Stray kittens outside my house. What should i do? please help?

Yes, bring them in but only if you can get the mother to go with them. Newborn kittens have the best survival rate if they are raised on mothers milk (has tons of stuff their lil bodies need that regular formula, and cows milk can't emulate, such as various anti-bodies so they can fight off infections.)

Its very important that young kittens be near and around people or they will grow up feral and are harder to place in homes.

If the task seems too overwhelming and you don't have the time required, contact a local animal shelter who will come and do whatever needs to be done. Keep in mind that doing the job yourself will also mean needing things like litterbox for mom, food, and a vet visit for all the kits to make sure they are in good health.

The kittens must be kept with their mom not only for regular feedings (every two hours) but also to keep their body temperature at 96 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit during their first three weeks of life. This is imperative for their survival so you can't bring in the kittens without their mom, or they might not make it. If you were to bring them in without their mother, you can't give them cow's milk plus it would be very difficult to monitor their body temperature.

If you going to try to bring them all in, try catching the mom first. If you can put her somewhere isolated in the house, then wrap up the kittens a blanket to keep them warm and take them to her.

If you can't get them all in, give them some more blankets and anything else you can think of for insulation until you can figure out what you are going to do (call the Humane Society, etc.).

Good luck to you!

Yes, you should bring them in. Get a large cardboard box tipped over so they can go in there, tons of blankets stacked on each other so it's very very warm and comfortable. Attract the mother to come inside, then when the mother is in bring in each of the kittens and put them in the box for the mother to go into.

Bring them inside! ASAP! They can't live like that. Get a box and blankets and out the mom and the kittens in the box! Or call the Humane Society or take them somewhere!

Yeah, i would take them in and feed them because otherwise they could get really cold and stuff, and take the mother in too so they're not alone. and if you don't find an owner then i would just take them to a cats protection center or something, tell them everything that happened and they will probably find good homes for the kittens and the mother.

no, you have to bring the mother in with the kittens. The mother needs to feed them every couple of hours. Please bring them all in, you'll be doing a very kind thing. Also, you can call your local ASPCA and she if they'll take the mom and kittens

Don't Touch them!

You do not touch the kittens especially seems mother does not know you. by touching them you will leave a scent, if the mother does not recognise the scent of her kittens she may abandon them or worse may kill them / eat them.

i would even avoid bringing her in, i think your best option is to ring your local cat shelter/ charity. they may be able to catch her and kittens to look after or may be able to supply you with a cat trap ( a humane one) so that you can catch her and bring her and all kittens inside.

In the mean time maybe you could offer an extra couple of blankets.

don't panic to much remember millions of different animals give birth and raise there young in 100's of different conditions an climates all over the world.

You are doing good by giving her extra food, who knows she may reward you with a cuddle one day.

EDIT: why the thumbs down, i am not saying these things because i do not care, far from it i love cats and would hate to see them suffer.

However it is an unfortunate fact of life that scared queens will eat there kittens if they feel threatened (an by trying to catch her an kittens u r scaring her and will appear threatening to her.)

If you move them she may simply just move them back. and if you lock her indoors you will stress her out especially if she is not used to confinement.

If you took her kittens away from her you are decreasing there long term survival and stressing the mother. a kitten who is fed on mothers milk will get a natural immunity to certain things that KMR cannot provide. (you should not feed a cat cows milk, many cats are intolerant to lactose) Mother also knows how to clean them and stimulate them to urinate and deficate.

Edit 2: it would be a disaster to bring just the kittens in. you will stress the mother out (she may search and call for days), u will be depriving them of the colostrum in her milk - as you do not know when they were born, you cannot know if they have this yet.

you will need lots of information, KMR, syringes, blankets (no substitute for the warmth of a mothers cuddle), and be prepared to be there all ay all night for regular feeds, an you woul have to learn to stimulate them to poop and wee.

Please don't touch them! Please just ring a shelter/ charity.

Otherwise you could find yourself killing them with kindness

Can you catch the mother? If you can, then, yes, bring all of them inside.

if you want them as permanent pet you can bring them inside if not take them to a humane society

Ya you should they could freeze to death cats usually can't survive in the cold that long so it would be best if you bring them in.

But make sure you can get the mother to you don't want to scare her away