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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 596701" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Midnight is about 5 yrs old. Not sure if I have her age right on my signature or not. I don't keep up with the cats as well as I do the dogs. lol She has never had a successful litter........or pregnancy for that matter. (yes, IF I could find free/low cost spaying she and Minnie would be spayed but I spent years looking and it doesn't exist around here) </p><p></p><p>So when she popped up preggers.........I didn't worry about it too much. I increased her food portion and made sure she had the privacy to eat it without the other cats snitching it from her. Then one day she was no longer preggers. Nor did it seem she had filled with milk. I figured she's lost yet another litter although she had obviously gotten much further along this time. (maybe all that extra food) </p><p></p><p>With all this bluejay drama............and our grilling outside...........</p><p></p><p>We're doing the grill on the patio. A bird lands on the roof of Rowdy's old kennel and chirps. Travis hears mewing......but there are no cats in the yard. He goes looking because it's faint mewing............. He discovers 3 little kittens nested in some straw behind Rowdy's old kennel........in the small space between the kennel and the privacy fence. I guesstimate their age at about 3 wks........which would be about right for Midnight suddenly not being pregnant. They appear healthy enough. We didn't try to get to them yesterday as they were safe where they were......and it's obvious Midnight is being a good mommy. </p><p></p><p>So now I feel bad. I've wondered why on earth Midnight has been obsessed with getting inside. (even after birth) So much so that recently she has been basically wandering in and out as she pleases because she always goes back out again and she was litter box trained by whomever dumped her and her brother at my house as kittens. I wondered why she was so thin when she seemed to have one hellova appetite lately. Now, of course, it makes sense. </p><p></p><p>She did get an extra portion of food last night..........placed near the kennel in the back yard where the other cats don't go. (most likely why she chose that location) I made sure she had plenty of water. I'll keep feeding her extra that way to help her out with her nursing. </p><p></p><p>Now the problem is to move the kittens to a safer location. We have severe weather moving in by late afternoon and for tomorrow. In their current location.........if it rained hard enough, the way the patio drains they could drown. Moving them is not going to be easy. That is a TEENY space. Not sure if we can get back there. And moving the kennel.......well, it has a wooden roof......it's going to be too heavy. So.......I might have to recruit sister in law when he comes to pick up the boys. </p><p></p><p>I plan to set Midnight up a nice "nursery" location in the family room / enclosed back porch with a litter box. That would be a protected space for them separate from the main house......and then perhaps we can work on socializing the kittens so they will be people friendly by weaning and I can rehome them to nice families. </p><p></p><p>This is the LAST thing I need. But it is what it is........and as long as they survive I'll make sure they have good homes. Then as the daycare takes off and some money starts coming in.....I'll save up and get her spayed. </p><p></p><p>But first I have to get them out from behind the kennel. ugh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 596701, member: 84"] Midnight is about 5 yrs old. Not sure if I have her age right on my signature or not. I don't keep up with the cats as well as I do the dogs. lol She has never had a successful litter........or pregnancy for that matter. (yes, IF I could find free/low cost spaying she and Minnie would be spayed but I spent years looking and it doesn't exist around here) So when she popped up preggers.........I didn't worry about it too much. I increased her food portion and made sure she had the privacy to eat it without the other cats snitching it from her. Then one day she was no longer preggers. Nor did it seem she had filled with milk. I figured she's lost yet another litter although she had obviously gotten much further along this time. (maybe all that extra food) With all this bluejay drama............and our grilling outside........... We're doing the grill on the patio. A bird lands on the roof of Rowdy's old kennel and chirps. Travis hears mewing......but there are no cats in the yard. He goes looking because it's faint mewing............. He discovers 3 little kittens nested in some straw behind Rowdy's old kennel........in the small space between the kennel and the privacy fence. I guesstimate their age at about 3 wks........which would be about right for Midnight suddenly not being pregnant. They appear healthy enough. We didn't try to get to them yesterday as they were safe where they were......and it's obvious Midnight is being a good mommy. So now I feel bad. I've wondered why on earth Midnight has been obsessed with getting inside. (even after birth) So much so that recently she has been basically wandering in and out as she pleases because she always goes back out again and she was litter box trained by whomever dumped her and her brother at my house as kittens. I wondered why she was so thin when she seemed to have one hellova appetite lately. Now, of course, it makes sense. She did get an extra portion of food last night..........placed near the kennel in the back yard where the other cats don't go. (most likely why she chose that location) I made sure she had plenty of water. I'll keep feeding her extra that way to help her out with her nursing. Now the problem is to move the kittens to a safer location. We have severe weather moving in by late afternoon and for tomorrow. In their current location.........if it rained hard enough, the way the patio drains they could drown. Moving them is not going to be easy. That is a TEENY space. Not sure if we can get back there. And moving the kennel.......well, it has a wooden roof......it's going to be too heavy. So.......I might have to recruit sister in law when he comes to pick up the boys. I plan to set Midnight up a nice "nursery" location in the family room / enclosed back porch with a litter box. That would be a protected space for them separate from the main house......and then perhaps we can work on socializing the kittens so they will be people friendly by weaning and I can rehome them to nice families. This is the LAST thing I need. But it is what it is........and as long as they survive I'll make sure they have good homes. Then as the daycare takes off and some money starts coming in.....I'll save up and get her spayed. But first I have to get them out from behind the kennel. ugh [/QUOTE]
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