IDEAS!!! I was desperate when I found this place....and my first post was typed through tears. I was quite sure that we would not have a good ending and I am VERY HAPPY to be wrong.

NO KIDDING!!! It's SUCH a relief!! The momma is so sweet....and she used the litter box in the middle of the night....SWEET!!

The littlest one is so funny....she was the one from the attic....and when I pick her up she does a baby hiss......guess she's still pretty scared.....

Momma seems to trust me a lot. She came to me when she was in labor and I watched the babies be born....another reason that I was so heartsick about them being upstairs.

So....I guess I will have some babies to give away in a few weeks.....ANYONE INTERESTED???


LOL!!

Seriously....thank you so much for all your advice. I have loved cats since I was tiny.....but have never had to deal with a pregnant and nursing momma before. I have always had them spayed before they get the chance. It's kind of interesting at this stage of my life to have a new experience with cats.....

Thanks, icklemiss!!!