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Hello all. I have to first admit that I do not have a cat. I'm the proud mommy of an American Pit Bull Terrier named Maximus
However, I was owned by a siamese cat named Simon when I was a child- I miss him to pieces!!!!
Now to the point. I run a Pet Community at www.IHeartPaws.com and a young woman joined our forums looking for advice on caring for a Feral Cat and her kittens. I really cannot offer TOO much advice as most of the rescue work I do is for dogs. (although I've worked with cats for many years none were ever feral)
This is the direct link to the thread http://iheartpaws.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1173 but it is a members only forum so I will post the contents below for anyone willing to help us out.
However, I was owned by a siamese cat named Simon when I was a child- I miss him to pieces!!!!
Now to the point. I run a Pet Community at www.IHeartPaws.com and a young woman joined our forums looking for advice on caring for a Feral Cat and her kittens. I really cannot offer TOO much advice as most of the rescue work I do is for dogs. (although I've worked with cats for many years none were ever feral)
This is the direct link to the thread http://iheartpaws.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1173 but it is a members only forum so I will post the contents below for anyone willing to help us out.
Any tips for her would be greatly appreciated! After all... you're the cat experts!Hello,
I run a rescue referral website, and someone recently emailed me asking if I can take in a feral cat and her litter of 2 week old kittens... I don't know what to do. I've checked at some of the no-kill shelters in the area but most won't take ferals and all are full... I would hate to see the kittens grow up and become feral like their mother!
I want to take them in but I don't know if I can handle a feral cat, I am afraid if I did take her in with the kittens she would be terrified and hurt them or abandon them, or not let me anywhere near then so they would not be socialized. I also have no idea how I would go about finding a home for a feral cat after the kittens were older. (I would not be able to keep them permanently, even temporarily is difficult as I am currently living with my parents while I am in college and they do NOT like me bringing in strays.)
I just don't know what to do but I really want to help them!
The only other thing I could think of was either wait until they are 4 weeks old so they are old enough to be weaned, then take the kittens home to raise, and take the mother to get spayed and re-release her... Or take the kittens now and bottle-feed them (I've raised a litter of orphaned kittens before) or give them to a surrogate mother... I don't know what to do...