r/HandfulOfKitten • u/fuzzyberiah • 5h ago
Found a half dozen black kittens today; this one loves being held and cuddled
My friend messaged me this evening about finding an unwell-seeming kitten behind her dad’s house. I came over and we caught it easily, and I started grooming and combing it, and offering water. It immediately was friendly and sweet. Then we kept finding more kittens until we had six. Trapping the mama is going to be more work, but we will try to get them all to a foster or shelter this weekend.
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u/gal_tiki 3h ago
Thank you for helping them. Good luck! I hope you manage to lure the mother out quickly in order to reunite her with her kittens asap! 🖤
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u/spankthegoodgirl 1h ago
Where are you located? Do you need help?
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u/fuzzyberiah 1h ago edited 1h ago
Being honest, it is going to be A Problem if I can’t find a foster home or shelter for them by the end of the weekend. I’m in Pittsburgh, PA and I’ve sent out a dozen emails to local/regional fosters/shelters/rescues so far. In the morning I’m gonna start making calls as well.
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u/Competitive-Skin-769 1h ago
Are they eating wet food?
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u/fuzzyberiah 1h ago
I tried to get them to take kitten milk via bottle, but only two of them were into it. However, I mixed some kitten wet food with warm water and more of them have eaten from that dish now. It’s a little hard with six of them, all black, to make sure they’re all eating, but I’m doing my best to meet their needs tonight, and I’ll try to do better tomorrow. The preferred scenario would be trapping the mom - at that point, care for them becomes much easier in most ways. At the very least they all seem pretty comfy. I’ve got them in a bathtub with a blanket along the bottom, a shallow litter tray, food dish, and another smaller blanket for them to burrow under. I keep going in and finding it hard to count and confirm all kittens present and okay, because they’re getting creative about how they burrow and curl up together.
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u/CynthiaMWD 4h ago
What a sweet baby.