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Hello, all.
I have been a reader for years but I have never posted until now. And now, as you have probably guessed, I am in trouble and in need of advice. A momma cat I have been feeding for about a year showed up this morning in my back yard with 5 adorable kittens who can barely walk at this point. They seem healthy and happy and everything would have been fine with that, except that we have lots of raccoons as well coming to the back yard for the cat food, and I was afraid they would eat the kittens. So I lured her inside my back porch with some cooked chicken, ran out there and put all the kitten inside a box and brought them in. She was really stressed for a while trying to climb the screen, but once I brought her kittens in she stopped trying to get out. Now her kittens are all on top of her but her eyes are wide open each time I go out there and she didn't eat, yet. I am assuming she has always been free, so now my question is: did I do the right thing? Is she going to adjust and take care of the kittens? I am so nervous, I can't stop crying and I don't even know why. I don't really like to interfere with nature, but right after I brought the kittens in, one of the raccoons showed up, so leaving her outside with them is really just a tragedy waiting to happen. I have 8 cats inside and I won't allow them in the screened porch for a month or so until I can get everybody fixed and vaccinated. I also work with a catch and release program in my area, but it was after hours when I decided to take the kittens in, so I couldn't ask the catch and release group for advice, as I don't really know them on a personal level. I need to know if I am doing the right thing. Thank you so much.
I have been a reader for years but I have never posted until now. And now, as you have probably guessed, I am in trouble and in need of advice. A momma cat I have been feeding for about a year showed up this morning in my back yard with 5 adorable kittens who can barely walk at this point. They seem healthy and happy and everything would have been fine with that, except that we have lots of raccoons as well coming to the back yard for the cat food, and I was afraid they would eat the kittens. So I lured her inside my back porch with some cooked chicken, ran out there and put all the kitten inside a box and brought them in. She was really stressed for a while trying to climb the screen, but once I brought her kittens in she stopped trying to get out. Now her kittens are all on top of her but her eyes are wide open each time I go out there and she didn't eat, yet. I am assuming she has always been free, so now my question is: did I do the right thing? Is she going to adjust and take care of the kittens? I am so nervous, I can't stop crying and I don't even know why. I don't really like to interfere with nature, but right after I brought the kittens in, one of the raccoons showed up, so leaving her outside with them is really just a tragedy waiting to happen. I have 8 cats inside and I won't allow them in the screened porch for a month or so until I can get everybody fixed and vaccinated. I also work with a catch and release program in my area, but it was after hours when I decided to take the kittens in, so I couldn't ask the catch and release group for advice, as I don't really know them on a personal level. I need to know if I am doing the right thing. Thank you so much.