We had some contractors doing work in the house yesterday(and making lots of noise downstairs) so I moved the cat/kitten bed upstairs to my son's bedroom for the day. The contractors finished their work and I moved the kitten bed back downstairs to the kitchen, where it had been since the birth.
This morning I came down to the kitchen and all the kittens and Houdini were gone!! I suspected she had moved them back to my son's room, but they werent there. So I searched the house and finally found that she had moved them upstairs onto a shelf in my husband's closet. SHe can't stay there because my husband has cat allergies (which we control by brushing Houdini a lot and vacuuming a lot).
So what should I do? I want them back down in the kitchen again, but I'm worried that she will try to relocate them again. She moved all 4 kittens up the stairs and somehow jumped up to the sweater shelf with the kittens in her mouth. Can the kittens get hurt by being moved like this? I know mama cats do this in the wild, but it seems risky to me.
She was only upstairs for one day....why does she now perceive the downstairs as unacceptable? In retrospect I wish I'd never moved them, but I was worried that the men trapsing thru the house using power tools would spook her. Does anyone have any ideas? Should I just move them back to the kitchen again and hope for the best?
This morning I came down to the kitchen and all the kittens and Houdini were gone!! I suspected she had moved them back to my son's room, but they werent there. So I searched the house and finally found that she had moved them upstairs onto a shelf in my husband's closet. SHe can't stay there because my husband has cat allergies (which we control by brushing Houdini a lot and vacuuming a lot).
So what should I do? I want them back down in the kitchen again, but I'm worried that she will try to relocate them again. She moved all 4 kittens up the stairs and somehow jumped up to the sweater shelf with the kittens in her mouth. Can the kittens get hurt by being moved like this? I know mama cats do this in the wild, but it seems risky to me.
She was only upstairs for one day....why does she now perceive the downstairs as unacceptable? In retrospect I wish I'd never moved them, but I was worried that the men trapsing thru the house using power tools would spook her. Does anyone have any ideas? Should I just move them back to the kitchen again and hope for the best?