26/05/2025
A local elderly homeowner was having yardwork done about five weeks ago when under a bush a pile of five little kittens was found. They reached out to us for help and we recommended they leave them alone until babies were about five weeks old so that mama could take care of them
Mama moved these kittens around the yard, and even into the roof several times. But they made sure mom was fed and kept an eye out for where the kittens were moved. Finally last week mama moved them right next to the feeding station. We saw that the kittens were eating wet food, so decided to pull them as mom was quite feral so we could start the socialization process early.
The homeowner is a big bird watcher and was very thankful that these kittens would not grow up to stalk the birds in his yard. So of course we had to name them after birds…Meet Chickadee, Cardinal, Mockingbird, Wren and Blackbird!
These cuties are now five weeks old and doing great and foster care. despite their young age, they took to wet and dry food well, which means mom was probably already in the process of weaning them. They were initially very hissy, but within a week are already total lap babies.
When we set up the feeding station in their yard for mom, multiple cats showed up for food. We think this mom has had several previous litters that have gone unfixed in the area, and this has become a big TNR project for us! Hopefully this will reduce the cat population in the area and allow the birds to flourish!
