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I've had these kitties for about 7 weeks now. They were about 6 weeks when I found them in my shed. Mama was with them but chased me away hissing so I made the choice to trap mom and take the kittens so I could socialize them and get them in indoor homes. Whether that was a good choice (?), I don't know. A couple had goopy eyes and didn't look the most healthy and there are also woodchucks in our shed which had been chased away by mom, I guess. ANYWAY ...
Mom got fixed and released. She came back and has been hanging around watching her babies through our sunroom windows (where the kittens live currently). Kittens are now all fixed and have made pretty good progress (went from hissing/spitting to being able to be picked up and will let you pet them and purr if they're lying somewhere else (won't stay on lap for pets unless you're also feeding them).
I never really wanted cats just due to some bad experience with cat urine smells in houses (our house required all new flooring, unexpectedly, when we moved in and the perimeter of most of the rooms were black with cat urine stains) and also my mom's house is ruined by cat urine (she's bad with her litter boxes). But so far these guys have been using the boxes wonderfully and I clean them daily.
BUT going from 0-4 cats ... I just don't know. I tried putting a sign up at the local pet food place and got one email from someone that made me really nervous. I don't want to be a 'snob' but giving a kitten to some young, unstable person makes me feel like they'd be better off just being released back into our yard to live in our shed with their mom.
Also they are fine with us but if a new face comes in, they kind of revert to feral - so it will be hard to find homes for them because basically the only thing I could do is take a video of the kitten with US and then show them, "This is how they'll be with you in a few days after they get used to you" because I'm sure they will hiss at any new person.
I'm just so torn on what to do. I don't really know what I'm even asking here ... just looking for similar stories and how they turned out?
P.S., all kittens have been fixed now. They are currently about 3.5 months old.
Thanks!
Mom got fixed and released. She came back and has been hanging around watching her babies through our sunroom windows (where the kittens live currently). Kittens are now all fixed and have made pretty good progress (went from hissing/spitting to being able to be picked up and will let you pet them and purr if they're lying somewhere else (won't stay on lap for pets unless you're also feeding them).
I never really wanted cats just due to some bad experience with cat urine smells in houses (our house required all new flooring, unexpectedly, when we moved in and the perimeter of most of the rooms were black with cat urine stains) and also my mom's house is ruined by cat urine (she's bad with her litter boxes). But so far these guys have been using the boxes wonderfully and I clean them daily.
BUT going from 0-4 cats ... I just don't know. I tried putting a sign up at the local pet food place and got one email from someone that made me really nervous. I don't want to be a 'snob' but giving a kitten to some young, unstable person makes me feel like they'd be better off just being released back into our yard to live in our shed with their mom.
Also they are fine with us but if a new face comes in, they kind of revert to feral - so it will be hard to find homes for them because basically the only thing I could do is take a video of the kitten with US and then show them, "This is how they'll be with you in a few days after they get used to you" because I'm sure they will hiss at any new person.
I'm just so torn on what to do. I don't really know what I'm even asking here ... just looking for similar stories and how they turned out?
P.S., all kittens have been fixed now. They are currently about 3.5 months old.
Thanks!