I am fostering 3 week old (I think) kittens, 5 of them. And the Mom, who appears young. She is doing a very good job with them EXCEPT I will check on her every three hours or so and she will have taken 1 kit out of box and moved that one only somewhere else in the bedroom - so the kit is in the corner alone. This has happened 6 times in 3 days - and never the same kit (so it isn't abandonment). I am worried that the kit that is out by itself will be cold (keeping apartment as warm as I can stand it). I close the door so at least the kit is in the same room with Mom.
I am getting up with alarm in middle of night to "count babies" in the box to see if one is missing. Wonder why she does this? She was abandoned on the side of the road in a carrier with these kits a week ago. Is she still nervous?
Will 3 week old kits be OK without littermates warmth for 8 hrs (when I have to go back to work)? I say the kits are probably 3 weeks because their eyes are open, they hear me, and there ears are still down. They only wobble-walk, and do not eliminate by themselves yet.
Any advice is appreciated!
I am getting up with alarm in middle of night to "count babies" in the box to see if one is missing. Wonder why she does this? She was abandoned on the side of the road in a carrier with these kits a week ago. Is she still nervous?
Will 3 week old kits be OK without littermates warmth for 8 hrs (when I have to go back to work)? I say the kits are probably 3 weeks because their eyes are open, they hear me, and there ears are still down. They only wobble-walk, and do not eliminate by themselves yet.
Any advice is appreciated!