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Wasn’t quite sure if this was more appropriate here or in Ferals and Strays, so I apologize.
Nearly 4 weeks ago I trapped 3 feral kittens who were about 7 weeks old at the time. I was unsuccessful in trapping the fourth despite many, many attempts and now the fourth kitten has been completely MIA for almost two weeks.
I had not trapped Mom yet to have her spayed because of that kitten and not wanting to risk it being left alone. However, I desperately need to get her spayed so she doesn’t have another litter obviously.
I set out a game camera last week to see if maybe kitten was still coming around when no one was there to see, but it doesn’t look like he/she has
So, I’m going to start trapping Mom tomorrow.
Thing is, I have no available space in this house... at all. We have been overloaded this year with fosters and feral rescues and kittens. There are currently two dogs and 13 cats under our roof. Every spare room is taken by a foster or two.
The kittens were quickly outgrowing their crate, so we enclosed the very last area we had by stacking a tonnn of petgates a few days ago. We moved two of our healthy fosters in there, and gave the kittens their old room.
When we spay Momma, I’m wondering if it would be okay to put her in the room with the kittens she will not have seen for four weeks? Or will this be the equivalent of throwing a completely strange, grown cat in with them? At their age (~10 weeks) and with how long the separation has been, I feel like it’s unlikely Mom or kittens will actually remember one another. I don’t want Mom or the kittens to be scared, or worse.
Their new digs -
Nearly 4 weeks ago I trapped 3 feral kittens who were about 7 weeks old at the time. I was unsuccessful in trapping the fourth despite many, many attempts and now the fourth kitten has been completely MIA for almost two weeks.
I had not trapped Mom yet to have her spayed because of that kitten and not wanting to risk it being left alone. However, I desperately need to get her spayed so she doesn’t have another litter obviously.
I set out a game camera last week to see if maybe kitten was still coming around when no one was there to see, but it doesn’t look like he/she has
So, I’m going to start trapping Mom tomorrow.
Thing is, I have no available space in this house... at all. We have been overloaded this year with fosters and feral rescues and kittens. There are currently two dogs and 13 cats under our roof. Every spare room is taken by a foster or two.
The kittens were quickly outgrowing their crate, so we enclosed the very last area we had by stacking a tonnn of petgates a few days ago. We moved two of our healthy fosters in there, and gave the kittens their old room.
When we spay Momma, I’m wondering if it would be okay to put her in the room with the kittens she will not have seen for four weeks? Or will this be the equivalent of throwing a completely strange, grown cat in with them? At their age (~10 weeks) and with how long the separation has been, I feel like it’s unlikely Mom or kittens will actually remember one another. I don’t want Mom or the kittens to be scared, or worse.
Their new digs -