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Just found a cat and newborn kittens in my garden on a low bench. WWYD??
Pinot · 17/04/2011 11:40
Ohhhh, i am in Sussex and would love another kitten or 2 but DH says that 8 is enough 
, might have to work on him.......!!!!
I once fed a stray who i knew had kittens down the street in an abandoned shed. I fed her several times a day and got her used to being handled.
After a few weeks I came down one morning to find one of the kittens on my doorstep. Half an hour later she turned up with another one in tow. I plopped them in a basket by a radiator and she happily settled herself in with them.... leaving me to break into the shed and rescue the other two (extremely feral) kittens and bring them to her! I still have scars from the little buggers.
She's been here for 3 years now and is the cuddliest housecat you ever met and we kept two of the kittens too, as well as ones from the next two litters (bloody cat got pregnent right after birth each time and the arsing vets refused to spay her while she was nursing.... I had to go in all guns blazing in the end and have a shouting match with the vet to have her done 
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Moral of that waffling story... if you feed her and are kind to her she may decide of her own accord to bring them inside to you.
Pinot... not for the squemish this kitten nursing is it!dp would argue that point... at one point we had 8, some of them kittens to be rehomed and some grown cats who were permanent residents and I came in the door with a kitten I'd found dumped at the side of the road.... dp damn near left that day 
My cat was pregnant last year and took herself off somewhere to have her babies - we could see her going over several fences and she was obviously quite a long way from home. It was an incredibly distressing time for us all. We left some boxes in strategic places indoors and after 5 long days we went out and came home to find mum and 4 kitties safe in the house.
So I guess there could be a family out there wondering where their mummy cat is and it could be from several streets away. If the kitties are happy with mum then I would leave them be. It is really good that you are looking after the one she rejected - a real labour of love but knowing how newborn kitties are I can imagine it must be quite a pleasure as well. 
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Hope mummy and babies are ok.
was hoping you would ring cats protection and not rspca and then 
to read later post that they are not helping. sadly this is happening. a group of former cats protection volunteers near me have now set up their own small cat rescue as they were so worried about cats/kittens not getting help they needed
maybe also post in the litter tray section? dont know how busy it gets as never go there
hope valhalla can help. its very sad to think of them at the mercy of the weather and other animals
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Feral and wild cats have their babies in sheltered outdoor spots.
You sound like you have received good advice. I'd start asking round to see if anyone is missing a female cat now, or at least getting the message out there on the grapevine.
You also need to keep an eye on Kitty's poo situation. We have a teeny tiny abandoned puppy as of last week, and she's only just starting to poo properly at 6 weeks. As someone said upthread, after her feeds, you need to wipe her bum quite firmly with something damp to stimulate her.
I know how dodgy that last sentence sounds.
we have a black and white fluffy rescue cat who has tiny stumpy legs - we believe because she was born and lived as a kitten under a low shelter
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