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Anonymous
When my cat had kittens, it was tricky because there was a lot of people and a dog in the house. She had them underneath the couch, so I moved them as soon as I saw them to just behind the couch but in the open, barely a foot from where they were born. Within the first day of their life, I moved them onto the couch, and then into the dining room, then the hallway, then my bedroom, then into the corner of my room where I wanted to keep them. Each time I moved them I would give Momcat a small amount of her favourite food with the plate pushed very close to the kittens. When she was finished eating she would wash the kittens and lay down to feed them. It's her natural instinct to nourish the young when she receives nourishment, so just try moving them little by little until she gets used to it. Because within the first day our Momcat got used to the fact that people were going to do things to her kids, she wouldn't panic if you took one kitten away, unless it started crying for more than a few minutes. I still have contact with four of her five kittens, and they're amazingly social to anyone who walks into the house, even if they stink like another animal.
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