It is great to hear a happy story. Hope Mom comes around and lets herself get caught. Maybe she will miss her kittens enough .
---- Lorrie <felineres...@frontier.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Here's a kitten story you should all enjoy. My daughter who helps > me with rescue work and TNR, has a lot of stray cats at her house. > There is one feral in particular she has been trying to trap for > years. This cat produces at least 2 litters a year, and she hides > the kittens and then brings them around when they are about 9 or > 10 weeks and as wild as their mother is. This year she brought > her 3 kittens earlier than usual (about 3 or 4 weeks old) and my > daughter was able to gather them up and bring them inside to be > socialized. BUT how to catch the mom?? She has tried a trap to > no avail. This is one smart mom cat! So she set up a large plastic > storage box on the front porch where she feeds all these strays, > and put the kittens inside. She had a large screen to put on top > if mom cat went inside, but she had to hide, as mom cat wouldn't > go in if she saw Karin. Well quick as a flash the mother grabbed > one of the kittens and ran! Karin brought the other two back in > and the mother cat had the other kitten outside someplace for 2 > days. Karin saw no sign of the third kitten, but when the weather > got very cold and rainy she finally saw the mom and kitten on her > porch. Karin opened the door to get the kitten, and the mother > tried to grab him and run but the kitten saw Karin and ran to > her instead! > > I think this is an amazing story. Did that kitten remember being > inside where it was warm, or had he bonded with my daughter before > his cat mom stole him? All 3 kittens are now safe, and warm inside > and learning to eat well. > > I hope you enjoyed this story and I wonder if any of you have had > similar stories to share. > > Lorrie and 14 rescued cats and Karin with 18 rescued cats!! > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
