Kitten help

Please a quick help , I just found 3 kitten in my garden , can I touch them and move them in a safer place?

 

There mum will know they are there, best not to touch Sal.

 

Yes, get a huge box, tall and wide first to put them in. And a small litter pan to go inside and towels.

BUT----depending on human handling they may be really pissy and hiss at you. So use gloves first, grab them behind the neck first quickly and put in the box. Have the box close, or try to corner them, as when you grab one the others may run.

I caught an untamed litter at age 5 weeks, that is easier to humanize.

Ones about 6 -7 weeks takes longer and patience when handling to get them to cross over to purr. It can be done, I've done it. It's a matter of getting past the hissing and just putting one at a time on your lap ---gently petting and the putting back. Do not expect instant love if 6-7 weeks area. It will take a few days of twice to three time a day handling. If you have a huge dog crate with open grates it is better for them to see you walk around them and normal noise.

But, you have to not be scared, be matter a fact when handling them.

Later, go and get them dewormed. And they can get fixed when about 14 weeks old, forgot the pounds (look it up).

You can find more info on line of how to tame ferals. That is if these are what they are and they seem so.

However, not to be dismayed, I do have two that were never handled until they were about 6 months, with time I was able to pick them up and hold them.

If they are larger than 10 week size, it may possibly be easier to just put food out and let them come to you.

Good luck.

And if you leave them as Zig says below, they will only be come less humanized, and roam around and breed some more. It would be good to trap the mom if possible and fix her also.

 

Phone your local Cats Protection or RSPCA - they are best placed to advise and will probably want to catch the mum too.

In the meantime, put some food out for them and mum as they may be hungry if the mum is feral.

 

What if its just next doors moggie?

 

I agree with Zigs, leave them alone. Redstar seems to assume you want to keep them, you don't do you?
I also agree with merleworld, but that's assuming you have cat food, maybe just a saucer of milk.

 

thank you all they are all safe.
the mum belong to some of my neighbour , if the cat decided to come in my garden is apparently because they are looking for a safe place and maybe the owner of the cat dasn`t really care ( it`s a council house and I really don`t want to point at anyone) .
I will feed them an try to keep a male and when the time will come i will find a house , the mum was really hungry ......funny think this is not the first time that i found a strange animal in my garden.
this is Mr wilson

then we had bugs bunny a parrot a black bird and an hamster.

 

Bless you Sal.

They don't look very old though, not old enough to leave mum. Can you find her and bring her in as well as they may still be suckling?

 

Yeh i was thinking the same Merleworld,their mum probably needs help as much as they do and she'll be looking for them

 

All done , they are safe, we fed the mum and the mum is in the box ,feeding them.

 

Nice one Sal

 

Aaawww they are sweet!! Bless you Sal!! There's at least 1 girl there, the multi color one. Called calico or tortoise shell. They are ALWAYS female.

 

PS..... I wonder if we should start calling you Noah.........

 

Good one Sal. Glad you were able to get the mom. From the sounds and look of it they are fairly relaxed in the situation, that is good.
And no, I did not assume Sal was going to keep them. I am assuming Sal will keep them until she finds good homes and or get
them fixed before she sells them, so they do not procreate. (the later my choice)

And MILK WILL GIVE CATS DIAHREA. When mom is finished regular water is all that is necessary. And later a kitten dry food soaked in water to start, they will let you know when they are ready to chunk down on the dry.

I've become associated with a Cat Rescue society that assists folks if they are willing to grab up litter strays, they will give you free de-worming and 1/2 cost for fixing when they reach 14 wks, this helps the cat population to decrease.

And I undersand the calico female is usually sterile. (but I just understand that)

 

Redstar, from what I remember it is very different in the UK to the States as to stray / unwanted cats. Also here in Portugal. They can only afford so much as they rely on contributions.

I have a soon to be 17 year old English cat who has lived here for 11 years and insists on having milk and cheese and all my others have always had it and they have never had diarrhea from it. In the winter, they have a tiny bowl each of warm milk every morning .. in the summer a single small bowl of cold is put down between them and it is always gone.

We had a calico, Candi, the sister of our Cal we now have aged six, and she was sterilised as you never take a chance they are sterile.

Well done Sal ... the one reminds us so much of our dearly departed Candi and bless you for taking care of them and mum. The pretty little grey/white one on the right may be a male. I prefer my males and t'other half likes his girls.

By the way, Sal is a 'he' not a 'she' as he is Italian, ie, Salvatore ... :WINK1: