It seems that her highness is not interested in using her little heated cave under the stool now that spring has arrived and I can now disassemble it until next autumn/ winter.
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We have the same saying in German 
Schimanski is polytactile on all 4 paws, my sweet Bigfoot 
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Good morning from Sichuan province! The first cat is my gfs and the second one on the chair is one of the building cats that sits in the security guards chair.
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Who’s behind Miss Marple?
Looks like a dog or some orange thing with feet. Or legs.
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I got 3.
Separately
Everyone in there place after my power walk.
Alice taking a different view of things in her new place.
Daisy is probably under the bed since it’s late morning.
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Oh, that’s a wooden wolf. They love to climb on it There should be old pictures somewhere in the pet threads, I remember one with her in her pyjama after sterilization to prevent licking 
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Omg Alice! 
i swear old kitties all have the ability to give humans that look like no other.
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Cat/kitten advice needed: There’s a female street cat who is always hanging out near my parents’ home and in their garden. Neighbours have tried to adopt this cat, but she won’t stay in a house. She’s well known to the residents, who set out food and water for her always, and so they figured out she was pregnant a few weeks ago (why nobody thought of calling a catch-neuter-release group is beyond me).
Anyhow, as she was close to having the kittens, neighbours set out a box with blankets in the street, where the food and water are. But now the cat has up and had the kittens in my parents’ garden! My parents are in their eighties, never had a cat in their lives, and now they have no idea what to do.
Neighbours have been dropping off food for mama cat, but my Mum doesn’t even know if she should approach the cat. The kittens are now just a day or two. Also, they are lying on the ground. Is this ok? It’s warm in the daytime, but if gets to about 10 Celsius at night. My Mum says she needs to know when it could be safe to move the cat and kittens, so they can go to a foster or neighbour who knows what to do. Apparently, all four kittens will be adopted eventually, the residents are very interested in this situation. But my Mum feels very overwhelmed by responsibility.
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You’re in Spain right? There must be some organisation for the rescue of street cats in your country/area. Contact them asap please. They’ll know what to do. And please don’t wait too long. If the kittens are going to be adopted, they need socializing immediately to get them accustomed to humans, handling, petting, etc. Being out in the open and cold doesn’t seem good for them either. Thanks for caring friend & hope you’ll get them the help they need!
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Dank je wel, Menno. I also do not know the first thing about cats, so I had no idea about socialising kittens. I have looked up a couple of associations which look reputable, and will give the numbers to my Mum. There are a couple of cat-loving neighbours, so they are also keeping an eye on things.
My Mum would like to give the cat a blanket or box to lie in, but she doesn’t want to spook them. Maybe if she leaves it nearby the mama cat will move with the kittens?
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I’m no expert on feral cats either but that seems like a good idea. X
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We’ve had quite a few feral cats where we live. Last autumn one (Cindy) gave birth in my shed (there’s a cat flap in the door for our cats to use), 4 kittens all a sort of tortoise shell, grey tabby mixture.
Our cats were most put out as the mother wasn’t letting them any where near her brood, to the extent of taking on 3 adult cats and she is tiny. As she’d set up base under my work bench on my pile of clean cloths, all we did was to put food & water down; she was there for about 3 weeks and then gone, but, after around 2 months she started to come back to visit with all 4 kittens. She knows she and the kittens will get fed and our 5 have now accepted her and the brood, and generally ignore them. Last week they started coming into the house so we’ll see where that goes, 
I see a household of 10 cats on the 
distant horizon.
Back to your feral cat and her kittens, the mother will definitely do what she thinks is best for her kittens, including moving them if she thinks they’re in danger or a better, safer place is to be had.
Placing a cardboard box near her, (against a wall or something solid if possible), with the one side cut down by about half, with blankets (not too many) should tempt her to move them. If the box could be placed in a corner near her even better as she will feel protected on 2 sides not just at her back. Put the box down slowly and back away slowly so as not to spook her. If she gets spooked in all probability she’ll up sticks and move. What ever happens she’ll be doing right by them. Good luck.
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Yes I would imagine if she moved them out will be in the night when no one is around and for safety in to the box.
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They usually do. They seem to do most things at night including giving birth, but, if she thinks a danger is imminent she’ll move right away or if she can’t move she’ll pull all the kittens into as small a space as possible and get ready to put up a fight to protect them. She doesn’t care so much about her own safety it’s all about the kittens, the next generation with her genes.
But saying that, cats always know when they’re on to a good thing and doing things slowly and then leaving her be shouldn’t cause problems 
, putting some food down is always a winner, a mother with kittens suckling needs all the nourishment she can get.
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Definitely good advice you are giving here.
She has already given birth where she feels safe so just helping her protect from wildlife and the elements by providing a warm box and food and water is probably the best that can be done 
And if there are any organisation to help that’s brilliant as she will likely need to be nuetered as most likely will become pregnant again.
Excited to hear about your little ones coming back to visit and perhaps stay
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