Requesting advice from experienced kitten rescue people

[Siwsan]

When I take the kittens in, should I also remove the crate? Might be a silly question but I wonder if removing all scent of the kittens is a good thing, or a bad thing for Spooky. It does need to be cleaned, sanitized, reinforced and have new bedding. I'll be putting it back in that garden, still hoping some of the ferals will relocate.

The latest the 'kitten relocation' will take place is a week from today. They will DEFINITELY be 4 weeks old, by then. That's the age of last year's litter, when I took them in so I'm pretty confident I'm up to the task, again.

Anyway, I'm babbling. Perhaps because I'm pretty excited to do this, again. Any advice on this will be MOST appreciated.

[virgdem]

1. A good source for expert advice re: kittens

An excellent source for expert knowledge about anything kittens is Kitten Lady (orphankittenclub.org). She is well known and well regarded within the cat rescue community and has a youtube channel that you can access for info about kittens. If you need further information, please let me know and I will find additional resources for you.

P.S. Kitten Lady is on Instagram as well (kittenxlady) Her name is Hannah Shaw.

Good luck with the adorable additions to your clowder.

[Siwsan]

2. Thanks! I'll check that out.

A friend of mine who does rescue work suggested I use it as a 'lure' to get Spooky into the trap by placing the trap in front of the crate opening, after I take the kittens inside.

The local TNR does intake for ferals only on Tuesday through Thursday so this might be tricky, getting the timing right.

What I'd really like to do is TNR Bruiser, the local Tomcat. I think that will buy some time in catching and fixing the others.

[virgdem]

3. I think you'll find her a really detailed source of information.

Her youtube videos are very good and she also has written books on kitten care ("Tiny but Mighty&quot Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines. By Hannah Shaw. Any book store will have it, or try amazon to order. Let me know how it goes.