
07/04/2024
TAKEN FROM ANOTHER RESCUE (Last Chance Cat Ranch)
We receive requests about kittens often….
“I found a litter of kittens. I’ve tried bottle feeding but don’t have time to continue, do you have a nursing mom.”
“I found 2 kittens on my walk and brought them home, I can’t keep them, I’m allergic, can you come get them right away.”
“I found a litter of kittens at my work yesterday and took them home. 1 has died and I don’t think the others are going to make it, can you please help.”
And so forth….
What people don’t realize is if a litter is found outside at a work place or odd area, there is a high chance the mom is feral….. A feral mom has to leave her litter at times to go hunt; searching for food and water, so she can simply survive and nurse and care for her babies. She cannot be there with them 100% of the time or they will all perish.
Taking kittens when they aren’t in distress, and not tracking mom or giving her time to return, greatly impacts that litter and also fully traumatizes that poor mom when she returns to find her litter gone.
Have you ever seen a feral mom return to her babies gone?
We have, and you will be shocked and heartbroken what they go through…. a panic, frantic pacing, calling, putting herself in grave danger while she mindlessly runs searching for her babies…. for days 💔
On top of this, if you take her kittens, she will just end up pregnant again, and the cycle continues.