Foster care for mom with three baby kittens?
I’ve been on a little roller coaster with my fostering here- the little kitten that I thought I would be fostering found a home (yay!), but now a mom with three two week old kittens is in. My foster is going home tomorrow (double yay!) and I will either foster her and her babies or two adult cats.
I have a cat room with three kitty sized levels, cat scratching posts, litter box, food, water, about 20 toys and lots of toys hanging (like bells and pom poms). I also have a covered crate in there with a pillow inside and a doll sized bunk bed with blankets in it.
Can someone recommend a site to help me care for mom and her babies? I need all the info I can get!
This is my first mom and babies foster and I’m super siked!
Help please?!?!!!
This helped me: http://cats.about.com/cs/kittencare/a/tracksixweek.htm
For the most part, mom will do everything, you just have to take care of her. She’ll need food left out all the time, if possible. Keep the light a bit dim for when their eyes open. Mom may try to hide the kittens if she gets nervous. Make sure she has no dangerous places to put them. Mom won’t have time for anything but babies for awhile. She may or may not want attention. She’ll probably make that obvious either way.
Good luck! It’s so nice of you to help them out.
