(Hint for determining the age of nursing kittens: if they are nursing and their eyes haven’t opened, they are under 2 weeks). Kittens begin to nibble at wet food at 4 weeks of age and are fully capable of eating on their own at 6 weeks. If there is a mother cat, is she nursing and caring for the kittens? It’s best to leave them with mom until they’re weaned. If you move the kittens, she won’t be able to find them and continue to care for them. Stand at least 30 feet or more away from the kittens for a few hours to see if mom will return. It is not unusual for a mom to leave her kittens for several hours looking for food. Mom cats move their kittens often and she may be in the midst of moving them and on her way back to these seemingly abandoned kittens. Keep an eye on them and see if a mother cat comes for them.
Even though they are adorable and helpless! It may seem counter-intuitive, but the best thing to do for the kittens is not to move them. Surrendering kittens to the East Bay SPCAĭon’t “kitten nap”! Resist your instinct to scoop up abandoned kittens right away.Resources if you CAN foster the kittens.Resources if you cannot foster the kittens.Learn more about feral cats and our affordable spay/neuter program for them. However, kittens under four-months old can often be socialized and adopted even if born to feral cats. Feral cats generally cannot be easily socialized and adopted. Stray cats can often be socialized and then adopted. For more information on caring for neonatal kittens, download the East Bay SPCA Neonatal Care Manual. Neither one has a legal owner however, the difference between a stray cat or a feral cat is that a stray cat is accustomed to people and a feral cat has lived in the wild and has been self-sufficient with little to no contact with people.
Many of these litters are either strays or ferals. Stray and Feral Kittens are an Epidemic: Between the months of March and September, every shelter in the region will be overrun with kittens, both orphaned litters and those with a mother. Stray Cats, Feral Cats and Kittens Have you found a stray cat or litter of kittens? Here are some resources that may help.
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