What is a good website to get information about when kittens are ready to be given away?

I just found this website on google, looks to have some helpful ideas for you: http://prairieprincess.hubpages.com/hub/Giving-Awa...

But never give away kittens. Charge at least $5, preferably a bit more. Some people take free kittens to feed to their pet snakes....

You really don't need a website, since many people have sufficient experience with kittens being given away at all different ages to know the best number of weeks.

At the very least, the kitten needs to be with its mother for 8 weeks for training, and better if 10-12 weeks. Breeders do not let their kittens be adopted before 3-4 months minimum.

Under eight weeks, and the kitten can have behavior problems which can be annoying for the new cat servant.

Once the kittens are weaned, around 6 weeks, she can be spayed, since she will be away from the kittens for only a day. Mother cats can actually go back into heat while they are nursing. But if you want to wait until the kittens are adopted, that will be all right, but make sure she gets spayed immediately thereafter.

Here is a good article about that: "How Young is Too Young?" http://www.breedlist.com/faq/young.html

another link http://jennifercopley.suite101.com/ideal-age-to-ad...

Good breeders keep kittens with mother and littermates for at least 12 weeks. This is both for physical health as well as mental and social development... and can help avoid some behaviour problems.

Kittens have to transition from sharing their mother's immunity via her milk to developing their own immune system, stimulated by vaccine. You should get them de-wormed and at least their first kitten shots before sending to new homes. The first shots are usually given at 8 wks.

Make sure to not let the Mama cat outside (or anywhere she might come in contact with tomcats) until she gets spayed after the kittens are weaned. Nursing does not stop a cat from getting pregnant again, and it would be very hard on her to get pregnant so soon.

Plus there are already so many nice kittens and cats being killed because nobody adopts them. So it's also important that your kittens get altered before they breed and add even more to the cat population. Kittens can come into heat while they're still kittens. 5 or 6 months is not at all unusual and 4 months is possible, though a pregnancy so young is very risky.

The most responsible thing to do would be to have them altered before they go to new homes -- then you don't have to wonder if the new homes will have it done in time, or if your cat's "grandkittens" might end up homeless. You could charge an adoption fee for the vet costs for both that and shots. Here is a database of low cost spay-neuter clinics http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/spayneuter/

You don't need a website to tell you that. Take it from REPUTABLE BREEDERS. Kittens need to stay with mom and siblings for a minimum of 10-12 weeks old. Purebred kittens don't go to new homes till they are 3-4 months old, have all shots and are neutered and spayed.

They need time with mom and siblings to be mentally and physically ready to leave home. They are NOT totally weaned till around 8 weeks old and not reliable with the litter pan till 12 weeks old. And since you allowed your cat to get pregnant and have kittens, the LEAST you should be doing is:

1. Keep them for 10-12 weeks old.

2. Give first shots and worming.

3. IDEALLY these kittens all should be spayed/neutered too.

Be sure mom is spayed in 8-9 weeks and don't let her outside to get pregnant again (she will even if she is nursing).

in general, kittens should be at least 8 weeks old to be separated from their mother

here's a link:)

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=at%20what...

and once the your cat has fully raised her kitten ( the one you are gonna keep) , then please get the cat fixed, specially if you don't want more kittens, here's why:

Spaying lowers the risk of contracting Feline Leukaemia Virus, Immunodeficiency Virus and Infectious Peritonitis Virus. All of theses fatal diseases are believe to be spread, in part, by mating as well as through close contact e.g. fighting. Spayed cats are not mated and generally have less contact with other cats in the neighbourhood and therefore their risk of infection is decreased.

Prevention of pyometra and ovarian cancers. As the majority of cats are spayed, these diseases are mercifully rare but are seen in the older, entire cat. There is also a reduction in the incidence and severity of mammary tumours. Mammary tumours or breast cancer is seen in the unspayed older cat and early spaying drastically reduces the risk. Mammary tumours are almost never seen in cats spayed at six months of age.

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