Hey everyone,
Over the past 3 weeks, I've been looking after a mother and her kittens in my backyard. She came before when she was pregnant but my father chased her away. I managed to capture one kitten a few weeks ago and give him to my niece after taming him. Then, last week Saturday, I caught his brother which I am still trying to tame. Before catching any of the kittens, I contacted a local cat rescue and they offered to take the mother and spay her, deflea, and deworm for free ONLY if I could catch all 3. Anyways, after telling them that I couldn't catch the mother, they basically abandoned me and left me to figure this out all by myself. I was upset at first because it's unfair and I'm still upset because she's still in my backyard. I've been feeding her but she won't let me get close. She comes to my door crying for her kittens daily. So many male cats have came to the backyard chasing her and spraying on stuff in the backyard. I chase them away from her but they keep coming back. She fights them and has scratches and missing fur all over from fighting. I don't know how to help her. I'm trying to find another place that'll take her but I haven't been very fortunate. I need advice as to what I should do about her. I can't feed her like this forever because I have 3 other cats to feed and that's hard enough already. Her kitten that I rescued last Saturday is also very boney. I've been feeding him often but he still wants more food. He licks out the other cats bowls trying to find stray pieces of food. I'm not sure what to do with him either. I'd love to have some reasurrance from other members on the issue.
Thank you.
Over the past 3 weeks, I've been looking after a mother and her kittens in my backyard. She came before when she was pregnant but my father chased her away. I managed to capture one kitten a few weeks ago and give him to my niece after taming him. Then, last week Saturday, I caught his brother which I am still trying to tame. Before catching any of the kittens, I contacted a local cat rescue and they offered to take the mother and spay her, deflea, and deworm for free ONLY if I could catch all 3. Anyways, after telling them that I couldn't catch the mother, they basically abandoned me and left me to figure this out all by myself. I was upset at first because it's unfair and I'm still upset because she's still in my backyard. I've been feeding her but she won't let me get close. She comes to my door crying for her kittens daily. So many male cats have came to the backyard chasing her and spraying on stuff in the backyard. I chase them away from her but they keep coming back. She fights them and has scratches and missing fur all over from fighting. I don't know how to help her. I'm trying to find another place that'll take her but I haven't been very fortunate. I need advice as to what I should do about her. I can't feed her like this forever because I have 3 other cats to feed and that's hard enough already. Her kitten that I rescued last Saturday is also very boney. I've been feeding him often but he still wants more food. He licks out the other cats bowls trying to find stray pieces of food. I'm not sure what to do with him either. I'd love to have some reasurrance from other members on the issue.
Thank you.