The stray cat that we have been feeding (we moved in to a new house and she just showed up one day--we think she was already pregnant) gave birth to six kittens on our back porch last night. One of them was stillborn, but the other five look healthy.
Right now they are in a dog carrier (with an open door) lined with blankets. nit I am concerned about them being outside because it can get pretty cold at night, and it is supposed to rain this week. They did fine last night but this morning the mother tried to move one kitten, realized she had no where to go, and then brought it back to the nest.
My concern is that she'll try to move them over the fence (since she used to hang out in our neighbor's yard before we moved in). Would she/can she do that?
We are considering trying to move them into the garage. The problem with that is the mother freaks out if we try to open the garage door, and she's never even been in the garage.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Right now they are in a dog carrier (with an open door) lined with blankets. nit I am concerned about them being outside because it can get pretty cold at night, and it is supposed to rain this week. They did fine last night but this morning the mother tried to move one kitten, realized she had no where to go, and then brought it back to the nest.
My concern is that she'll try to move them over the fence (since she used to hang out in our neighbor's yard before we moved in). Would she/can she do that?
We are considering trying to move them into the garage. The problem with that is the mother freaks out if we try to open the garage door, and she's never even been in the garage.
Any advice would be appreciated!
