Should i feed stray kittens

Any advice will be helpful. I started feeding a stray cat a few weeks ago I have 2 questions. I put water out.

What else could it be? Is she just being friendly? There are a lot of strays in our neighborhood. Also, how many times a day do they need to eat? I have a stray that has had a litter of three living under my front porch. One of the litter is gone now. No way of knowing what happened to it. Recently my neighbor saw the 2 kittens eating the food I put out as well. I suppose the kittens are about 2 months old just a guess.

I like them although they are all afraid of me. The mom sometimes shows up on my front porch so I feed her there sometimes as well. If I made a little house for them in the back would they use it? I could even heat it when winter comes. Should I do this. I really like having them around and would like the kittens as well as the mom to stick around.

My experience with dumped, stray, or feral cats is we bought our house in the country and it came with a shadow cat. A shadow cat is one that watches what you are doing from yards or more away from you.

About three months later someone dumped a gray tiger stripe female on us. She was aloof at first but after a few months of feeding her she warmed up to us. The shadow cat would wait for us to go inside before he would come eat. Then he was gone. After about six months he would sit at the far corner of the front yard and wait. A few months later he would sit at the bottom of the steps to the porch. Then he would sit on the porch.

He disappeared for a week or two and when he came back he started waiting about two feet from the feeding bowl. Then one day he was eating while I filled the bowl. As he ate I stroked his back and that was it.

He let me touch him from then on. That process took a year to happen. So I moved into this trailer park a little over a year ago. Saw one cat, then it grew to three cats. And yesterday I saw 5 little kittens going under my shed! Momma seems scared but she got really close to me for food multiple times throughout the day, kittens at the end of the day came out and ate, they were out here and there but anytime the was noise they ran underneath again.

I am just obsessed with cat and love every breed of cats! Even the cats with no hair,I love cats for they way they are and what they look like does not affect their personality.??? There is a pregnant stray cat living by the pool and it is bleeding a lot,the vet says that the kitten are probably ready to come out but it is not coming out now.

I need advice for this poor cat?. There is also a very sweet cat and when ever there is trouble,he will always meow for help. I know that when the pregnant cat is gonna give birth they go really hungry and keep on pacing around and crying.

I am residing in the Middle-East. There are a lot of stray cats in the neighbourhood. Due to the hot weather, there are very few small animals to prey upon for food. As a result, the cats are mainly scavenging food from the garbage bins. I initially started to feed the cats with cooked chicken meat. Later I switched to dry food and I realized not all the cats are eating although I know they are hungry.

But eventually all the dry food is eaten. I liked to seek your opinion whether I should avoid giving the cats cooked chicken because I am concerned they may developed habits of being picky with food. Feeding the cats with cooked chicken is not a viable long term option for me.

Thank you. I About three and a half months ago, I saw a kitten on the wall of our house and it was very weak and skinny. I guess it was a few days ago that his mother left him to live independently.

I got a cat, and despite all the problems I had with feeding the cat, I was able to feed the cat for about three and a half months. And now unfortunately for financial reasons I can not feed the cat, the cat came for food several times today and yesterday afternoon and I could not feed him, and I really do not know what to do.

Coincidentally, the cat came again half an hour ago, and made me realize that he was hungry I just need food for the cat, not money. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Stray kitty hanging around your house or neighborhood?

Is this cat a stray? There are much larger issues at play, such as responsible pet ownership, but the immediate concern is the safety and welfare of those cats.

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The teens receive training in all aspects of theater, in front of the curtain and behind the scenes. By Joan Morris jmorris bayareanewsgroup. Kittens can be weaned when they begin eating solid foods at approximately weeks old; offer them wet food mixed with water at 4 weeks. When the kittens are fully weaned from mom, the mom should be spayed, and then either adopted out or returned outside. The kittens should be fixed and adopted out around weeks of age.

Handle the kittens frequently after 5 weeks old to help with socialization. Consult a veterinarian immediately if the kittens or mom show any signs of illness, injury, or distress. Leave the family outside, and provide food, water, and shelter. The mother will likely move the kittens, do not worry. When you bring them inside, handle them often to get them used to human socialization.

If you cannot foster and socialize the kittens, leave the kittens outside! Once you remove the babies, you must keep them at an appropriate body temperature. Using a box with clean, soft towels, and warming bottles make a nest and place the kittens in the box. Keep them away from drafts and out of humidity.

They need a room that stays close to 90 degrees for the first two weeks of age, then the temperature can be lowered to 80 degrees. Unweaned kittens need round-the-clock care and monitoring. The kittens will need to be bottle fed with milk replacer every hours including overnight and kept warm and dry.

Milk replacement kitten formula and nursing kits can be purchased at pet stores. Follow the instructions on the packaging for cleaning and preparing the bottles, nipples, and for the appropriate mixing ratio of the milk replacement. Do not heat the liquid directly, rather place the bottle in a pan of hot water to warm it, and test on your own wrist. Wash your hands before and after handling the formula and feeding the kittens.

Do not feed kittens on their backs. Place them on their stomachs and gently lift their chins. Rub the nipple back and forth across the lips and gums until the kitten begins to taste the formula and latches on. Remember to tilt the bottle up so that the kitten is not sucking in air. An eye dropper may be necessary for the first week or two. Every third feeding, offer some water in the bottle to start.