Three feral kittens on my deck

Our closest shelter is 20 miles away and is a kill shelter. I cannot take them there. I will not take them there.

Subee that's wonderful that you set up a little shelter for them! I understand what you mean about letting them in.. or taking them to the humane society. I just hope somehow you can get these babies spayed at least!

If you have a Pet Supplies Plus store nearby, you can spend about $70. or so including tax for an Outback cedar small dog house. I just bought one for Mooie, our outdoor cat, and the house is really well constructed, made out of rot resistant cedar wood with a sloping roof and actual green roofing tiles. It has small pedestal legs with the floor several inches off the ground and your kittens will be able to play on top of the roof! I've been eyeing this outside house for a while and I finally bought it because it's such top quality, including the fact that you purchase it completely constructed. It fit perfectly into the back of my minivan with the back seats pushed forward. For the money I'm saving on buying less fancy interior doors, I decided to invest the difference in this outside house.

Pet pads and blankets can be placed inside the house for warmth, too.

Wow! That sounds great. I will look for it.
Today I shoveled more snow off the deck and laid rugs for them. And they are using the box inside and out for sleeping and cuddling. I also gave them a couple toy mouses and they ran off with them as if it was prey. I bet they eat them! They had a good meal of IAMS kitten chow with warm water. And they sat on the rug and cleaned themselves in the sun today. It is so cold here. They look very happy and are much more curious about me now. So again today, I petted, picked up and loved on my inside cats while they watched through the window. I crawled on the floor and managed to get quite close to the glass before they ran off. Their little faces look so puzzled.
I took some more pictures of them today. I will post later after I compress them.

They seem to be getting more tame. Cross your fingers for me.

OMG , they are gorgeous .
They could be some selkirk rex mix , the way how the fur is curled . But then it may just have to be combed . My Shanana has also curls when it rains on top of her had , but on her belly she is always curled and not matted .
I wish you all the luck in the world to catch those pretty kitties .

Look at Marquise , he is a pure bred Selkirk Rex Cat .

Yes...they are curly not matted. When they groom it takes a long lick!!!!
They do look like your kitty except for the nose length.

Glad you won't take them to a kill shelter. When I needed to look around I found numerous organizations that were no kill and I had never heard of them. Maybe the Humane Society knows of some that take animals and is no kill. I now have a 2 pg.list and the H.S. did help direct me to them. Good luck

beautiful cats! your doing a great thing by helping them

I went and bought an 18 gal heavy duty plastic tote box. I lined it in batting and have rearranged their rug and afghan so they have a larger shelter with a porch. Their box was crushing from them sitting on it and they had torn up the heavy garbage bag.

Momma kitty showed up today. I have not seen her for two months. She looks as if she has been in some major fight. Her tail looks bent, there is fur missing on her back and she is limping. I was surprized to see her and aghast at her condition as she has been so healthy for the last 1 1/2 years I have been observing her. She is very talkative but stays her distance. She watched me do all the rearranging on the deck and came to the food bowl as soon as I went in.

The kittens accepted her back with relish. Even to trying half heartedly to nurse. She is cuddling with them but bats them away when they try to nurse.

I am positive of the sex of two of them now from watching them roll and play on the deck. I am happy to report one is a female and the black is a male.

I am in trouble because she now has a name! I found out she is a female by watching her wrestle with another kitten.

Anyway, she was in the front birdfeeder yesterday afternoon. I guess she was hoping one would fly into her mouth. I was able to get a good closeup through the front window before she took off.

This one is closer.

And the feeder she is sitting in!

Oh Subee,

You are a charm for providing for these cats! You did more than a good deed in giving them a waterproof home, one that was warm. When it starts warming up, take an old shirt and put it on and wear it, get it all saturated with your smell and put it in their bedroom. That will acquaint them with your smell. Take another old shirt and do the same, and put that shirt under their food bowl.

Feed them chicken broth warmed over their kibble, and to trap mom, use sardines, or really cheap and stinky canned cat food. You can also sprinkle organic catfood in the food in the trap to get her interested in coming in for bite.


Bless you for helping this family!

Oh they are sooooo sweet!!!!

to cute .

So what you are going to do with Maggie May when you catch her ?

well...I have only four inside cats. There is room for one more. My heart has room for them all.

I really like her personality. Do you see how calmly she looks at me for pictures? I see no fear there. The other two run for the shed when I am around.

hmmmm , that sounds that there is a conection between you and her . I hope and pray you are able to get them and they will be save . May you be richly blessed for caring

Oh subee, that kitty is so sweet.The hair is so neat on that kitty. Hang in there,that kitty cat needs you.