@@angorianka I know is that just like a kitten? they don't care, they just fall asleep where ever..😂❤ did you ever try to move a cat whilst sleeping? I've picked my cat up and tried to put her in a more comfortable spot and it don't matter they go right back to where they fell asleep at
I found a kitten in my trash can about 3 weeks ago so I bathed him and took him to the vet the following day. He was around 8 weeks old and I decided to keep him! He's gotten his shots and microchipped ❤ and he gets neutered next month. I absolutely love this little guy! We saved each other 🙏
My kitten was alone in the middle of a parking lot meowing very loudly and was panting, very tiny and was about 4 weeks old. He was also sick with an upper respiratory infection, had a bunch of fleas and eye and nose gunk. His mother was nowhere around so we picked him up and he’s gotten so big since then. We named him Haru
Awwww! So similar how we found our second one a few months ago! Alone in a parking lot, about 4 weeks old, very dirty, sick, with one eye in very bad condition, with fleas, malnourished, mother nowhere around. But she never made a noise, she just opened her mouth but no voice came out. We took her home, bathed her, took her to the vet multiple times; sadly she completely lost vision in her one eye, but thankfully the other one is fine and she is otherwise healthy! We call her Bukitsa (small bite) because ahe was so extremely tiny when we found her. ^_^
This was literally me yesterday. I heard meowing and found one guy out by himself. He had gunky eyes so didn't want to leave him :( mom is back with the rest of the litter tho!
It's not that hard to find outdoor cat colonies, you just have to do a few google searches and talk to some people. There is probably one close to you that you're not aware of. My town as fewer strays than a city 30 minutes away. And more 30 mins the other way. They might be more common near small forests.
I have a little kitten that my grandsons just found a couple weeks ago. The hardest part for then, they were near tears, was when I made them leave it for a few more hours to make sure the momma wasn't coming back. I want sure if momma was just moving the others or of it wandered off. After a couple hours she was still there so we brought her in and got some milk and a bottle for her. I think she was only about 2.5 weeks old when we found her.
This channel always reminds me of the rewarding experience I had in 8th grade with my Ms. Frizzle-like science teacher. Near the dumpster outside our school the lead custodian found a shoebox full of four kittens. They couldn't be more than 2 weeks old as only two had their eyes open with no momma in sight. It was wildly known this teacher was an animal lover so she brought them over to the classroom in the middle of the day and all of us immediately jumped on board for kitten care. Since they needed frequent round the clock feedings she'd bring them in to work with her everyday and since I was the student who dropped in to help take care of the other class animals (2 iguanas, 3 snakes, a turtle and two hedgies) I became chief kitten surrogate, carrying them around in a little pouch and preparing bottles and potty breaks in-between classes. I had a dog at the time at home who wasn't too kitty friendly so sadly I couldn't adopt one of them myself but a fellow classmate adopted one and other friends of the teacher the other three after they were neutered. Nothing more rewarding than 4 balls of fluff so sleepy comfortable they decide to pee on you all at once lol
One of my favorite memories was of my kitty Sammy, who my hubby found in a rain barrel at his work. He was so small lol. I loved when he would really get going with the bottle, his ears would move back and forth like Dumbo... Like he was going to fly away. Lol
A small percentage of 3 week old kittens can run due to sheer determination (and then constant practice because of that determination). A new barn cat had surprise kittens, and by three weeks old the only thing the hellion of the group wanted to do was run. She was sprinting when her siblings could barely walk without falling and was an absolute nightmare
I actually have a kitten right now who's close to four weeks old, and he's been running around for the past few days now. So yeah, there are definitely 3 week olds out there that can run about.
My cat was that kitten. She knew how to run when she could fit in the palm of my hand. She would chase my bigger cat around and bully her, she was always crying for her mom. It was an absolute nightmare. But she’s a gorgeous cat now, worth all the effort.
Because of you I knew exactly what to do when I found my first foster kittens. I was lucky because they were about 5 weeks old but I had to scoop them up because it was starting to rain, they didn't really have shelter, and they were runty and underfed. They were both adopted together by one of my mom's coworkers. A happy end to a happy beginning.
I rescued a lone kitten from a sewer pipe with my brothers 2 years ago today, We watched every tutorial video on this channel since then, but our mom said hes gonna stay for the night and then go, hes still here to this day. His name is Poki
I'm from the UK and it really blows my mind how many homeless pets there seem to be in the states. I genuinely have never seen a homeless dog or cat in the UK - most cats you do see are people's outdoor cats (you can tell because they'll have collars and be friendly and usually quite chubby - clearly well-looked after!). Plus, microchipping your pets is required by law, so there's less probability of people abandoning their pets. I really think the US needs stricter laws on pet ownership tbh because it breaks my heart to think of how many poor little kittens are born in the streets to suffer :/.
This reminds me of one spring when I kept hearing a kitten meowing outside my window. It was dusk so I want outside to hunt for the kitten. I search for a while until I discover it was a Catbird. The damn bird sound just like a kitten
I lived nearly ten years in a neighborhood that hosted a feral cat colony, and even though we had an active TNR team, we couldn't keep pace with reproduction, so there were lots of new kittens. Two of them, brother and sister, became mine when we had a surprise heavy snowfall. They were roughly six months old when I adopted them, so taming them down took a good while, and they will never be fully cuddly. They are three years old now, and they're still with me.
@@1940limited My parents got a cat this way. He was sweet, gentle, and a survivor--broken tail, broken back (both long healed), and he went three rounds with cancer before we lost him. I still kind of miss him, even though it's been quite a long time since he passed. On the flip side, a friend of mine is in the early stages of this--a feral had kittens a couple years back, and all five still come by on a fairly regular basis--one of the grown kittens is already halfway to being a housecat, and it's still quite possible the other three might follow suit! Though perhaps not all with him, as he's not the only one feeding them. The affectionate one is clearly bonded to him now, though. It's interesting to compare notes with him; my most recently adopted cat is an ex-streetcat herself, and about the same age, so I've been able to offer him tips for how to interact with his cat, since mine's been hitting the outdoor-to-indoor-cat milestones a little bit ahead of his.
@@PhoenyxRysing I'm sorry for the loss of your first cat. We lost a ct to FIP 3 yeas ago who was a stray we took in as a little kitten. We still miss him. Thank you and your friends for caring for the new family of strays. Cats know when people are helping them. I bet they'll become friendly in time.
@@1940limited I'm sorry for yours, too-- I lost a kitten a few years back to FIP, so I know how devastating it is to go through that. From what my friend has told me, though the rest of the ferals remain somewhat aloof, his cat is now quite comfortable around him and his family--not lap-cat levels, but she follows him around and enjoys play, treats, and petting (and food, of course). Mine's in about the same place, though we're still working on some mild aggression issues--she didn't exactly have it easy, and it shows. (Though part of it is probably her getting back in touch with her inner kitten--she had had a litter at some point, and given she was a year at adoption, and that was in September...)
I was "adopted" by my adorable street kitten Stella 2 months ago in the Dominican Republic.. She was starving and her mom had been hit by a car. She is doing so well now, and I am proud to be her mom on this Mother's Day.
A few weeks ago there was a kitten meowing non stop somewhere near my house so on the second day I went and picked her up. She was so tiny and scared, but she already had little teeth and was clearly weaned so I fed her and placed her in some boxes some neighbors had set up for the strays. At night, after I'd already went and fed the little one a couple of times, a limping calico showed up and took the kitten away with her. I can only imagine what those two had gone through & im so glad they found each other again 💕💖
Cody Hiler I’m sorry for jumping the gun, it’s just when you said “adopted” as opposed to “rescue” I made an assumption, that wasn’t right and I’m sorry, you’re a good person for saving that baby kitten 💙🐱💙
My cat was about 12 weeks when I found her in the garage. We thought we would keep her until the deworming worked. The vet got the dosage off and so that deworming lasted 4 mo and now we have a cat since she bonded with us and the dogs pretty strongly. Note: cats are much better jumpers than 14 year old dogs-just saying. That was a surprise.
Two years ago when I found my two three week old foster cats outside in early kitten season they were in pretty bad condition- the rest of the litter had passed. It was the first time in a long time I was without a job, so I was able to feed them and spend so much time with them. It was perfect timing then, I haven't been able to foster since. I feel like I was meant to find them and be their replacement mama! Can't wait to foster again someday soon
One of my cats named Isis after the Goddess was found outside with a litter of kittens and mama rejected her. I put her back in the nest with the others but saw mama pick her up and drop her back outside of the nest. She was 3wks old so I took her in and fed her with a bottle and raised her myself. I still have her.
@@SpecialgiftsLA There's videos on this channel about that. For very young kittens it's every two hours. There's no guessing on it. You have to keep a tight routine for it.
@@SpecialgiftsLA Also, you should use special kitten milk that comes in powder form from the vet's office (that you mix with water). They can't drink cow milk. As an emergency last resort I've heard that goat milk will temporarily suffice.
Last Monday I was given four kittens who were a little over two weeks old. All of them have upper respiratory infections and one of their siblings had already passed. LUCKILY we have an awesome shelter that provided me with support and I had experience caring for bottle babies. I tried to catch the mom but unfortunately her home is a kitten factory. An alley that had at least 4 moms in a 100 ft radius (one brand new litter under the car my kittens came from). Thankfully after a lot of help from neighbors and the shelter, we are gonna trap the entire colony tomorrow and get all those kitties fixed and get the babies out of the streets! It is a ton of work but helping out is so rewarding!
I fostered a maybe two to three month old kitten she came to me covered in glitter glue and so thin you could see every bone looked like some kids tried using her as a paint brush she was the sweetest thing ever
I did get a 4 weeks old kitten, that was poor, she had both ears totally closed with ear mites and worms😿 😢 I got her from an very alcoholick man, that had heard in town, that I was looking for to get a kitten. I new there right away, that she would die if I dident try to save her, so I did. Though it wasent a babykitten that I was looking for.. its a small city and people talk.... I took her right away to the wet. Where she had to get sedation to get all ear mites flused out. I was very anxie, because she could die from the sedation. 🤗❤️ But gladly she lived. I got milkpowder and 🍼... and Weigth her every day,to make sure she was developedly in the right way. My daughter wich was 10 at the time, she was sad that the kitten dident have a mamacat, (we named her Fighter because of her effortsly will to live) Anyway my daughter sowed a kitten mum out of an old furry coat. She did that in the place she was in after school, where they made all kind of creative projeckts with the kids. After she was feedfor night, we ha a transporting cage, where she was during the night except for feeding time There were all kinds of soft blankets, and ofcourse, the furry mammacat/mum replacement. 😸😺😻We had the cage stand on a chair, totaly close to our bed, so we could stroke her, while she rolled up intowards the mumma cat replacement. It was like haveing a baby again.. and thinking about it she was a baby cat.🤗❤️😻 During the day, she was never left alone. We had her with us on bikeriding, where she was in a micro leash then we puted blankets and other thing in the byclebasket in the front of the stearingwhile. She sat there and totaly enjoyde the rides. It was a realy hot summer so we did also have a bottle with wather, that were boild and then cooled of, we stoped along the way, and let her explore the fresness of the grass. We did also have her i a little gym.bag. On our stomach, where she sad on enough blankets so if she wanted to look out she could. Realy many people was curriues about, what we had in that bag, and when they saw her looking up with her small blue eyes, they was soldt.... And I remember that, I was so gratefull to have her, and see every improvement she did over time. Last year she learned aggiliety in my garden. And she was so good at it, that she almost started the lane before I was ready with the comand 🤩😂😽😸😺 This story makes me remember a realy good time. Thank you so much for that.💚🙏🏼💚 She was 13 years and 11 month, when I had to go to the wet, with her do to hyperventilasion.. from one day to another. First I got some medecin home with me, for her to take, to help on her breathing because her heart was strong, and there was not any ivvvvhhh sound while listen to her... after 5 days it had not helped, so on the 6 Day I went to the wet again. I asked for them to take an exray of her.. It showed, that her liver was shutting down and therefor liked wather into her stomach so the stomach was pulling on her lungs.. so there was no hope... 😭I was so so sad, and still are. It was only last wedensday. But she was brave to the end. She had been the most playfull cat Ive ever had, and there was no way for me to know, that she had cancer in her liver. (Said the wet, and I guess she was right, because she had been her playfull self all the way, also drinking,eating and go to her litterbox) 🌸🙏🏼🌸 So in memory of her 😻 I will end my telling here. Rest in peace my beloved and brave Fighter. 🤲🏼💗💕💕💕💕💕💕 I burryed ⚰️ her next to one of her literkittens, that had a stroke last march it got 11 years, and looked a lot like Fighter.. anyway they both have a really beautieful spot in my garden. Just were they normaly would roll around or lay down. With pretty flowers and so. 💗🙏🏼💗🤲🏼💗💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕may all kittens have a safe caring home🌸🙏🏼🌸
I am so glad that we have a wonderful person like you to help kitten I also do tnr and have returned several lost and most of the ones i catch are adult cats But i did catch one 6 month old healthy one we had her checked out and she was placed into a wonderful home
Last year in November, I found a 4 days kitten , he was covered with grease and was crying for about 1 hour ++, it was drizzling and the mommy nowhere to be seen even though I waited again for another half an hour , I feel so sorry for the kitten and I took him with me, now he is 6 months old strong little fellow and very naughty,his name is prince pica Ayim,he is recovering from neutered last week, he change my life and makes me sees life more positive, he is my angel ,💖from your guidance I been doing and follow your advice, thank you kitten lady 💖💖💖
When we saved our two cats with thought they were about six weeks old with one of them being a runt, but after getting them to the vet it turned out they were closer to four weeks old, and the other one was just a giant. Although asking around we did find out that the momma had previously already lost two other kittens from the litter, and we were having some bad storms that week so I think we were right to take them in.
I love that you help animals and make them happy 😻🐾🐾🐈And I find a long hair Black kitty and I ceep it and he grow in beatuful cat and he is so friendly and he get along whit my two cats so well and We are geting another kitty he is stray cat too, 😻🐾🐈💖stay safe and keep helping thos sweet balls of fur 💖 💖 💖
We have a feral mama who is using our inground patio as a nursery for her litters (the joy of having cat boxes). She has four kittens right now who just recently opened their eyes. We are making plans to TNR her once the kittens are older, and find them a foster to take them in. We are keeping a close eye on them though, because she abandoned her last litter by shoving all of them into the undercarriage of Mom's Prius, which she herself couldn't get into to feed them. That was an … interesting day!
Aw ... motherhood is hard for new moms across species. Orangutan School had an episode about a young orangutan rejecting her baby. She was just like, "nope ... no idea what to do. someone else take it"
Get help to TNR the Mom cat later when the Kittens are older if you don't know how to do it successfully, which seems likely since the same cat that abandoned her litter in a car has now given birth to 4 more kittens!🙀
@@ghostofvalor4349 She's actually not a new mom. She is quite experienced and has successfully raised several litters before. Some of the local community cats we feed are kittens from previous litters that we weren't able to catch and get fostered.
@@ghostofvalor4349 For my part, I only just moved in with my Mom a few months ago (had been living with my Dad previously), so this is new territory for me. For Mom, she has been trying to get my step-dad to handle it because he volunteers with OAR (Ohio Alleycat Rescue) and has contacts. Sadly he can be unreliable about some things, and this is one of them. I think he likes having kittens around, as he's named most of the community cats and can identify them on sight even when they look alike. I'm making sure to regularly poke Mom about it, because it does need to happen and she made the choice to step up herself this time. Plus, the complex we live in used to be pet friendly and had a policy of waiving the pet fee for any community cats you adopted, and Mom and her mate (her term for my step-dad) have a lot of friends who have been happy to take in and foster/adopt the kittens, so the local herd is relatively small.
I've been fortunate to have never found kittens outside, by that I mean there's no community cats or strays in the area. But I remembered from other videos what I need to look out for if I did. It's great to have it all in 1 video, thank you for the fantastic video and all the work that you do
You are not looking! I just put out an SOS for fosters for some moms that came out of a homeless encampment clean-up I got not one I'm intrested so now I am fostering 19 kittens! No one should have 19 kittens at one time! A lot of the rescues have on line applications for you to apply to help!THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FOSTERS get involved go google cat rescues and fill out or express your intrest. Here in LA there are 5 or 6 looking for fosters who could have helped me if people had signed up to foster! (Kitty Bungalow also tried to help) Thank god for Gurrs&purrs who have offered to help place kittens via their web site and pics!
@@christenawalker2944 I am looking, but in the shelter nearest me there's max 5 cats at any given time, sometimes there's been none. I'm not from the USA and I get that it's an issue in your country but it's not in the entire globe. I understand that you are frustrated at the amount of people unwilling to help you but seriously, don't assume that I'm not looking or even trying to help, that's really unfair and uncalled for.
Dropped over to gear and picked up a couple more pieces of merch. Also, donated to Stephanie's Go Fund Me for kitten season. Thank you again for helping her with that operation in Arkansas!
I found a kitten in the parking lot at work this morning, he was hiding out under people’s cars (I work at a hotel). He had actually climbed under the hood of the night shift girl’s car. I was able to catch him by grabbing some sausage from the breakfast buffet, cutting it up and putting it down for him. Then took him home to my husband so no one would run over or start their car with him underneath. He’s been hanging out with us all day. He has fleas. He was starved, he’s ate and drank all day. He is super skinny. I gave him a bath and we saw how tiny he really was. I have him in a carrier now with a tissue box with litter, food, water, and a blankie. Trying to isolate him from our older cat until we can get him into the vet. I think we will keep him. He found me for a reason, I think. I am lead to believe he was dumped by someone. My coworkers told me they were getting reports from guests 16 hours before I even arrived on my shift that they were seeing him and no one did a thing. I don’t believe momma was nearby. It’s amazing he made it that long without getting run over or hurt. I’m so glad we found Salem. 🖤
i can’t wait till i find a kitten outside since i feel like once you find one, THEY ALL COMEE!!!!!!! i’m not allowed to foster but i can’t wait until i can 💖
A mother cat left one of her new born kittens in our back yard. We waited eight hours for her to return but our little girl had been abandoned! Without your videos showing us what we needed to do I'm sure our little Naran would not have survived. Nine weeks old now, she is healthy, very active and the owner of our hearts❣️THANK YOU!!!
A 6 week old Kitten ran into 6 lane traffic in front of my husbands truck. Luckily he was able to stop and find the kitten who was unharmed. We took him to the vet and had him dewormed removed his fleas and treated he ear mites. He is doing great and we love him. He will be vaccinated neutered and after quarantine will be meeting his new brother and sister. Your videos have helped me sooo much.thank you
Both my cats adopted me. Haha. My girl moved in from across the road. Love her. She was done fortunately. My boy cat also decided to move in, think the girl gossips, he moved in from 4 doors up. So awkward. He wasnt done and was about 5 -8 years old. Got him sorted asap, once we made friends. So proud of how far my scared squatters have come. Very helpful information! Thank you for all you share, always learn something!
Currently mothering 3, 3 week old kittens left by a dumpster in a box 😡😡😡 My sisters friend rescued them, God bless her for that but she couldn't take care of them, so my sister got them... and her 15 year old daughter was feeding them a "slurry" i guess... at... 2 weeks old... yeah... thank God my sister brought them by 3 days ago. Gave them one of those heartbeat stuffed cats and they love it. Vet visit is all lined up for their deworming etc... our 2 adult cats are adjusting pretty well, i have been getting them used to the scent and sight from a distance and will properly introduce them in a couple weeks. For now interactions are limited to behind screened windows lol. Will find them a GOOD home if we can, if not we will love them as long as they require. This channel has been a great help! God bless!
Honestly a fifteen year old should have had the mental maturity to actually do some research first. That's terrible. Poor kitten! Thanks for taking the kitten in and taking care of them. Remember to spay/neuter, two months or two pounds! Good luck with the kitten.
@@aautumn733 Thank you for that. Well it was meant to be because during a storm we had about 2 weeks ago i said a prayer for all the strays in our area (we have many) little did i know 3 little bundles of joy were on their way to me lol. My sisters friend heard them crying by the dumpster, she handed them off to my sister who just lost her Hubby less than a year ago and relocated from FL back to NY so she's in no position to provide for them, plus her teenage daughter is... well a teenager lol. We were more than happy to receive them, in fact i count it as a blessing and a prayer answered, and it didn't even occur to me my prayers had been answered until i was bottle feeding them the second time LOL! The Lord answers prayers in ways we don't expect oftentimes. They will be getting all the care they need, including spay/neutering. I take great joy in raising kittens into lovable and loyal companions. My Russian blue means the world to me and i'm exceedingly grateful for his incredible personality and intelligence.
My sister found a kitten near the highway a couple days ago. We guess she was about five weeks old and was quite skinny and banged up. From watching your videos over the years we were able to get her some basic care before getting her to our humane society. Thank you for everything you do!
Several years ago, I was in my backyard with my two dogs when an orange kitten meowed from my empty neighbor's yard and walked towards the fence between the two houses. I was shocked it didn't sense the dogs and just went straight towards me. I was able to reach under the fence for the cat and could see its eyes were rather crusty and it was having some breathing difficulties. I called my shelter but they said they don't pick up cats. So, I waited until a family member returned with my car and took the kitten to a shelter, initally putting it in a cardboard box with a blanket on the back porch (I didn't want to bring it inside since it was sick). It was spring, like now, and I tried feeding it but it didn't want anything. I finally got it to the shelter and a few weeks later, it looked like they put it up for adoption, naming it Luke. I don't know if my city has a trapping program, though it does advocate for TNR. I didn't know anything about all of that back then, and I'd only recently found out about the shelter at all, so I didn't think about trying to find the mother and other kittens. But due to what I've learned here, I know now what I can do in that situation, starting with finding some traps. The kitten I found was either at 5 weeks or older as it walked relatively fine and its eyes were open, even if they were infected. Hope "Luke" made someone very happy :)
My neighbor took in a feral cat that she had been feeding for about 3 mo. The cat was about 6 mo. He lived under the porch. It started getting down to 0 or -10 and the cat just didn't have a colony to cuddle with. It was a little rough at first, but he settled down. The cat seemed to know that outside meant death. That sort of helps tame an animal.
@@josiahgibbs5697 They are awfully cute! :-) But I love all kitties! We have 5 and they're all different colors. It's amazing how many colors and patterns cats come in.
My mom found an abandoned newborn outside our building. We know and cared for the momma cat outside, but she abandoned this one baby and never came back to it. It was crying alone all day. When my mom went out with our dogs, it was starting to rain. Since the momma cat never came back to it, we took it in. Your videos are a great help for me, caring about this newborn kitty, considering I never cared for any baby animals. Hopefully, the baby survives, as we would love to adopt it. Thank you!
For an example of CASA in practice: a feral mom gave birth in my yard frequently but lived in a nearby colony. She had evaded the caretakers traps for years. She nursed the kittens in my yard, the would disappear into a wooden area with them only to turn back up at the colony with them in tow when they were about 6 months and too old for socializing. So they were tnr’d. There was one kitten in her second to last litter that she left behind when she disappeared with the litter mates. The kitten appeared healthy by sight but something was not right. The kitten clearly did not know how to hunt and was dropping weight. So even though the kitten was older than normal for socializing at 4 months, I trapped her and brought her inside. It turned out that she has a vision issue and has very little peripheral vision. Thankfully her mom knew what she was doing by leaving her in my yard. I am a feral kitten foster home for a local rescue. The kitten in question never really socialized enough for traditional adoption. But she became safe enough to allow is to offer her a life in our home. 9 years later, Nigella is still jumpy, not totally socialized and has multiple health challenges. But she is happily loved as her feral self here in my home. Oh, and one litter after her, I was FINALLY able to trap her mom for tnr and grab the kittens young enough that all were socialized and adopted to loving homes.
You are really awesome Kitten lady. I wish that there where cat café in Ireland, like you guys do in the USA. And as all ways your information is very inputted and oust full, and thank you for aiding them kittens the way that you do, it is supper cool of you and awesome
I had the exact same problem. This is the only Kitten Lady video I ever had a problem hearing, so it must be something in her recording technique on this one.
Watching this confirmed for me that so far I'm handling a situation the proper way but we're just at the beginning here. One of the ferals I feed had kittens Thursday and she appears to have settled in at a point where the dirt from the landscaping planter is only a few inches or so from the bottom of the building where I live. Quite inaccessible if one wants to be careful, good concealment for a mother cat's purposes. Can hardly see in even with a flashlight but don't want to shine it in too much. This video gave me tips on what to look for as soon as I see these kittens and I check three times a day. I've been trying to capture this feral for about a year and she is very elusive. I have humane traps, but she's never fallen for them. If the kittens appear safe the first time I see them I'll wait until they become somewhat ambulatory before I focus on catching them. I'll still be checking them and feeding her. I have several inside cats and I suppose I've been practicing rescue informally for quite some time.
Thx for all your videos they are soo helpful ,recently I used one of your videos to make my cat a cupcake for her birthday. Thx for looking after all these little kittens
Love your videos! A close friend of mine found my black kitty on a rainy evening in early August of 2019. He was approx. 3-4 months old & was malnourished. He also had a broken right leg 🥺 She looked for more kittens and couldn't find any. I went to pick him up because her landlord was going to toss him back outside (she wasn't allowed to have any pets in her apartment). I rushed him to a vet; no microchip. I instantly fell in love with him & I decided to keep him. He's been with me ever since. Best decision I have ever made. He was neutered the following month & the vet did an x-ray on his back right leg. It turns out that the bone had miraculously healed. Now his leg kinda juts out a little sideways whenever he sits but he runs, jumps and plays just like a young cat does 🙂
Our little ones (not little anymore lol, they're almost 2 years now) were in a kinda bad condition, they weren't SUPER dirty, but they had fleas and ear mites and weren't super clean either, they were about 6 weeks old and lived in a pile of trash, we watched them for a few days and never saw the mom, maybe she could smell us or maybe there was no mom, because they lived on my dad's company's grounds where they are a lot of trucks, cars, and other machines, so not a very good situation, plus our old cat had passed a few months ago so we thought about getting a new cat anyway, so we picked them right up and brought them to the vet, got them vaccinated and chipped and now they're our babies. I'm so grateful to have found them to this day. They are so thankful and love us unconditionally. The other 4 kittens found other lovely homes
A kitten (6 months?) came up to my parents house this afternoon, it looked clean but had obvious injuries to its foot and eye, we tried to feed it as it looked malnourished but it kept throwing up eventually it kept it down, but my town does now have services for this and nobody has the ability to care for it so we just had to leave it, poor thing. It was so friendly.
I found a bundle of 5 kittens, I took them because they all had eye infections and fleas. I washed the gunk off their eyes and took them to the vet and they were given to a foster.
I'm watching this literally hours around finding an underfed/sopping wet abandonded 0-1week old kitten. I took 'her' to a 24h vet hospital in the area after they confirmed they had a foster/carer avaliable for her. If I had any doubt I did the right thing this video cleared them up real quick. Thanks!
I found a little guy, about 5 weeks old, all by himself two weeks ago. He looked alright physically but he was very very scared, because he was right next a major highway! I go past that place every day on my way home and know for sure no cats live around there. So I took him in and found him a foster who can dedicate more time to his care. He's doing really well now, causing havoc and playing with his foster mommy's cats.
My kitten was found on my uncle's property under his trailer. There weren't any siblings around, and the mama was nowhere to be seen. I ended up deciding to take her, and she was about 4 weeks old when I got her. She had bad diarrhea (my uncle gave her cow's milk while she was at his place) and was practically skin and bones. That was about 6 months ago. Now she's a healthy baby who has been spayed and is well fed and hydrated! I was so worried about messing things up, but I think I'm doing a good job at giving her a healthy and comfortable life!
I would say another thing to look for is species. If you live in Europe and see a clowder of kittens outside, they may not be strays. They may be European Wild Cats (felis sylvestrus) and not domesticated cats (felis catus).
My adult son recently found a 4-week old kitten, cornered by some local dogs and in danger of becoming a snack. He had recently lost his best friend cat, so he's adopted the kitten. Fun fact, this kitten still needs to be pottied, something my son can't bring himself to do, so I will be doing that for the next week or so, until the kitten gets the hang of the litter box. Thank you for all your videos, because I would never have known about how to potty a kitten without you and Shelly in Vancouver. :) Keep up the good work!
Your videos have helped me learn everything I need to know about fostering feral mama cats and their litters of kittens. I have ordered your book Tiny But Mighty and can't wait to receive it! Thank you so, so much for what you do!
I have this cat in Alibi and we rescued her from the outside she was kind of like a teenager then but she's gotten a little bit bigger since we got her we saved her from being outside in the rain and it was really cold out and me and my sister were actually telling my mom's friend that she was going to have to let her in the house and when we did it was like way early Christmas Eve we were playing with her in the house and my mom's friend was saying all I might have to let it back outside my mom was like no because it's raining cuz it was really cold and I went out to get my mom's phone to my van and I picked up the my cat and literally put her in my coat and we watched at my Mom's van and we now have her and she's super loving and kind because we have this kitten that we're taking care of for a few months and she's being like a mother cat to her and we like it and thank you for all you do for those cats and kittens I love cats and kittens also and I would give anything to the world to save them for my trailer park.
She knows you were helping her and appreciates it. We took in a stray cat about 2 years ago. He adapted to indoor life immediately and has never shown any interest in going outside again.
A mama cat abandoned her kittens in our backyard. They were in bad shape. We were only able to save 2 of the 3. We couldn’t have saved the 2 without your help. Thank you and God bless you for all you do for these little ones.
last year i was able to take approxx 14 kittens in the beginning of the pandemic off the streets. first litter was 2 week olds in absolutely horrible shape, second was some 6 week olds in good shape (whom i actually know the parents! they were our local community stray cats and i knew she had kittens somewhere!) third was some 3 week olds who had a mom but were in really rough shape regardless, and fourth was one very tricky little 11 week old that took us a whole MONTH to socialize. i got some criticism along the way but after watching this i know i definitely did the right thing. one from the first litter and one from the second became my two forever cats as well. i used your channel SO much to help me through taking care of all of them, so thank you so much!
When I first found you on Instagram, I realized I wanted to foster kittens. I just wish I could do it sooner than when my husband retires. Anyway, thank you for these videos. They’re incredibly informative and helpful.
Ty for another wonderful video! 💝 One morning on the way to church, we found 4 kittens who had been left in a neighbor’s yard. We brought them home, socialized them & found loving homes for 3 of them. The 4th, an orange tabby, is now 15 and snoring on the couch beside me. 😍
Thank you Hannah for all that you do and thanks for this video, as I said I found a litter of beautiful healthy kittens, I saw that they were thriving quite nicely so I did give one of them kisses lol then I left, I could tell they were being cared for or else I definitely would have helped them.
They are so cute 😻😻😻 watching was good for my heart 😻😻 He loves cats very much, I feed stray cats every day, I try to heal them, neuter them. Don't let stray cats get hungry I want to spread this all over the world 🙏
We have 3 3-4 weeks old babies right now. Mama cat seems to have been crossing the street with them and she was hit by a car. 😔 Thankfully we have experience with young kitties and have successfully fostered multiple litters in the past for our shelter. Even so, they keep me busy while I care for my 9 month old grandbaby. But it's so rewarding watching these little ones grow and eventually find a forever home.
Glad you have this video up. A month ago a (im guessing) 8 week old kitten wandered onto my patio. She seemed playful, clearly starting to explore and venture away from mom... I caught her because I was just about to put my dogs outside and I didn't want them possibly chasing her up a tree or something. I gave her a once over and it was clear she was a stray and not being taken care of. I called every vet in town and no one would see her. So I ended up taking her to the shelter since they could give her immediate care. Turns out she had a horrible injury that I'd missed. Prior to taking her in I was so worried I did the wrong thing. Somewhere she had siblings and a mama but I she was so beat up I knew she needed help. She ended up passing away from either her injuries or some unseen defect. Either way, I was glad she spent her last days in comfort instead of suffering.
I'm glad you made this video.its very informative and clear and HELPS AVOID WELL INTENTIONED cat lovers from intervening in a way that hurts THE KITTIES .so Thank you so much for sitting down..(literally ) and speaking about it.
I have fostered a total of 8 kittens. 3 the first time and 5 the 2nd time all the kittens were 3 weeks and I loved every minute of it. Your videos really helped me take care of them. I hope I get to do it again soon. 🙏 it helped me with my depression. ❤
This was so helpful, thank you! I've hand-raised several preemie kittens here where I live and it's always a difficult call whether to take them or not. In every situation, I have to say, the kittens were either abandoned and crying for their momma for more than 8 hours, or they were covered in filth next to a garbage can and road. 😣 They've all found good homes, though, and the one that was filthy I kept and she's a super sweet fluffball now 🥰 I'm so glad I was able to help, but it's definitely a lot of work! I like how you added the "A" for ability at the end - that's such an important consideration, as it takes a lot out of you.
My kitten was living in a building hole. When I saw him,his head was down,shiverring and actually looked like he gave up. Had fleas,eye infections, bite marks on his head and a broken tail(now he has a stump instead) . And what broke my heart was the fact that 5 people passed him by and didn’t even look at him. I have seen many kittens on the streets that seemed fine and I always said that I have no space/time to bring one home but this little guy changed my mind. I thought he was 5-6 weeks old because he was so small but the vet said he was 4 months old. I wanted to foster him but in my mind, I knew from the moment I picked him in my arms that he will be with me forever.
Your videos are always so instructional and informative! I have been considering the idea of becoming a foster but I don't know much about the responsibilities so this video was a great introduction. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and always being so honest about your experiences. 🌞🐾
The ever-changing positions of the sleeping kitties in the background gives me life. :D
Cats are so entertaining to watch even when asleep.
IKR! Makes my insides warm and cozy
Yup
It kinda looks like if between 12:30 and 13:50, the little tabby fell down and just went to sleep right there xD
@@angorianka I know is that just like a kitten? they don't care, they just fall asleep where ever..😂❤ did you ever try to move a cat whilst sleeping? I've picked my cat up and tried to put her in a more comfortable spot and it don't matter they go right back to where they fell asleep at
I found a kitten in my trash can about 3 weeks ago so I bathed him and took him to the vet the following day. He was around 8 weeks old and I decided to keep him! He's gotten his shots and microchipped ❤ and he gets neutered next month. I absolutely love this little guy! We saved each other 🙏
Tysm for doing that! You saved a life! ❤
I would say, God bless you, but you've already been blessed!
Amazing! Similar with me but my vet wanted to wait to microchip until she is spayed. She’s only 1.6 pounds 🥰
U are such a blessed person. Thank you for saving that kitty
That’s so awesome
My kitten was alone in the middle of a parking lot meowing very loudly and was panting, very tiny and was about 4 weeks old. He was also sick with an upper respiratory infection, had a bunch of fleas and eye and nose gunk. His mother was nowhere around so we picked him up and he’s gotten so big since then. We named him Haru
Thank you for helping him
Very Happy ending story....!!!!!!
Wishing both of you...., The Best....!!!!!!!
Awwww! So similar how we found our second one a few months ago! Alone in a parking lot, about 4 weeks old, very dirty, sick, with one eye in very bad condition, with fleas, malnourished, mother nowhere around. But she never made a noise, she just opened her mouth but no voice came out.
We took her home, bathed her, took her to the vet multiple times; sadly she completely lost vision in her one eye, but thankfully the other one is fine and she is otherwise healthy! We call her Bukitsa (small bite) because ahe was so extremely tiny when we found her. ^_^
aww my girl alley cat was found about the same way at walmart, she she was really small and only lived 7 years but we loved her very much.
This was literally me yesterday. I heard meowing and found one guy out by himself. He had gunky eyes so didn't want to leave him :( mom is back with the rest of the litter tho!
The kittens slowly oozing off the cat tree is more than a little distracting 😂😂😂
Perfect description, oozing. 😹
I misread the title as "How to find a kitten outside" and got excited. The actual title is good too, I guess
_i guess_
lmao 😂
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Hahaha 😻
It's not that hard to find outdoor cat colonies, you just have to do a few google searches and talk to some people. There is probably one close to you that you're not aware of. My town as fewer strays than a city 30 minutes away. And more 30 mins the other way. They might be more common near small forests.
I’ve Always waited to see if a Mom comes back and if one doesnt I take them I nurse them and then I get them a good home.
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Exactly what I do!
I keep the kittens and takes care of them don’t take them to the ASPCA
So what happens if they don't get adopted and i have the Ability to foster but not to keep the kitten forever, then what to do?
I have a little kitten that my grandsons just found a couple weeks ago. The hardest part for then, they were near tears, was when I made them leave it for a few more hours to make sure the momma wasn't coming back. I want sure if momma was just moving the others or of it wandered off. After a couple hours she was still there so we brought her in and got some milk and a bottle for her. I think she was only about 2.5 weeks old when we found her.
I just adopted a kitten from a foster mom and watching this with her on my lap right now!
Adorable.
me too! Adopted a rescue kitty 2 wks ago; he's awesome!
Same
Cute!
This channel always reminds me of the rewarding experience I had in 8th grade with my Ms. Frizzle-like science teacher. Near the dumpster outside our school the lead custodian found a shoebox full of four kittens. They couldn't be more than 2 weeks old as only two had their eyes open with no momma in sight. It was wildly known this teacher was an animal lover so she brought them over to the classroom in the middle of the day and all of us immediately jumped on board for kitten care. Since they needed frequent round the clock feedings she'd bring them in to work with her everyday and since I was the student who dropped in to help take care of the other class animals (2 iguanas, 3 snakes, a turtle and two hedgies) I became chief kitten surrogate, carrying them around in a little pouch and preparing bottles and potty breaks in-between classes. I had a dog at the time at home who wasn't too kitty friendly so sadly I couldn't adopt one of them myself but a fellow classmate adopted one and other friends of the teacher the other three after they were neutered. Nothing more rewarding than 4 balls of fluff so sleepy comfortable they decide to pee on you all at once lol
That classroom (and teacher) sounds amazing.
Wow .so great .what age do they get neutered
@@SpecialgiftsLA Two months or two pounds is the spay/neuter timeline for cats.
One of my favorite memories was of my kitty Sammy, who my hubby found in a rain barrel at his work. He was so small lol. I loved when he would really get going with the bottle, his ears would move back and forth like Dumbo... Like he was going to fly away. Lol
It IS an amazing feeling isn't it!! One of my fave memories
A small percentage of 3 week old kittens can run due to sheer determination (and then constant practice because of that determination). A new barn cat had surprise kittens, and by three weeks old the only thing the hellion of the group wanted to do was run. She was sprinting when her siblings could barely walk without falling and was an absolute nightmare
I actually have a kitten right now who's close to four weeks old, and he's been running around for the past few days now. So yeah, there are definitely 3 week olds out there that can run about.
I love how different kittens can be, even from a young age. That baby is going to be trouble 🤣
Yeah! Im fostering 3 kittens right now they are exactly 3.5 weeks old and only one of them (the smallest one!) can run. And oh boy does she run fast!
@@gnu740 she was SOOOOO much trouble! The second youd open the door she was already halfway down the aisle!
My cat was that kitten. She knew how to run when she could fit in the palm of my hand. She would chase my bigger cat around and bully her, she was always crying for her mom. It was an absolute nightmare. But she’s a gorgeous cat now, worth all the effort.
The 2 kittens on the left: "Stop chattering woman, there's people trying to sleep here!"
3 kittens* theres a little black cutie crammed between the tabs
Because of you I knew exactly what to do when I found my first foster kittens. I was lucky because they were about 5 weeks old but I had to scoop them up because it was starting to rain, they didn't really have shelter, and they were runty and underfed. They were both adopted together by one of my mom's coworkers. A happy end to a happy beginning.
I rescued a lone kitten from a sewer pipe with my brothers 2 years ago today, We watched every tutorial video on this channel since then, but our mom said hes gonna stay for the night and then go, hes still here to this day. His name is Poki
@@threelmao5066 Poki? Are you a fan of Rachel and Jun by any chance? 🙂
I'm from the UK and it really blows my mind how many homeless pets there seem to be in the states. I genuinely have never seen a homeless dog or cat in the UK - most cats you do see are people's outdoor cats (you can tell because they'll have collars and be friendly and usually quite chubby - clearly well-looked after!). Plus, microchipping your pets is required by law, so there's less probability of people abandoning their pets. I really think the US needs stricter laws on pet ownership tbh because it breaks my heart to think of how many poor little kittens are born in the streets to suffer :/.
A fellow Dottore and cat enjoyer? Hello
Yes cold weather keeps population of animals down. It’s a completely different climate especially in the south where it’s warm most of the time.
This reminds me of one spring when I kept hearing a kitten meowing outside my window. It was dusk so I want outside to hunt for the kitten. I search for a while until I discover it was a Catbird. The damn bird sound just like a kitten
OMG there is so many of them near my house SO frustrating 😡
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I'd gleefully scream "I won the lottery!" Then I'd take it home and love it furever. ❤
I lived nearly ten years in a neighborhood that hosted a feral cat colony, and even though we had an active TNR team, we couldn't keep pace with reproduction, so there were lots of new kittens. Two of them, brother and sister, became mine when we had a surprise heavy snowfall. They were roughly six months old when I adopted them, so taming them down took a good while, and they will never be fully cuddly. They are three years old now, and they're still with me.
We have a stray we took in about 2 years ago. He's doing fine. He showed up in our yard one day and simply moved in. We were chosen!
@@1940limited My parents got a cat this way. He was sweet, gentle, and a survivor--broken tail, broken back (both long healed), and he went three rounds with cancer before we lost him. I still kind of miss him, even though it's been quite a long time since he passed.
On the flip side, a friend of mine is in the early stages of this--a feral had kittens a couple years back, and all five still come by on a fairly regular basis--one of the grown kittens is already halfway to being a housecat, and it's still quite possible the other three might follow suit! Though perhaps not all with him, as he's not the only one feeding them. The affectionate one is clearly bonded to him now, though. It's interesting to compare notes with him; my most recently adopted cat is an ex-streetcat herself, and about the same age, so I've been able to offer him tips for how to interact with his cat, since mine's been hitting the outdoor-to-indoor-cat milestones a little bit ahead of his.
@@PhoenyxRysing I'm sorry for the loss of your first cat. We lost a ct to FIP 3 yeas ago who was a stray we took in as a little kitten. We still miss him. Thank you and your friends for caring for the new family of strays. Cats know when people are helping them. I bet they'll become friendly in time.
@@1940limited I'm sorry for yours, too-- I lost a kitten a few years back to FIP, so I know how devastating it is to go through that.
From what my friend has told me, though the rest of the ferals remain somewhat aloof, his cat is now quite comfortable around him and his family--not lap-cat levels, but she follows him around and enjoys play, treats, and petting (and food, of course). Mine's in about the same place, though we're still working on some mild aggression issues--she didn't exactly have it easy, and it shows. (Though part of it is probably her getting back in touch with her inner kitten--she had had a litter at some point, and given she was a year at adoption, and that was in September...)
@@PhoenyxRysing That's a great story. Sorry for your FIP loss, but happy you have saved a feral and she's coming around.
I was "adopted" by my adorable street kitten Stella 2 months ago in the Dominican Republic.. She was starving and her mom had been hit by a car. She is doing so well now, and I am proud to be her mom on this Mother's Day.
How were you able to bring her back to your country?
@@mauropereira187 I left the DR last year and I brought her to Chile (I have residency here). I made the arrangements and brought her in a plane.
I hope everyone is having a great day today!
You have a great day too!
@@annabethchase7426 thank you, you too 😊
A few weeks ago there was a kitten meowing non stop somewhere near my house so on the second day I went and picked her up. She was so tiny and scared, but she already had little teeth and was clearly weaned so I fed her and placed her in some boxes some neighbors had set up for the strays. At night, after I'd already went and fed the little one a couple of times, a limping calico showed up and took the kitten away with her. I can only imagine what those two had gone through & im so glad they found each other again 💕💖
Amen!
Just adopted a 5 week old kitten! Lots of work! Can't imagine getting newborns! You are a saint!
Dude, a kitten should never be away from it’s mom before 12 weeks! At that age their tiny tummies can’t handle anything other than mama’s milk 😖😖😖
@@LadyLeomon The mom left the kitten. She has been hand raised since a couple days after birth.
that's so exciting! please make sure to get your new baby desexed once it's old enough :)
@@MP_heehee Absolutely! She doesn't need kittens 😂
Cody Hiler I’m sorry for jumping the gun, it’s just when you said “adopted” as opposed to “rescue” I made an assumption, that wasn’t right and I’m sorry, you’re a good person for saving that baby kitten 💙🐱💙
My cat was about 12 weeks when I found her in the garage. We thought we would keep her until the deworming worked. The vet got the dosage off and so that deworming lasted 4 mo and now we have a cat since she bonded with us and the dogs pretty strongly. Note: cats are much better jumpers than 14 year old dogs-just saying. That was a surprise.
Two years ago when I found my two three week old foster cats outside in early kitten season they were in pretty bad condition- the rest of the litter had passed. It was the first time in a long time I was without a job, so I was able to feed them and spend so much time with them. It was perfect timing then, I haven't been able to foster since. I feel like I was meant to find them and be their replacement mama! Can't wait to foster again someday soon
One of my cats named Isis after the Goddess was found outside with a litter of kittens and mama rejected her. I put her back in the nest with the others but saw mama pick her up and drop her back outside of the nest. She was 3wks old so I took her in and fed her with a bottle and raised her myself. I still have her.
I JUST ADOPTED BY KITTEN AND I NAMED HER ISIS TOO
What do you feed in the bottle..how do you know when to feed the kitten
@@SpecialgiftsLA There's videos on this channel about that.
For very young kittens it's every two hours. There's no guessing on it. You have to keep a tight routine for it.
@@SpecialgiftsLA Also, you should use special kitten milk that comes in powder form from the vet's office (that you mix with water). They can't drink cow milk. As an emergency last resort I've heard that goat milk will temporarily suffice.
Last Monday I was given four kittens who were a little over two weeks old. All of them have upper respiratory infections and one of their siblings had already passed. LUCKILY we have an awesome shelter that provided me with support and I had experience caring for bottle babies. I tried to catch the mom but unfortunately her home is a kitten factory. An alley that had at least 4 moms in a 100 ft radius (one brand new litter under the car my kittens came from). Thankfully after a lot of help from neighbors and the shelter, we are gonna trap the entire colony tomorrow and get all those kitties fixed and get the babies out of the streets! It is a ton of work but helping out is so rewarding!
How did it go? Did you manage?
Omg the BAAAAABIES in the background! 😍😍😍 when the one has his head hanging off 😂🥰
I fostered a maybe two to three month old kitten she came to me covered in glitter glue and so thin you could see every bone looked like some kids tried using her as a paint brush she was the sweetest thing ever
I'm so angry at those kids now!
I did get a 4 weeks old kitten, that was poor, she had both ears totally closed with ear mites and worms😿 😢 I got her from an very alcoholick man, that had heard in town, that I was looking for to get a kitten. I new there right away, that she would die if I dident try to save her, so I did. Though it wasent a babykitten that I was looking for.. its a small city and people talk....
I took her right away to the wet. Where she had to get sedation to get all ear mites flused out. I was very anxie, because she could die from the sedation. 🤗❤️ But gladly she lived. I got milkpowder and 🍼... and Weigth her every day,to make sure she was developedly in the right way. My daughter wich was 10 at the time, she was sad that the kitten dident have a mamacat, (we named her Fighter because of her effortsly will to live)
Anyway my daughter sowed a kitten mum out of an old furry coat. She did that in the place she was in after school, where they made all kind of creative projeckts with the kids.
After she was feedfor night, we ha a transporting cage, where she was during the night except for feeding time There were all kinds of soft blankets, and ofcourse, the furry mammacat/mum replacement. 😸😺😻We had the cage stand on a chair, totaly close to our bed, so we could stroke her, while she rolled up intowards the mumma cat replacement. It was like haveing a baby again.. and thinking about it she was a baby cat.🤗❤️😻
During the day, she was never left alone. We had her with us on bikeriding, where she was in a micro leash then we puted blankets and other thing in the byclebasket in the front of the stearingwhile. She sat there and totaly enjoyde the rides. It was a realy hot summer so we did also have a bottle with wather, that were boild and then cooled of, we stoped along the way, and let her explore the fresness of the grass. We did also have her i a little gym.bag. On our stomach, where she sad on enough blankets so if she wanted to look out she could. Realy many people was curriues about, what we had in that bag, and when they saw her looking up with her small blue eyes, they was soldt.... And I remember that, I was so gratefull to have her, and see every improvement she did over time. Last year she learned aggiliety in my garden. And she was so good at it, that she almost started the lane before I was ready with the comand 🤩😂😽😸😺
This story makes me remember a realy good time. Thank you so much for that.💚🙏🏼💚
She was 13 years and 11 month, when I had to go to the wet, with her do to hyperventilasion.. from one day to another. First I got some medecin home with me, for her to take, to help on her breathing because her heart was strong, and there was not any ivvvvhhh sound while listen to her... after 5 days it had not helped, so on the 6 Day I went to the wet again. I asked for them to take an exray of her.. It showed, that her liver was shutting down and therefor liked wather into her stomach so the stomach was pulling on her lungs.. so there was no hope... 😭I was so so sad, and still are. It was only last wedensday. But she was brave to the end. She had been the most playfull cat Ive ever had, and there was no way for me to know, that she had cancer in her liver. (Said the wet, and I guess she was right, because she had been her playfull self all the way, also drinking,eating and go to her litterbox)
🌸🙏🏼🌸 So in memory of her 😻 I will end my telling here. Rest in peace my beloved and brave Fighter. 🤲🏼💗💕💕💕💕💕💕
I burryed ⚰️ her next to one of her literkittens, that had a stroke last march it got 11 years, and looked a lot like Fighter.. anyway they both have a really beautieful spot in my garden. Just were they normaly would roll around or lay down. With pretty flowers and so.
💗🙏🏼💗🤲🏼💗💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕may all kittens have a safe caring home🌸🙏🏼🌸
I am so glad that we have a wonderful person like you to help kitten
I also do tnr and have returned several lost and most of the ones i catch are adult cats
But i did catch one 6 month old healthy one we had her checked out and she was placed into a wonderful home
Last year in November, I found a 4 days kitten , he was covered with grease and was crying for about 1 hour ++, it was drizzling and the mommy nowhere to be seen even though I waited again for another half an hour , I feel so sorry for the kitten and I took him with me, now he is 6 months old strong little fellow and very naughty,his name is prince pica Ayim,he is recovering from neutered last week, he change my life and makes me sees life more positive, he is my angel ,💖from your guidance I been doing and follow your advice, thank you kitten lady 💖💖💖
OMG I love how the babies are sleeping peacefully behind you 😻😻
When we saved our two cats with thought they were about six weeks old with one of them being a runt, but after getting them to the vet it turned out they were closer to four weeks old, and the other one was just a giant. Although asking around we did find out that the momma had previously already lost two other kittens from the litter, and we were having some bad storms that week so I think we were right to take them in.
I love that you help animals and make them happy 😻🐾🐾🐈And I find a long hair Black kitty and I ceep it and he grow in beatuful cat and he is so friendly and he get along whit my two cats so well and We are geting another kitty he is stray cat too, 😻🐾🐈💖stay safe and keep helping thos sweet balls of fur 💖 💖 💖
We have a feral mama who is using our inground patio as a nursery for her litters (the joy of having cat boxes). She has four kittens right now who just recently opened their eyes. We are making plans to TNR her once the kittens are older, and find them a foster to take them in. We are keeping a close eye on them though, because she abandoned her last litter by shoving all of them into the undercarriage of Mom's Prius, which she herself couldn't get into to feed them. That was an … interesting day!
Aw ... motherhood is hard for new moms across species. Orangutan School had an episode about a young orangutan rejecting her baby. She was just like, "nope ... no idea what to do. someone else take it"
Get help to TNR the Mom cat later when the Kittens are older if you don't know how to do it successfully, which seems likely since the same cat that abandoned her litter in a car has now given birth to 4 more kittens!🙀
@@ghostofvalor4349 She's actually not a new mom. She is quite experienced and has successfully raised several litters before. Some of the local community cats we feed are kittens from previous litters that we weren't able to catch and get fostered.
@@leshyaedawnfire why haven't you intervened earlier then ...
@@ghostofvalor4349 For my part, I only just moved in with my Mom a few months ago (had been living with my Dad previously), so this is new territory for me. For Mom, she has been trying to get my step-dad to handle it because he volunteers with OAR (Ohio Alleycat Rescue) and has contacts. Sadly he can be unreliable about some things, and this is one of them. I think he likes having kittens around, as he's named most of the community cats and can identify them on sight even when they look alike. I'm making sure to regularly poke Mom about it, because it does need to happen and she made the choice to step up herself this time. Plus, the complex we live in used to be pet friendly and had a policy of waiving the pet fee for any community cats you adopted, and Mom and her mate (her term for my step-dad) have a lot of friends who have been happy to take in and foster/adopt the kittens, so the local herd is relatively small.
I've been fortunate to have never found kittens outside, by that I mean there's no community cats or strays in the area. But I remembered from other videos what I need to look out for if I did.
It's great to have it all in 1 video, thank you for the fantastic video and all the work that you do
Same here. One stray cat about a year old that we took in. No kittens.
You are not looking! I just put out an SOS for fosters for some moms that came out of a homeless encampment clean-up I got not one I'm intrested so now I am fostering 19 kittens! No one should have 19 kittens at one time! A lot of the rescues have on line applications for you to apply to help!THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FOSTERS get involved go google cat rescues and fill out or express your intrest. Here in LA there are 5 or 6 looking for fosters who could have helped me if people had signed up to foster! (Kitty Bungalow also tried to help) Thank god for Gurrs&purrs who have offered to help place kittens via their web site and pics!
@@christenawalker2944 I am looking, but in the shelter nearest me there's max 5 cats at any given time, sometimes there's been none. I'm not from the USA and I get that it's an issue in your country but it's not in the entire globe. I understand that you are frustrated at the amount of people unwilling to help you but seriously, don't assume that I'm not looking or even trying to help, that's really unfair and uncalled for.
Dropped over to gear and picked up a couple more pieces of merch.
Also, donated to Stephanie's Go Fund Me for kitten season. Thank you again for helping her with that operation in Arkansas!
I found a kitten in the parking lot at work this morning, he was hiding out under people’s cars (I work at a hotel). He had actually climbed under the hood of the night shift girl’s car. I was able to catch him by grabbing some sausage from the breakfast buffet, cutting it up and putting it down for him. Then took him home to my husband so no one would run over or start their car with him underneath. He’s been hanging out with us all day. He has fleas. He was starved, he’s ate and drank all day. He is super skinny. I gave him a bath and we saw how tiny he really was. I have him in a carrier now with a tissue box with litter, food, water, and a blankie. Trying to isolate him from our older cat until we can get him into the vet. I think we will keep him. He found me for a reason, I think. I am lead to believe he was dumped by someone. My coworkers told me they were getting reports from guests 16 hours before I even arrived on my shift that they were seeing him and no one did a thing. I don’t believe momma was nearby. It’s amazing he made it that long without getting run over or hurt. I’m so glad we found Salem. 🖤
Hi Katie
i can’t wait till i find a kitten outside since i feel like once you find one, THEY ALL COMEE!!!!!!! i’m not allowed to foster but i can’t wait until i can 💖
A mother cat left one of her new born kittens in our back yard. We waited eight hours for her to return but our little girl had been abandoned! Without your videos showing us what we needed to do I'm sure our little Naran would not have survived. Nine weeks old now, she is healthy, very active and the owner of our hearts❣️THANK YOU!!!
A 6 week old Kitten ran into 6 lane traffic in front of my husbands truck. Luckily he was able to stop and find the kitten who was unharmed. We took him to the vet and had him dewormed removed his fleas and treated he ear mites. He is doing great and we love him. He will be vaccinated neutered and after quarantine will be meeting his new brother and sister. Your videos have helped me sooo much.thank you
Both my cats adopted me. Haha. My girl moved in from across the road. Love her.
She was done fortunately.
My boy cat also decided to move in, think the girl gossips, he moved in from 4 doors up. So awkward. He wasnt done and was about 5 -8 years old.
Got him sorted asap, once we made friends.
So proud of how far my scared squatters have come.
Very helpful information! Thank you for all you share, always learn something!
Currently mothering 3, 3 week old kittens left by a dumpster in a box 😡😡😡
My sisters friend rescued them, God bless her for that but she couldn't take care of them, so my sister got them... and her 15 year old daughter was feeding them a "slurry" i guess... at... 2 weeks old... yeah... thank God my sister brought them by 3 days ago.
Gave them one of those heartbeat stuffed cats and they love it. Vet visit is all lined up for their deworming etc... our 2 adult cats are adjusting pretty well, i have been getting them used to the scent and sight from a distance and will properly introduce them in a couple weeks. For now interactions are limited to behind screened windows lol. Will find them a GOOD home if we can, if not we will love them as long as they require.
This channel has been a great help! God bless!
Honestly a fifteen year old should have had the mental maturity to actually do some research first. That's terrible. Poor kitten!
Thanks for taking the kitten in and taking care of them.
Remember to spay/neuter, two months or two pounds!
Good luck with the kitten.
@@aautumn733 Thank you for that.
Well it was meant to be because during a storm we had about 2 weeks ago i said a prayer for all the strays in our area (we have many) little did i know 3 little bundles of joy were on their way to me lol.
My sisters friend heard them crying by the dumpster, she handed them off to my sister who just lost her Hubby less than a year ago and relocated from FL back to NY so she's in no position to provide for them, plus her teenage daughter is... well a teenager lol.
We were more than happy to receive them, in fact i count it as a blessing and a prayer answered, and it didn't even occur to me my prayers had been answered until i was bottle feeding them the second time LOL! The Lord answers prayers in ways we don't expect oftentimes.
They will be getting all the care they need, including spay/neutering. I take great joy in raising kittens into lovable and loyal companions. My Russian blue means the world to me and i'm exceedingly grateful for his incredible personality and intelligence.
I'm upset at the person that abandoned them. They have no heart to do that.
My sister found a kitten near the highway a couple days ago. We guess she was about five weeks old and was quite skinny and banged up. From watching your videos over the years we were able to get her some basic care before getting her to our humane society. Thank you for everything you do!
you should have kept kitten
@@JesusOnlyWay-d8e, not everybody is a cat person.
@@StarfieldRailway i am a cat person :)
The kitties in the background just leaning their heads over the edge 😂❤️❤️❤️🤗 cuties!!!
Several years ago, I was in my backyard with my two dogs when an orange kitten meowed from my empty neighbor's yard and walked towards the fence between the two houses. I was shocked it didn't sense the dogs and just went straight towards me. I was able to reach under the fence for the cat and could see its eyes were rather crusty and it was having some breathing difficulties. I called my shelter but they said they don't pick up cats. So, I waited until a family member returned with my car and took the kitten to a shelter, initally putting it in a cardboard box with a blanket on the back porch (I didn't want to bring it inside since it was sick). It was spring, like now, and I tried feeding it but it didn't want anything. I finally got it to the shelter and a few weeks later, it looked like they put it up for adoption, naming it Luke.
I don't know if my city has a trapping program, though it does advocate for TNR. I didn't know anything about all of that back then, and I'd only recently found out about the shelter at all, so I didn't think about trying to find the mother and other kittens. But due to what I've learned here, I know now what I can do in that situation, starting with finding some traps. The kitten I found was either at 5 weeks or older as it walked relatively fine and its eyes were open, even if they were infected. Hope "Luke" made someone very happy :)
My neighbor took in a feral cat that she had been feeding for about 3 mo. The cat was about 6 mo. He lived under the porch. It started getting down to 0 or -10 and the cat just didn't have a colony to cuddle with. It was a little rough at first, but he settled down. The cat seemed to know that outside meant death. That sort of helps tame an animal.
We had a similar situation about two years ago. We took him in and he's doing fine. He loves being an indoor cat.
@@1940limited My neighbor's cat is quite a handsome cat. He is big and orange. He just loves the neighbor's wife.
@@josiahgibbs5697 We have a big orange kitty, too. He's 5 years old now; had him since he was a kitten. We got him from the local animal shelter.
@@1940limited Orange tabbies are my favorite markings on a cat.
@@josiahgibbs5697 They are awfully cute! :-) But I love all kitties! We have 5 and they're all different colors. It's amazing how many colors and patterns cats come in.
My mom found an abandoned newborn outside our building. We know and cared for the momma cat outside, but she abandoned this one baby and never came back to it. It was crying alone all day. When my mom went out with our dogs, it was starting to rain. Since the momma cat never came back to it, we took it in. Your videos are a great help for me, caring about this newborn kitty, considering I never cared for any baby animals. Hopefully, the baby survives, as we would love to adopt it.
Thank you!
For an example of CASA in practice: a feral mom gave birth in my yard frequently but lived in a nearby colony. She had evaded the caretakers traps for years. She nursed the kittens in my yard, the would disappear into a wooden area with them only to turn back up at the colony with them in tow when they were about 6 months and too old for socializing. So they were tnr’d.
There was one kitten in her second to last litter that she left behind when she disappeared with the litter mates. The kitten appeared healthy by sight but something was not right. The kitten clearly did not know how to hunt and was dropping weight.
So even though the kitten was older than normal for socializing at 4 months, I trapped her and brought her inside. It turned out that she has a vision issue and has very little peripheral vision.
Thankfully her mom knew what she was doing by leaving her in my yard. I am a feral kitten foster home for a local rescue. The kitten in question never really socialized enough for traditional adoption. But she became safe enough to allow is to offer her a life in our home.
9 years later, Nigella is still jumpy, not totally socialized and has multiple health challenges. But she is happily loved as her feral self here in my home.
Oh, and one litter after her, I was FINALLY able to trap her mom for tnr and grab the kittens young enough that all were socialized and adopted to loving homes.
They're so cute!!
You are such a kind soul thank you for the beautiful work you do
You are really awesome Kitten lady. I wish that there where cat café in Ireland, like you guys do in the USA. And as all ways your information is very inputted and oust full, and thank you for aiding them kittens the way that you do, it is supper cool of you and awesome
So cute. Kittens are angels
Dear Kitten Lady, the background music is way too loud. I have a hearing problem and can hardly understand you. Otherwise than that, love your videos.
I had the exact same problem. This is the only Kitten Lady video I ever had a problem hearing, so it must be something in her recording technique on this one.
I bought your book and it's been a tremendous help...
Watching this confirmed for me that so far I'm handling a situation the proper way but we're just at the beginning here. One of the ferals I feed had kittens Thursday and she appears to have settled in at a point where the dirt from the landscaping planter is only a few inches or so from the bottom of the building where I live. Quite inaccessible if one wants to be careful, good concealment for a mother cat's purposes. Can hardly see in even with a flashlight but don't want to shine it in too much. This video gave me tips on what to look for as soon as I see these kittens and I check three times a day. I've been trying to capture this feral for about a year and she is very elusive. I have humane traps, but she's never fallen for them. If the kittens appear safe the first time I see them I'll wait until they become somewhat ambulatory before I focus on catching them. I'll still be checking them and feeding her. I have several inside cats and I suppose I've been practicing rescue informally for quite some time.
What this lady does is wonderful
Thx for all your videos they are soo helpful ,recently I used one of your videos to make my cat a cupcake for her birthday. Thx for looking after all these little kittens
@@hsd2922 yeah she loved it
Love your videos! A close friend of mine found my black kitty on a rainy evening in early August of 2019. He was approx. 3-4 months old & was malnourished. He also had a broken right leg 🥺 She looked for more kittens and couldn't find any. I went to pick him up because her landlord was going to toss him back outside (she wasn't allowed to have any pets in her apartment). I rushed him to a vet; no microchip. I instantly fell in love with him & I decided to keep him. He's been with me ever since. Best decision I have ever made. He was neutered the following month & the vet did an x-ray on his back right leg. It turns out that the bone had miraculously healed. Now his leg kinda juts out a little sideways whenever he sits but he runs, jumps and plays just like a young cat does 🙂
Our little ones (not little anymore lol, they're almost 2 years now) were in a kinda bad condition, they weren't SUPER dirty, but they had fleas and ear mites and weren't super clean either, they were about 6 weeks old and lived in a pile of trash, we watched them for a few days and never saw the mom, maybe she could smell us or maybe there was no mom, because they lived on my dad's company's grounds where they are a lot of trucks, cars, and other machines, so not a very good situation, plus our old cat had passed a few months ago so we thought about getting a new cat anyway, so we picked them right up and brought them to the vet, got them vaccinated and chipped and now they're our babies. I'm so grateful to have found them to this day. They are so thankful and love us unconditionally. The other 4 kittens found other lovely homes
A kitten (6 months?) came up to my parents house this afternoon, it looked clean but had obvious injuries to its foot and eye, we tried to feed it as it looked malnourished but it kept throwing up eventually it kept it down, but my town does now have services for this and nobody has the ability to care for it so we just had to leave it, poor thing. It was so friendly.
I found a bundle of 5 kittens, I took them because they all had eye infections and fleas. I washed the gunk off their eyes and took them to the vet and they were given to a foster.
I'm watching this literally hours around finding an underfed/sopping wet abandonded 0-1week old kitten. I took 'her' to a 24h vet hospital in the area after they confirmed they had a foster/carer avaliable for her. If I had any doubt I did the right thing this video cleared them up real quick. Thanks!
I found a little guy, about 5 weeks old, all by himself two weeks ago. He looked alright physically but he was very very scared, because he was right next a major highway! I go past that place every day on my way home and know for sure no cats live around there. So I took him in and found him a foster who can dedicate more time to his care. He's doing really well now, causing havoc and playing with his foster mommy's cats.
I need to rewatch the whole video just looking at the kittens tho 😍
Those kitten look very cute!
My kitten was found on my uncle's property under his trailer. There weren't any siblings around, and the mama was nowhere to be seen. I ended up deciding to take her, and she was about 4 weeks old when I got her. She had bad diarrhea (my uncle gave her cow's milk while she was at his place) and was practically skin and bones. That was about 6 months ago. Now she's a healthy baby who has been spayed and is well fed and hydrated! I was so worried about messing things up, but I think I'm doing a good job at giving her a healthy and comfortable life!
Awwwwww they are so sweet. Thank you for all you do Hannah, you are an angel!!!!
I would say another thing to look for is species. If you live in Europe and see a clowder of kittens outside, they may not be strays. They may be European Wild Cats (felis sylvestrus) and not domesticated cats (felis catus).
Well, since I am not in Europe, I’m safe
My adult son recently found a 4-week old kitten, cornered by some local dogs and in danger of becoming a snack. He had recently lost his best friend cat, so he's adopted the kitten. Fun fact, this kitten still needs to be pottied, something my son can't bring himself to do, so I will be doing that for the next week or so, until the kitten gets the hang of the litter box. Thank you for all your videos, because I would never have known about how to potty a kitten without you and Shelly in Vancouver. :) Keep up the good work!
Your videos have helped me learn everything I need to know about fostering feral mama cats and their litters of kittens. I have ordered your book Tiny But Mighty and can't wait to receive it! Thank you so, so much for what you do!
I have this cat in Alibi and we rescued her from the outside she was kind of like a teenager then but she's gotten a little bit bigger since we got her we saved her from being outside in the rain and it was really cold out and me and my sister were actually telling my mom's friend that she was going to have to let her in the house and when we did it was like way early Christmas Eve we were playing with her in the house and my mom's friend was saying all I might have to let it back outside my mom was like no because it's raining cuz it was really cold and I went out to get my mom's phone to my van and I picked up the my cat and literally put her in my coat and we watched at my Mom's van and we now have her and she's super loving and kind because we have this kitten that we're taking care of for a few months and she's being like a mother cat to her and we like it and thank you for all you do for those cats and kittens I love cats and kittens also and I would give anything to the world to save them for my trailer park.
She knows you were helping her and appreciates it. We took in a stray cat about 2 years ago. He adapted to indoor life immediately and has never shown any interest in going outside again.
A mama cat abandoned her kittens in our backyard. They were in bad shape. We were only able to save 2 of the 3. We couldn’t have saved the 2 without your help. Thank you and God bless you for all you do for these little ones.
I love these educational videos.... this one should become a commercial on TV!! No joke. It would be so beneficial to Cats and their Kittens.
last year i was able to take approxx 14 kittens in the beginning of the pandemic off the streets. first litter was 2 week olds in absolutely horrible shape, second was some 6 week olds in good shape (whom i actually know the parents! they were our local community stray cats and i knew she had kittens somewhere!) third was some 3 week olds who had a mom but were in really rough shape regardless, and fourth was one very tricky little 11 week old that took us a whole MONTH to socialize. i got some criticism along the way but after watching this i know i definitely did the right thing. one from the first litter and one from the second became my two forever cats as well. i used your channel SO much to help me through taking care of all of them, so thank you so much!
When I first found you on Instagram, I realized I wanted to foster kittens. I just wish I could do it sooner than when my husband retires. Anyway, thank you for these videos. They’re incredibly informative and helpful.
Ty for another wonderful video! 💝 One morning on the way to church, we found 4 kittens who had been left in a neighbor’s yard. We brought them home, socialized them & found loving homes for 3 of them. The 4th, an orange tabby, is now 15 and snoring on the couch beside me. 😍
This video was super helpful, you answered the question perfectly!
Didn’t even mean to click on this, but no regret lmao
Well with YOUR NEWFOUND INFORMATION PLEASE SHARE 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I want to feed it, love it and keep it!
Omg hi I love you so much and I appreciate all of your hard work you do for these poor kittens
Your kittens in the background are adorable. Great advice as usuall.
Thank you Hannah for all that you do and thanks for this video, as I said I found a litter of beautiful healthy kittens, I saw that they were thriving quite nicely so I did give one of them kisses lol then I left, I could tell they were being cared for or else I definitely would have helped them.
They are so cute 😻😻😻 watching was good for my heart 😻😻
He loves cats very much, I feed stray cats every day, I try to heal them, neuter them.
Don't let stray cats get hungry
I want to spread this all over the world 🙏
We have 3 3-4 weeks old babies right now. Mama cat seems to have been crossing the street with them and she was hit by a car. 😔 Thankfully we have experience with young kitties and have successfully fostered multiple litters in the past for our shelter. Even so, they keep me busy while I care for my 9 month old grandbaby. But it's so rewarding watching these little ones grow and eventually find a forever home.
I love methods like this! The more prepared & knowledgeable we are, the more we can accomplish! Let's save some cats!!!! 👍
Glad you have this video up. A month ago a (im guessing) 8 week old kitten wandered onto my patio. She seemed playful, clearly starting to explore and venture away from mom... I caught her because I was just about to put my dogs outside and I didn't want them possibly chasing her up a tree or something. I gave her a once over and it was clear she was a stray and not being taken care of. I called every vet in town and no one would see her. So I ended up taking her to the shelter since they could give her immediate care. Turns out she had a horrible injury that I'd missed. Prior to taking her in I was so worried I did the wrong thing. Somewhere she had siblings and a mama but I she was so beat up I knew she needed help. She ended up passing away from either her injuries or some unseen defect. Either way, I was glad she spent her last days in comfort instead of suffering.
Thank you for what you do
I'm glad you made this video.its very informative and clear and HELPS AVOID WELL INTENTIONED cat lovers from intervening in a way that hurts THE KITTIES .so Thank you so much for sitting down..(literally ) and speaking about it.
I have fostered a total of 8 kittens. 3 the first time and 5 the 2nd time all the kittens were 3 weeks and I loved every minute of it. Your videos really helped me take care of them. I hope I get to do it again soon. 🙏 it helped me with my depression. ❤
This was so helpful, thank you! I've hand-raised several preemie kittens here where I live and it's always a difficult call whether to take them or not. In every situation, I have to say, the kittens were either abandoned and crying for their momma for more than 8 hours, or they were covered in filth next to a garbage can and road. 😣 They've all found good homes, though, and the one that was filthy I kept and she's a super sweet fluffball now 🥰
I'm so glad I was able to help, but it's definitely a lot of work! I like how you added the "A" for ability at the end - that's such an important consideration, as it takes a lot out of you.
Thisnis a great video , will help so many people who may have found a kitten and stuck for what to do xx
Thank you so much I just found a kitten you helped me so much thank you
My kitten was living in a building hole. When I saw him,his head was down,shiverring and actually looked like he gave up. Had fleas,eye infections, bite marks on his head and a broken tail(now he has a stump instead) . And what broke my heart was the fact that 5 people passed him by and didn’t even look at him. I have seen many kittens on the streets that seemed fine and I always said that I have no space/time to bring one home but this little guy changed my mind. I thought he was 5-6 weeks old because he was so small but the vet said he was 4 months old. I wanted to foster him but in my mind, I knew from the moment I picked him in my arms that he will be with me forever.
You have given really thorough, helpful info. I like your checklist for assessment. That stripey one hangin' off the cat post behind you is hilarious!
I can't keep my eyes off the kittens sleeping in the background! Too cute!
Thanks Hannah that was a good way to Triage kittens without Kitten napping.
Clicked for the title, stayed for the adorable little units in the back left
My kitten i found in a bush going to a creek about 3 days ago. This is my dream kitten! Orange tabby i love him so much.
it’s kitten season! i’ve been looking in my backyard all the time I can lolll
Casa means "home/house" in Italian (and many other Languages)
That was kind of the point though.
Your videos are always so instructional and informative! I have been considering the idea of becoming a foster but I don't know much about the responsibilities so this video was a great introduction. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and always being so honest about your experiences. 🌞🐾
Plenty more videos on this channel about that subject. You should also check out the Orphan Kitten Club website.
Good luck if you do decide to foster!
I love the kittens in the background, trying to find a comfortable sleeping position. Such cuties.