Motherless newborn kittens? HELP

**catmandu** · 10-17-2005, 08:03 PM

If you cannot help them yourself,and I am in that same boat,keep them warm and fed,and call your nearest shelter,as they quite often have Nursing Mothers,that they could put those poor Kittens in with.
We are praying for those Little Ones!
Please keep us informed!!

**AlleyCat** · 10-17-2005, 11:15 PM

Please don't leave them if you haven't seen the mama cat. Find some help nearby, like everyone else has said. Our little Cleo was all alone when she was found -- she was estimated to be about 5 days old and yowling her head off. Mama cat was nowhere to be seen and hadn't been, so something probably happened to her. And all Cleo's littermates were found dead so Cleo was probably not far off if she hadn't been found when she was. Now we are the lucky ones to have her. Good luck and keep us posted!

**QueenScoopalot** · 10-18-2005, 07:05 AM

In order to save the kittens lives (if it's not too late) you really should get them! Bring them to your vet if need be, but please don't leave them to die. There must be shelters in your area, call them as well. Chances are they may have a lactating female willing to take on the kittens, or at least a person willing to bottle feed them. Starvation is a brutal way to die.

And it's a complete myth about handling them...just as it is with baby birds. Please keep us posted...and hopefully it's not too late.

And as an afterthought...if you contact shelters willing to help, perhaps they have people willing to TNR the adults in your neighborhood, to prevent further litters.

It seems as though your neighbors really don't care....*sigh*

**Lescoop77** · 10-18-2005, 08:08 AM

Good news! We informed the neighbor of the kittens and they are going to take care of them! I will keep you posted on their progress as I learn myself! Whew! Thanks for all your suggestions!