Worried about mama cat
Yesterday I caught 5 kittens and their mom. I estimate they are about 4 weeks old. I brought them inside because of how many stray dogs and cats we have in the area and I was worried about the kittens, plus we are having a lot of thunderstorms lately. I already think she lost one and originally had 6.
Mom is a stray through and through, but she let me handle her a little and I moved her inside with her kittens to a small bathroom with a blanket, water, wet food, and dry food, plus a clumping litter box.
Mom is not eating. It’s been over 24 hours since she’s had anything to eat or drink.
Tomorrow at noon I’m taking them to the rescue center to get them properly registered as fosters (I will continue to foster) and get them all treated for fleas and worms. What should I do in the meantime to encourage mom to eat/drink?
Also, she isn’t very interactive with babies. She hasn’t groomed them, doesn’t move so they can nurse (they force their heads under her so they are still eating, plus I have kitten food for them out to supplement). She also didn’t stimulate them to pee and they didn’t use the litter box. I ended up stimulating them today already.
Any advice? I’ve fostered adult cats before but not fosters.