I will try to keep this as short as I can. A cat showed up in my yard a few months ago and she, as it turned out, looked like she needed help so I began to feed her. Fast forward to pregnant cat who gives birth to a litter of five kittens up in the top of old shed in the backyard. She later moved them to another location in the top of the shed where I kept nailing cardboard up higher and higher around her nest and fashioned a canopy of sorts to keep them dry when the rain leaked in. Bad spot to have kittens but I guess it was the best and safest place she could find.
This past Sunday I saw her in the process of moving her kittens but until yesterday, Wednesday, I had no idea where she had moved them. Well she put them ON TOP OF the old shed in a nest of old fallen leaves out under some overhanging leafy branches. It's all on a pretty fair incline. Yesterday I fixed a box, put an old sheet inside and wrapped it in a few trash bags to keep it insulated and dry and put it up there for them. I have been worried about them falling off the edge and today one did.
I have to move them somewhere safe and the only place for that would be on my screened in front porch. I know I can get the kittens moved there but I am worried that I won't be able to get the mama to come on the porch. She won't let me pick her up, she's just recently begun to let me pet her a very little bit. What can I do? I've been looking after them since they were first born 29 days ago and i want to do all i can to help them and find them all a good home. I just don't know what to do at this juncture. Do ya'll have any advice or ideas for me? I really need some help. Thanks.
This past Sunday I saw her in the process of moving her kittens but until yesterday, Wednesday, I had no idea where she had moved them. Well she put them ON TOP OF the old shed in a nest of old fallen leaves out under some overhanging leafy branches. It's all on a pretty fair incline. Yesterday I fixed a box, put an old sheet inside and wrapped it in a few trash bags to keep it insulated and dry and put it up there for them. I have been worried about them falling off the edge and today one did.
I have to move them somewhere safe and the only place for that would be on my screened in front porch. I know I can get the kittens moved there but I am worried that I won't be able to get the mama to come on the porch. She won't let me pick her up, she's just recently begun to let me pet her a very little bit. What can I do? I've been looking after them since they were first born 29 days ago and i want to do all i can to help them and find them all a good home. I just don't know what to do at this juncture. Do ya'll have any advice or ideas for me? I really need some help. Thanks.