Feral Kittens in Garage
Hello. First time posting, in need of advice. Was feeding a feral cat and she started bringing her 4 kittens with her August 10th, and we’ve been feeding them since while trying to make plans to TNR and possibly get the kittens socialized and adopted out. October 1st, 1 kitten got himself trapped in the garage and wouldn’t leave (it’s getting cold out but definitely scared). Caught 2 of the kittens last night and trying to catch the last one, mom avoids the crate with a string on the door.
We don’t have a proper set up for them, currently have the 3 caught loose in the garage. Have one large crate 48x31 in and a smaller one 25x20 in. Really unsure where to start and limited local support (contacted the only TNR, which we are out of the city limits for, whose only advice was to “TNR and if possible socialize them”).
We think they’re about 3 months now, and the large crate still seems too small for all 3/4. Were thinking to get a large catio to put in the garage (71 Lx32 Wx44 H in) but also unsure if that would be large enough etc and how to get them in there.
The kitten who wandered in on his own will warily eat with us at a distance in the garage, but the other two haven’t come around yet. As for the 4th one outside, hopefully once caught should we even let him outside of the small crate once in the garage?
We plan to get them to the vet and health checkup and neutered, but difficult when we can’t get close to them in such a large space. Can’t keep them either as we have cats inside already, but also feels too cruel to let them outside with the cold winter coming up.
Mom (and who we suspect is dad) are another problem but we don’t have the capacity to catch them yet, especially since they only come at night.
Is anyone apart of/aware of any Wisconsin based TNR groups/help/placement/socialization?