That afternoon I was cleaning the garage. And I saw a cat hiding under a B.B.Q pit. It was staying there for 3 days. The forth day, the cat deliver 3 kittens. I gave them bread and water. After eating, I went to check, and they are gone. Then, why is the cat hiding there? Is it trying to deliver kittens thats why it keep hiding there for 3 days? Question is, stray cats deliver their babies in a hiding spot?
2007-09-04 16:49:35 · 10 answers · asked by Kah Yee. :P 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
Pretty much all cats, stray or domestic deliver their kittens in hiding spots. The mother does everything she can to keep them safe, which includes delivering them in hiding.
2007-09-04 16:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by crazycarl0217 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they aren't there anymore because mama moved them. Usually with stray animals they want to be left alone with their young and you found her spot, so she re-hid them. It wouldn't hurt for you to leave food out for her, but she needs a good kitten food to nourish her babies. If you don't find the babies they will end up wild and not be able to be handled!
If you are not planning on keeping her and the babies leave out some tempting food and water and watch from a distance when she is done eating watch where she goes, then you can contact your local humane society and tell them where they are. If mama is truly a stray be careful, she could hurt you. she may just be a cat in the neighborhood that ran off to have her babies and carried them back to her home after
2007-09-04 16:59:48 · answer #2 · answered by charm1936 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to feed them, go buy actual kitten food and leave it out. It has more protein and stuff in it, it's made for both mommy cat and the kittens, so even though they're too young to eat it, she will.
She moved the kittens. If you can catch her eating you might be able to find out where she moved them too, otherwise, leave them alone until they're older, then catch them and socialize (ie get them used to humans) them. The weaned kittens can be adopted. You can sterilize the mother cat. (And the kittens!) Call a local shelter and see if they have a trap-and-release program: once the kittens are old enough that they are weaned, you put out a trap, and start catching them. Then you take them to the vet, who will fix them and give them shots. You then release the wild mommy cat, and adopt out the now-tame/to-be-tamed kittens.
Even non-stray cats will look for a "hidden" spot to deliver kittens in.
2007-09-04 22:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All cats like to find a spot where they think nothing and no one can find them to have their kittens. It's a natural instinct so that the kittens are less likely to be killed by predators. Even if they belong to someone, they'll still find a secluded spot to have their babies.
With a domesticated cat, they may not mind their owners finding their kittens too much, but with a stray, it's probably not going to be too trusting of humans, so when you found her and her kittens she decided to move them to another, better hidden spot.
2007-09-04 17:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by EMT Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all animals will try their best to have their babies in a spot they feel is safe. If the cat already had the babies and then was gone the next time you checked, that means she moved them to a safer spot.If you don't want the cat and her kittens around don't leave any more food out for them. She will find food and continue to move on. If you keep leaving food out she will find her way back with her kittens.
2007-09-04 17:03:37 · answer #5 · answered by yankabilliechic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm assuming (and hoping) you shop her interior and don't enable her run exterior. in case you do enable her exterior, solid success with ever looking out the place she has her kittens and with keeping her alive. If she's a strictly interior cat, my guess is that no rely how snug you're making it she will have them the place she needs to have them. in case you mostly shop her restricted to a single section (with playtime someplace else, etc it fairly is greater humane than basically one room), she'll in all risk have them there. If no longer, solid success. A cardboard field, no longer too super, no longer too small, or a doggie mattress, may well be solid. i might placed something in it, yet no longer a cover or something that the kittens ought to wiggle down into and suffocate. i'm hoping somebody else would have an theory as to what to place into the mattress. additionally, PLEASE think of roughly having her spayed after her kittens are weaned.
2016-10-19 22:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, cats will try to find a secluded place to have their kittens. They'll also move the kittens from time to time as the nesting area becomes soiled or if mom thinks it isn't safe any more.
2007-09-04 17:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mama cats don't need help in delivering their babies, nor do the babies need bread and water!
The mama was frightened of you on behalf of her babies, so she moved them to a safer spot. Let them be and the mama will care for them just fine.
I would, however, provide either cat food or tuna and milk for the mama... cat food would be the better option, of course. Bread is not a good food for cats, especially mama-kitties.
2007-09-04 16:58:23 · answer #8 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All cats deliver their babies in a hiding spot. In fact, all animals. Its a natural instinct to "protect" their offspring by crawling into or under someting, etc...
2007-09-04 16:59:55 · answer #9 · answered by Amber Smith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call animal control or a no-kill shelter.
2007-09-04 17:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by cat lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋