I have recently gifted my sofas on Freecycle and the lovely lady in receipt of them does a bit of foster caring for the local cat rescue place.

She was telling me today that this past week has been spent trying to save a litter of kittens born to a 4 month old queen

The outcome? All the kittens died and the mother is not very well at all, it's touch and go.

The mother cat was feral, but it doesn't change the message.

Please do not let your cat out if they have not been spayed. But also be VERY VERY careful not to let them escape before hand either.

If your kitten does manage to escape PLEASE book them in for a spay within a week of their return. Don't wait to find out if they are pregnant or not ... put that out of your mind and look at it as a life saving operation, which it very well could be.

It doesn't matter if your kitten has only been out for an hour, please see the danger she could be in and do the right thing. Kittens are very very cute when born and this makes them irresistible ... but a litter of dead fluffy kittens and potentially their mum too isn't quite so cute.Please think about it!

Here is a thread that might also interest you ... Do you think your cat is Pregnant? Or do you want her to get pregnant?

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omg 4 month old the poor cat i hope she pulls through

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How terribly sad ,in this case this poor little feral cat, unlike many who are not found in time, has a chance . How many non feral cats is this happening to with folks who shouldnt be in charge of a soft toy never mind a living creature

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how the hell did she get pregnant at 8 weeks old???

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I know! It makes your eyes water thinking about it Unless she meant the kitten got pregnant at 4 months old ... I hope i have my wires crossed on that, but even still 4 months is still far far far too young

She was found in a gap between two council houses giving birth amongst all the rubbish

She also told me that the van doing TNR hasn't been round in my area for years, I wish they would make a return visit

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I just assumed you meant was 4 months when mated As it would have to be impossible surely at 8 weeks old.

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It's shocking enough when you hear of a six month old kitten having kittens but a four month old . I do hope she makes it.

oh thats horrible I can just picture her very scared in the rubbish

who are these bloody people that do this??? just wish we could do it back to them, see how they like it, poor girl, im not surprised that the poor kittens all passed im surprised that she managed to pass them looking at my kits

lets hope that she was 4 months, poor thing

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These things are happenning all around the country, it's heartbreaking and something that could be so esily be prevented

WHAT is wrong with some owners ...

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How awful - what a horrible experience.

However I think OP said this kitten was feral, not owned by anyone. It should serve as a warning for anyone wishing to delay spaying though. Hope she makes it.

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