trying to get kittens from mum

I have a mum and 7wk old kittens in as rescue mum 2year stray kittens feral, how do i get the kittens as they hissing ect and mum wont let me even put hand in to food in  without hissing an growling an lunginging kittens need to be checked 

Are the kittens confined?  If so, you may be able to herd them, one by one with towels.  You will need help - two people stand with towels and make a "funnel" with a third person standing at the end of the funnel with a carrier.  The third person should hold a towel or sheet in front of themselves to hide from the kittens.  The kittens can be herded through the funnel and will go into the carrier to hide.  The third person can then close the door.  Try to stay and calm and quiet as you can during this - any sudden moves or yells will spook the kittens.

You can also try to cover the kitten with a heavy towel and wrap them up quickly (kind of like "bagging" them).  This is less effective as they tend to wriggle out but it is worth a try.

If the cats are in a crate, you can also use heavy gloves to just reach in and scruff them to transfer them to the carriers.

Otherwise, you will probably have to trap them - use a smaller humane trap or a box trap.

Are you going to try to socialize them and adopt them out?  Or just leave them outside with mom?

Finally, trap mom now and have her spayed.  She may already be pregnant.

thanks for ur reply unfortunatly i had to open playpen as mum was going beserk and was really bad for kittens, so i now have the problem of finding them all which will be much more difficult as mum aggressive, i plan to try get the kittens and remove to another room, then let mum be on her own for a few days then try catch an spay I think i will have to return her to where she came and i really want to socialize the kittens for rehoming , thanks so much for ur advice 

colz said:

 
thanks for ur reply unfortunatly i had to open playpen as mum was going beserk and was really bad for kittens, so i now have the problem of finding them all which will be much more difficult as mum aggressive, i plan to try get the kittens and remove to another room, then let mum be on her own for a few days then try catch an spay I think i will have to return her to where she came and i really want to socialize the kittens for rehoming , thanks so much for ur advice 

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If you are trying to socialize the kittens you should get them ASAP. A lot of sites say you can start socializing them up to 16 weeks of age but in my own experience the best results are obtained if you can get them right around now.   I also don't know how much experience you have, so apologies if I am saying stuff that is unnecessary, but you are going to have to devote A LOT of time to socializing them if you want to have success. It is a time consuming and (often) frustrating process.

thanks for ur reply i do have a experience but this one got too me ur right thay have to really be away as soon as wean. well good news is i spend 6 hours sat on floor talking to them without looking at them an now i got kittens in playpen on own, starting to be handled, mum still in hiding but hopefully within a week i will get her and get spayed but am afraid for mum it going to have too be TNR , but hope for kitties now  Thanks again x

Very good news. Way better for mom to be spayed and outside where she's comfortable. You should not have too difficult a time with the kittens.