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❤️{{UPDATE!}}❤️
The kittens must’ve had TOO MUCH FUN on the porch yesterday, because they came back for round 2 in my tore up garden (and they brought mama this time, plus one more orange sibling to play with!)

However, I know for certain that I saw another tiny (all black) kitten and a larger Siamese colored kitten in their group of 6 playing last night…so, hopefully they’re still just hiding under the deck.🥺🤞

As for all of the wonderful/incredibly helpful advice I received on the previous post, I’ll give a quick overview of my plan (so far), here:

I was actually already in the process of fully enclosing the bottom part of my deck and turning it into a little sunroom (right when the precious kitten avalanche hit 🥰) that whole process will only take about 3-4 days to finish.
So, I’m going to try corralling all of them inside that area (which I think will freak the mom out less than inside my actual house?) in order to start slowly socializing them with humans, for the next few weeks, until the “vet-mobile”/cat rescue is in the local area.
At which point they’ll take over, spay/neuter them, take them back to their facility and find them all happy furever homes.

That’s my current battle plan.
But I’m new to all of this, so by all means—please let me know if I missed something vital!

I had suspected that a known local feral (beautiful Manx) had a litter under my front porch several weeks ago, but I didn’t try looking for them, because I didn’t want to risk scaring them off.
So I decided to make my back porch (the covered/safer option) look as enticing as possible, for when the kittens were older…
Well, it seems my plan paid off!
While working on my yard/organizing project today, I heard a ruckus coming from the porch (a cup of BBQ utensils getting knocked over) and I see these little rascals running all around the porch playing!
Obviously every thought of “work” immediately was abandoned, in favor of “kitty observation mode”…

Sorry for the terrible, wonky, blown out lighting!
It was the exact WRONG time of day for filming on a covered deck and my phone was fighting for its life, on which subject to film/light/focus on/etc. (I have no real excuse for it being in portrait mode however…I was just so excited about seeing the kittens that my brain stopped working🤣).

Near the end of March, this gorgeous tortie decided she was moving in. We had just lost our cat Earl a few weeks before, and I was not ready for another cat. But she didn’t seem to mind. She started living on our porch, and eventually she came inside and made herself at home. I kept joking that once she was inside, she had to be fully indoor because I didn’t want her getting pregnant before we could get her fixed…

Then we noticed her belly. Took her to the vet and confirmed she was pregnant with 5 babies! We thought there would be another week or so before she gave birth, but she disappeared overnight and we finally found her in a drawer with five baby kittens. They all seem healthy and like they’re eating fine.

Any advice on how soon we have to be prepared for them to be getting up and moving around? I don’t really have a sense for how quickly kittens develop.

Edit: typos

She came to our house like a Kinder surprise.

I suppose she won her entry ticket

Minor update in comments — I tried to feed a stray I’ve never seen on my porch before. When I opened the door, she immediately ran up to me and followed me around. She looked like she might be pregnant so I let her in.

I called a cat rescue that’s too far away to go to. They think she might give birth tonight or tomorrow. I am completely out of my depth - only ever owned dogs. What should I do? I got her kitty litter which she used, she ate cat food, drank. Now she’s found a nook that she’s sleeping in. I gave her a blanket and also a box padded with towels near where she’s sleeping.

Would you let her rest or take her to the vet as soon as it opens? She follows me everywhere and I don’t want to stress her.

Previous updates!

Original Post

Update #1

Update #2

Mini Update

Update #4

The first pics are of her little hellions. The last one is apparently mine. I think I might know where they get it from!

I'm also thinking my little Orange-Bob might be a bit of a ham. Just a guess though. 🤷‍♀️

So the other day I just happened to look in my backyard and I see a mama cat sitting there and five kittens all romping around like they don't have a care in the world.

They have decided to make my backyard their home, And at least they are polite, relatively clean, and don't cause any trouble.

No idea if they are boys or girls, But three of them got names because I could. Fortunately Captain Caveman got claimed by a very trustworthy friend of mine and went home yesterday. A little catnapping and cat Stockholm syndrome never hurt anybody right? Right?

We took a stray in over winter (she was desperate) and a month later we suddenly have 4 kittens :)

It’s such a buzz / privilege to watch them grow.

Anyway, just joined up here and hoping to post more of our kitties!

Stray cat I’ve been feeding for a few months came into my back patio while I was at work and gave birth to 3 kittens inside my pot what should I do with them?

I’m living proof that the cat distribution system is real. You can’t force it. This little baby hopped in my car yesterday. I was in the middle of dashing and dropped something off at a trailer park. There were a lot of cats around. This cat just walked up to me out of no where wanting all the attention. I loved on her for a bit then I started heading towards my car. When I opened the door she walked right up, inspected it a little, then hopped right in. I was absolutely shocked. I got in the car immediately. I checked her out. She clearly has been outside for a while judging by her paw pads. She is even limping. She is so thin I feel her spine and hips when I pet her. I drove away and she absolutely no problem. She stayed in my lap PURRING. When I took her from the car to the house, she didn’t fight me at all. She don’t squirm. She just accepted I’m her mom now. I set up a whole bedroom. She immediately just made herself at home.

I took her to the vet the next day. I did find out today she is pregnant 🤰 They said she acts like someone’s cat but definitely looks like a stray. She extremely underweight for being three weeks pregnant. She weighs less than my munchkin cat 😢 So I already contacted a foster program for the kittens. We are going through the same program to adopt her and spay her. She hasn’t tried to leave the bedroom I have her in. In fact she started growling when I took her outside to take her to the vet😭

Beste lezers,

Mijn vrouw en ik zijn vorig weekend vader en moeder geworden van 4 kittens van een moeder poes die min of meer opstaat was gezet door hun vorige baasjes. (ja ze heeft zelf een soort van voor one gekozen. Ze kwam al tijden op en aan bij ons binnen om te eten, slapen en haar benodigde liefde en knuffels. Gezien ze niet van ons was wisten we niet dat ze nog niet geholpen was. Voor dat we de zwangere poes in huis lieten hadden we van ons zelf al katten. 3 stuks om precies te zijn.

Luca, de oudste dat is de Schildpadden poes ze is 12 jaar inmiddels. Te zien op foto 1. Maya van foto 2 hebben we sinds 2023. Zij komt weg van een nestje uit de straat. Dan op foto 3 is Keno, die hebben we sinds vorigjaar. Hij had dringend een nieuw huisje nodig, toen ik de verhalen via via hoorde en de foto's zag was ik al verkocht en hebben we hem de zelfde dag nog opgehaald.

Sinds vorig weekend is misty na de bevalling officieel onze 4e poes geworden. Naar overleg met de buren hebben wij haar een plaatsje aangeboden. De komende tijd gaan wij zorgen voor het nestje en met uitzicht dat we de kittens ook gaan houden of zo dicht mogelijk bij ons een huisje te kunnen bieden.

Om mijn gedachten te ordenen, deel ik dit hier. Misschien uit enthusiastme en/of onzekerheid. Ik weet het nog niet zeker, maar ik voelde mij geroepen te delen. Enjoy de foto's. (Vanaf foto 4 foto's van het nestje).

His Cat Tree got it .. luckily it’s indestructible.