Ronin1
Boxer Insane
My friend has this very nice cat who has visited her house each day for the past six months. About a month ago, the cat had kittens in their hay shed. A week later, the cat's owners (neighbors a couple of houses away) arrived with a box, demanding their cat and the one week old kittens, which they then took back to their house.
The same cat has suddenly stopped coming by her house recently and my friend fears the worst. (hit by a car, killed by a Raccoon or Coyote, etc).
Yesterday, my friend was backing her truck up into a garage on another piece of property she owns (this property is very close to her house if you simply go through the woods) and she heard this very loud "mewing". She looked up and this smal kitten was just about to fall out of the rafters of the garage! My friend called her Mom and with her Mom's and FIL's help, got all six kittens down.
Momma cat is nowhere to be found at this point. Along comes the cat's owners again, asking my friends husband if he's seen any kittens. Since he didn't know anything about the found kittens yet, he answered no.
So now, my friend has these three week kittens to feed and take care of. She got some sort of Cat milk formula from the Vet and got some advice from them on how to take care of these babies.
Personally, I wouldn't put it past the Momma Cat's owners to keep her locked up in their house - trying to force my friends hand in giving up the kittens. To me - if the Cat's owners ARE doing this, then they're guilty of letting these kittens starve to death on purpose to prove a point- which makes me livid.
Bottom line, if my friend ever see's this Momma cat again, she's going to pay to have her spayed. This is twice now that the Cat has had kittens on her property and she probably hid the kittens up int he rafters this time, so her owners wouldn't come take them all away.
Any advice on how to take care of these helpless babies would be very much appreciated! She does know the basics, but could use all the help she can get!
The same cat has suddenly stopped coming by her house recently and my friend fears the worst. (hit by a car, killed by a Raccoon or Coyote, etc).
Yesterday, my friend was backing her truck up into a garage on another piece of property she owns (this property is very close to her house if you simply go through the woods) and she heard this very loud "mewing". She looked up and this smal kitten was just about to fall out of the rafters of the garage! My friend called her Mom and with her Mom's and FIL's help, got all six kittens down.
Momma cat is nowhere to be found at this point. Along comes the cat's owners again, asking my friends husband if he's seen any kittens. Since he didn't know anything about the found kittens yet, he answered no.
So now, my friend has these three week kittens to feed and take care of. She got some sort of Cat milk formula from the Vet and got some advice from them on how to take care of these babies.
Personally, I wouldn't put it past the Momma Cat's owners to keep her locked up in their house - trying to force my friends hand in giving up the kittens. To me - if the Cat's owners ARE doing this, then they're guilty of letting these kittens starve to death on purpose to prove a point- which makes me livid.
Bottom line, if my friend ever see's this Momma cat again, she's going to pay to have her spayed. This is twice now that the Cat has had kittens on her property and she probably hid the kittens up int he rafters this time, so her owners wouldn't come take them all away.
Any advice on how to take care of these helpless babies would be very much appreciated! She does know the basics, but could use all the help she can get!
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If it were me, I wouldn't admit to having the kittens either. Apparently, the owners have all sorts of cats that run around, and none of them are altered. I really want one of the kittens, however DH has Asthma and is allergic to them, so I have to respect him. Four of them are Calico's! I will tell her about the cream of wheat too. Thanks for the advice!