sorry if this seems long but best I say the whole story.

5 weeks ago a cat wandered into my daughters house, she was sat on the top of the freezer the weekend I stayed over. she has 2 cats and 2 dogs so asked if ok to feed her. yeah course she said. she ate like it was the first food in a while. she came back for the next 3 nights for food. on the 4th night she just stayed. we took her to the vets to get her checked out, she told us she was around 12 months old and was having kittens and could give birth within the next 2 weeks with perhaps 2/3 kittens. we were due to go on hols 3 weeks later so she took her to her dads who said he would care for her while we were away. in the end she went 5 weeks and had 5 kittens. now my question is, the kittens are now a week old, at what age can we move them to my house. I have more time and am about more to help them but dont want to do anything that will endanger either mum or the kittens. she is a lovely cat and seems to be a great mum.

we did find a message posted on the net regarding a missing tortie which sounded so much like slinky, missing within 2 miles of debs home (thats wot we called her cos of the way she was when she arrived) but they never replied to our text or email. their loss sad to say cos she is such a lovely lady.

thanks for any help you can give.

Hi Lesley, as long as you move them all together in a box maybe, and keep them warm you can move them now
Just keep mum in for a few days with a litter tray and they should all be fine



Btw welcome to the forum

thanks so much for the quick response hun, hopefully gonna bring them all here on Wednesday then, its only a 5 min drive away so fingers crossed all will be good. hubby is at home with them till then and I will have finished my night shift so will be here for 4 days.

think I might just gonna be asking loads more stuff on here cos I know nothing about trying to wean kittens. been there with my dog about 15 years ago but I spose kittens are a totally different thing.

She might get a bit worried if you move her now, cats can just desert their kittens if stressed and you would be left with 5 to hand rear. She has never been to your place so she might get very stressed indeed.
I personally would leave well alone until they are say 3-4 weeks old or even older.
When you move them take all the old bedding with them so at least something is familiar.

thanks for the reply hun.

she appears to have taken a shine to me maybe cos I was the one that found her and fed her. been to see her a good few times and hubby said she appears to come and look for me when I have left. I just dont want to do anything that will distress her cos she is such a sweetie.

he bought a new large bedding basket which I would be bringing here.

What rubbish, people move kittens all the time without repercussions
Lesley if the mother is happy enough with you go for it!

Hi Lesley and welcome to you and new mum Debs,agree with KatyB on this,i'm sure mum and kitts will be just fine,looking forward to hearing how she and they get on

quick update.

moved slinky and the kittens last Thursday afternoon. everything went good. had a small problem with mum not using the cat litter tray and going into my bathroom and using my bath towel instead soon sorted, rang hubby and he brought the litter tray she had used at his and no probs from then on. mine is blue so must have a cat with attitude. she is so good with them for such a young cat

all the kits eyes are now fully open and they are starting to wobble round the bed they are in so I dont think it will be long before they are climbing out and having a look around.

next task I spose is the weaning and the litter training, lets hope they are as co-operative as mum.

I think I have 4 girls and 1 boy. 4 torties and 1 ginger. the ginger being the boy

Great news Nice happy little family, glad the cat found you!!!!!!!