I'm fostering a mom and 4 newborn kitten for the cat rescue. This is my first time fostering newborns. They were born on Friday. I have them in a crate since mom is not completely friendly. I can pet her when I have food but any other time she hisses. Can't blame her. She was a stray that someone was feeding on their porch and they brought her in on Friday to the rescue. So in one day she went from living outside to the rescue to my house and had kittens too. She's a good mom. She has a litter pan and all the kitten dry food she wants. She's eating about 3-4 (3 oz) cans of canned a day. And of course unlimited water. I put it in a shallow bowl so a kitten couldn't fall in and drown. So any advice from the experts out there? What should I be watching for or doing? Right now I'm really working of making friends with mom. She's not going to be happy with me though. I really need to take her and the kittens out and change the blanket. She won't let me change it with her in there
I haven't been handling the kittens but one of the ladies from the rescue said it was ok so I feel a little better about picking them up to clean. I promise I'll take pictures and post them