Hi everyone! My name is Gia. I recently became a foster mom to 4 abandoned kittens. A friend contacted me and told me some landscapers found some pretty “fresh” (lol) kittens in the bushes next to their office building which is unfortunately extremely close to a main street and highway). They hadn’t seen the mom in hours, and were worried–especially if she were to come back and try and move them across the street or worse, the highway. I took the kittens and planned on setting a trap to get their very feral mom to get her spayed and released. When I was on my way back with the trap, I got a call that mom had been found on the street…she’d been hit and dead for a while π
Soooo… that’s how I acquired four 3 day old kittens. I called a few of the shelters in the area, but being as it is “kitten season” and the shelters are overflowing with cats, no one would take them. I was told by several shelters that they would be euthanized if surrendered due to their age and the lack of individuals having the time and resources to bottle feed four 3 day old kittens round the clock. Knowing the odds of them surviving were against them, I couldn’t live with myself knowing I didn’t even try to give them a chance to live.
Long story short, they are now 2.5 weeks old and everyone is alive so far! Luckily I’m a special education teacher and have summers off, so I’ve been able to give them the 24/7 care they need. It has been extremely exhausting, but so rewarding to see them thriving and growing. I plan on getting them all fixed before finding them new homes. Anyways, I’ve been lurking for quite some time on this forum and have used many individuals’ advice on several occasions throughout my foster mom journey so far, so I figured it’s time to officially join and introduce myself!
I do have a question hopefully someone can help me out with: The babies are starting to suckle on their siblings private parts π³ Is there anything I can rig up for them to suckle on to redirect or discourage this behavior? I don’t want them getting some sort of illness from the germs.
Thanks in advance!!!