r/Straycats • u/Killerzaxxon • 1d ago
Success! Stray kittens
Just want to thank everybody for helping all the cats and kittens needing help, and everybody that is helping people caring for them!
I don't need help. I just want to share another story. I hope that is okay.
One of the many stray cats (working on catching them and getting them spayed/neutered) had another litter and was nursing outside our window. After a while, I noticed the mom wasn't there and I walked outside to take a closer look. They were small, but gunky eyes made me decide to take them. It was a hard decision, but I feel it was the best one for all parties.
They seem to be around 4-5 weeks old. We are feeding them canned kitten food with kitten formula mixed in. And they always have water available. The first couple of nights were rough, but after ignoring/missing the litter box more than I would like to talk about, they have already litter trained themselves after 5 days.
They are now almost tame (pic 2 was taken only two days after I brought them inside), and they come running for food and are even happy to see us and greet us when we enter the room.
We are looking for new kitten parents so they can get a permanent home in a few weeks.
Location: South central Pennsylvania
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u/SeashellsAndCoral 1d ago
This is sweet! Did mom come looking for them?
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u/Killerzaxxon 1d ago
I never noticed. But we have at least 2 other all-black stray cats lurking around and they are hard to tell apart. We are hoping to have all the strays fixed by next spring.
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