I've been taking care of a rather skittish little pregnant cat for the past month... she was badly malnourished, so I started feeding her, and now she's grown quite comfortable with me. She essentially lives on my porch. She birthed her kittens about two weeks ago, and I had no idea where she'd hidden them... I live in an apartment complex so I was naturally terrified of somebody else meddling with them.
Last night, I walk outside and she has deposited two little balls of fluff on my porch, on the third-floor, and they can just barely walk... I put some cardboard lining against the fence rail so they wouldn't accidentally take a spill off the edge of my balcony. I'd love to take them all inside, but despite mom's comfort with us, she's not quite ready to move in, and I know she has fleas, but most treatments I've found can't be used on nursing cats or kittens under several months old...
Should I leave them outside? Is it safe? Am I totally psychotic and stupid in my fear that they might fall off the porch, since they can only waddle about awkwardly? I'm scared she'll move them again, and someone a little less knowledgeable about kittens might try to make off with them before they're of weaning age... but she's left them out there all night and all day, and she's been pretty much living on my porch for the past week... think they'll stay there?
What should I do?
Last night, I walk outside and she has deposited two little balls of fluff on my porch, on the third-floor, and they can just barely walk... I put some cardboard lining against the fence rail so they wouldn't accidentally take a spill off the edge of my balcony. I'd love to take them all inside, but despite mom's comfort with us, she's not quite ready to move in, and I know she has fleas, but most treatments I've found can't be used on nursing cats or kittens under several months old...
Should I leave them outside? Is it safe? Am I totally psychotic and stupid in my fear that they might fall off the porch, since they can only waddle about awkwardly? I'm scared she'll move them again, and someone a little less knowledgeable about kittens might try to make off with them before they're of weaning age... but she's left them out there all night and all day, and she's been pretty much living on my porch for the past week... think they'll stay there?
What should I do?