Hi,
I'm new here, and I thought I'd just for some advice... .
We've had a stray tom around for about a year - we've been feeding him, and he hangs around a lot. Recently (a couple months ago) a female cat, not spayed, has been hanging around. The tom cat is very friendly, and we think he was dumped here because our neighbors down the street adopted his brother - looks just like him - anyways, the female got pregnant and we just found her kittens a couple days ago (vet said they were about 5-6 wks). We were able to catch the kittens using a dog crate, but we had to use a havahart trap to catch the mother. The kittens were checked by the vet and they are 100% healthy, which is great. We have been socializing the babies, and they seem to be doing great. We plan on adopting them out in a couple weeks when theyre ready. Right now they are all in a large metal dog crate with a house, litter box, and food/water. We caught the father and had him neutered so we dont end up with hundreds of cats around. The problem is, the mother is pregnant again - about 5 weeks (we think). We plan on letting her have her babies and them putting them up for adoption as well. But I dont really know anything about cat pregnancy. When should we remove her current babies? Does anyone know what we should do? She's really scared, not that aggressive - doesnt really hiss - just very scared. What's the best way to socialize an older cat - she's probably less than a year old though. (I know this is very long - lol). . . Any advice or suggestions would be very helpful. What should we expect with the second litter? We plan to have her spayed after her 2nd litter is gone. Thanks.
I'm new here, and I thought I'd just for some advice... .
We've had a stray tom around for about a year - we've been feeding him, and he hangs around a lot. Recently (a couple months ago) a female cat, not spayed, has been hanging around. The tom cat is very friendly, and we think he was dumped here because our neighbors down the street adopted his brother - looks just like him - anyways, the female got pregnant and we just found her kittens a couple days ago (vet said they were about 5-6 wks). We were able to catch the kittens using a dog crate, but we had to use a havahart trap to catch the mother. The kittens were checked by the vet and they are 100% healthy, which is great. We have been socializing the babies, and they seem to be doing great. We plan on adopting them out in a couple weeks when theyre ready. Right now they are all in a large metal dog crate with a house, litter box, and food/water. We caught the father and had him neutered so we dont end up with hundreds of cats around. The problem is, the mother is pregnant again - about 5 weeks (we think). We plan on letting her have her babies and them putting them up for adoption as well. But I dont really know anything about cat pregnancy. When should we remove her current babies? Does anyone know what we should do? She's really scared, not that aggressive - doesnt really hiss - just very scared. What's the best way to socialize an older cat - she's probably less than a year old though. (I know this is very long - lol). . . Any advice or suggestions would be very helpful. What should we expect with the second litter? We plan to have her spayed after her 2nd litter is gone. Thanks.
