Kittens - What to do?

[Ekona]

Apologies for the slightly obscure title, I really had no idea what to put. We've just discovered that we've got a litter of 4 kittens approx 4 weeks old plus feral mum floating around our industrial unit at work. Mum is very shy but looks healthy enough, and the four little ones seem very bright and enthusiastic about exploring their new surroundings. Not quite close enough to stroke yet, but it really won't be long.

I'm guessing they were born elsewhere and mum has moved them to their current location for whatever reason (lots of places to hide under the portacabins would be my guess, shade from the rain etc) but I'm a little unsure as what to do next. I'm a cat owner myself so am comfortable with the dos and don'ts of cats in general, but aside from picking the four little scamps up and taking them home myself what should I really be doing?

Trying to catch kittens + mum and take them to the local vet/RSPCA/CPL place?
Call the council?
Leave them be?


My gut instinct is the first option, if for no other reason than to get them all checked over and mum spayed, and then they can go from there. I guess the RSPCA would come and collect too, so another option possibly. Or am I missing the really obvious?


They're so cute, two little black ones and two ginger ones, mum is a dark tabby. Do want!

[Ekona]

ali_kat said:

Have them then

You'll catch the kittens, Mum will be a little harder Although at 4 weeks they are a little young to be taken from Mum...

Noooo, don't tempt me! The other half is coming up later just to see them, she's already desperate for one of the ginger ones. Shame my two are so clingy really, as otherwise I'd be tempted but there's no way they'll accept another cat.

Thanks for the advice all, I think I'll give it a couple of days to make sure they're not going to run off anywhere else and then give the local CPL a call.

[Ekona]

Have been keeping an eye out for them all morning, but I can't see them anywhere today. I wonder if mum was just passing through with them, on her way to somewhere else? I can't say I'm not a little disappointed as I'd almost convinced myself to take a ginger one home, but it does make the problem a little easier to solve I guess.

I'll keep watch for them still, it would be nice if they were still around and I could do something for them. Is it usual for a mother cat to move her litter around when they're of that age?