If you are any type of an animal lover, then you probably cannot pass up a litter of stray kittens, if you happen to run across one. What many animal lovers do not know is that mother cats leave their kittens alone for several hours during the day. She does come back in plenty of time to feed them, but not if you have already scooped them up and carried them home. The very first thing you will need to do if you find a litter of stray kittens is make an appointment with your Pet Clinic in Honolulu. The next thing you need to know is that bottle-feeding stray kittens is a ton of work, and the best chance of survival for kittens born in the wild is to be left with the mother.
The biggest hit may come when you realize that mother cats go into heat directly after their kittens are pulled from them. So, chances are that cat will end up on your porch again with a litter of kittens in just a couple of months, requiring you to make another trip to the Pet Clinic in Honolulu, and raise another litter of kittens. Soon, your home will look like a cat woman’s, and you might not be very happy.
While it may be tempting to take the kittens to the local shelter, you need to know that over 70 percent of cats that go to a shelter end up being killed. You did not work to save these kittens, feed them, and take them to the Pet Clinic in Honolulu for checkups, only to end up with them being euthanized. The best thing that you can do is take the mother cat to the Pet Clinic in Honolulu and have her spayed so that you do not have the problem again.
You can try to find good homes for the litters of stray kittens, or keep a few and have them spayed or neutered as they reach the correct age to do so. Being a pet lover is an amazing thing; acting responsibly is part of the package.