kittens

Our kittens are 10 weeks old, and they're going to their new homes. I planned on keeping them longer but both my adult cats are attacking them (their mother is completely bipolar, nursing them one minute and scratching, biting and hissing the next). Time for them to go before they get hurt.

Truthfully, I haven't spayed her yet, and even though we planned from before we even got her to let her have one and only one litter, I so want to let her get pregnant again so we can have more kittens. They're too cute, and it's just become part of my life now, to care for a pregnant cat and then her babies.

Any tips on getting over this heartache?

ck2d said:

Truthfully, I haven't spayed her yet, and even though we planned from before we even got her to let her have one and only one litter, I so want to let her get pregnant again so we can have more kittens. They're too cute, and it's just become part of my life now, to care for a pregnant cat and then her babies.

Any tips on getting over this heartache?

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ah, that is the easiest part.

You simply cooperate with some nice shelter or rescue group nearby.  And help them taking care with their high pregs, or moms with small kittens, being their fostering home.

These moms can be home girls thrown out as soon they showed be pregnant.

Or, if you are a little more adventurous, they can be semi-ferales....  Very revarding with helping them.  They surprisingly enough do accept the caretaker etc, once they realize this is the best practical chance for her children.

The semiferal mom doesnt not always get fostered into a nice indoors pet. But her kittens arent no problem if you are working on it, she allows you.  

The intuitive cooperation partner is with a nice no-kill shelter or a rescue group.  But the fact is, the most effective is too cooperate with a high kill shelter.

There high pregs and moms with kittens has an automatic waiting ticket for the gas chamber.

But the personnel, although they do kill them when they must, usually prefer to find them a fostering home if they know of a willing fosterer...

This is my definitive advice.  Spay your resident, and help and save these souls in need, and your reward will be rich.  Both now and afterwards.

AND you will have "your" kittens to see growing, playing with them, etc...

And no direct responsibility for them either, Being a fosterer home, the shelter or the rescue group is still the formal owner and still the responsible.  You may even get help with vet costs.

Of course, if you find a home for this ex mom taken in from the high kill shelter, it is a big bonus for all.

Good luck with your 10w kittens!

Great post Stefan!

If you liked caring for a pregnant mom and baby kittens, it would be great if you could foster and help save some other ones at risk , rather than intentionally letting your cat have more litters . Moggies are wonderful but there are just so many of them already who need homes.
and I think most of the time they do pay a lot of expenses.

10 weeks is a lot better than 7 or 8 weeks. Hopefully they did all have their first shots and at least 2 times of de-worming ?