Originally posted by Bari_d:
We have a Mom and two 12 week old babies living under our porch - could use advice on when to try to capture, etc., so little ones won't run away. Need to get Mom spayed, etc.
That sounds familiar. My Maggie, a stray, was living under my parents steps for a week. When my dad saw that she had left her hiding place he plugged the hole she was climbing through. Little did he know she had had kittens under there. We all heard them cry for their Mommy. When he realized and removed the plug, she gathered all her babies and one by one she carried them in the house. They all had resiratory problems from breathing in dirt, but they all survived. After a trip to the vet they were all better and we found all the kittens good homes. I kept the mom, Maggie.