A young mother, under 7-8 months old, had 4 kittens on our back porch in a big box two weeks ago. The mother is a stray but loves humans. She lets us hold the kittens and pet her.
The babies seem healthy, but recently, the mother has been hanging out with some other adult cats and leaving the babies for long periods of time. We've seen her leave for up to 5 hours at a time. When she finally came back after being gone for 5 hours this evening, she was reluctant to get in the box and feed her screaming kittens. When she was gone, we were worried she would never come back, so we bought supplies to take care of them. But, she finally did get in the box and feed them.
What should we do? We would like to bring the mother and kittens inside and confine them to one room, but we are worried she will not want to be confined and that she will not interact well with our pets.
Thanks!
The babies seem healthy, but recently, the mother has been hanging out with some other adult cats and leaving the babies for long periods of time. We've seen her leave for up to 5 hours at a time. When she finally came back after being gone for 5 hours this evening, she was reluctant to get in the box and feed her screaming kittens. When she was gone, we were worried she would never come back, so we bought supplies to take care of them. But, she finally did get in the box and feed them.
What should we do? We would like to bring the mother and kittens inside and confine them to one room, but we are worried she will not want to be confined and that she will not interact well with our pets.
Thanks!