How to care for stray cats

1. Stray Kittens
How to care for them
Donna Bonfrancesco
HPM 354

2. Stray Kittens
Poe & Eli: Found April 2012

3. Stray Kitten Check List
• 10 things you
should do if you
find stray kittens

4. #1. Where’s Mom?
• Is Mom Hiding?
• Watch Kittens
from a Distance

5. If Mom Returns…

6. • Contact local humane society
http://www.humanesociety.org/
http://www.aspca.org/
• Ask how to
trap a feral
cat family

7. #2. If Mom Doesn’t Return...

8. …Catch the Kittens
• Lure them with food
• Place them in cat carrier

9. #3. Take Kittens to Vet
The vet will tell you:
• Their age
• What kind of
food to buy
• How often to
feed them
• If they are sick
– If sick, quarantine from
healthy cats

10. #4. Keep them Warm
• Hot water
bottle wrapped
in a towel
• Heating pad
• Space heater

11. #5. Make Kitties Feel at Home
• Bedding – Small box with blanket

12. #6. Feed Them
• Too young for kitten food?
• Use soft kitten food
when possible

13. #7. Show them the Litter Box
• Use smaller container
for litter box
• Too young?
– Sometimes they
need help

14. #8. Check for Fleas
• Use flea comb
• Never use flea
medicine, shampoo
or powder on a
kitten

15. #9. Get them Vaccinated
• Kittens begin vaccines 6 to 8
weeks of age
• Vaccines every 4 weeks
• Total of 3 sets

16. #10. Spay and Neuter
• In seven years, one female cat and her offspring
can produce an incredible 370,000 kittens!

18. YES! I’m talking to YOU

19. 1. Find the Mother
Okay… well if THIS is the
mother then RUN!

20. 1. Find the Mother
This mother is way less
threatening!

21. 2. Capture the kittens (and the mother if possible)

22. 3. Take them to the Vet

23. 4. Keep them warm

24. 5. Love them

25. 6. Feed them

26. 7. Teach them

27. 8. Don’t let something feed on them

28. 9. Get them vaccinated

29. 10.Don’t let them
reproduce

30. Find them a Home…
… and Good Luck Parting with Them!

31. The Strays: Eli and Poe
Click here to see my two rescued kitties:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySGWOYDEQs

32. Created by Donna Bonfrancesco for the sole
purpose of the HPM 354 class assignment.
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