QUOTE(spidergirl @ Feb 28 2009, 02:33 PM)
Hi y'all. The stray pregnant cat in my area has already given birth to 3 cute kittens. I always feed the mom cat food.
Questions.
1. Is it safe to bring the mom cat or the babies in my apartment? I read that the newborn kittens are bound to carry contagious disease. Er, I just brought the mom cat in my house last night..might need to disinfect my living room.
2. If I don't have access to go to vet today, beside feeding the mom kitten's food, what can I do? They are staying in the box in the indoor garden area of my apartment. Is my apartment balcony a good option (will be able to protect the fence of my balcony)?
Pls advice. I wish to adopt the mom cat, but I already have 2 elderly cats at hometown (all adopted strays) and both of them been giving me heart attack everyday cos I am a few miles away from them.
Those who wish to continue the legacy line of loving and passionate cat ownership, pls pm me. Will upload photos soon. Thank you

talking about kitten, they bound to get disease via mother and other cats. they don't bring disease, but they get disease by other. with a very low body immunity they easily die.
for example, if non vaccine adult cat come near to the kitten, higher percentage the kitten will get whatever diseases that is on the adult cat.
so let say the mother cat has alot of diseases, and potential to have inherited sickness, her kittens will have the possibilities too.
so when ever you bring a stray cat inside your home, always remember, to be extra careful. if you have other cats in the house, separate them first. if you do not have cats at home, bring in the new cat but, place her/him at one area in the house, normally the kitchen balcony, or home balcony.
never ever let the new cat come and play in your living room, explore you room, etc. because 99.9% they will bring parasites and diseases. you might not want parasites to be in your home right.
so while quarantine the cat at one place of your home, you can start frontline and bath. wait 2 more days then you can go to the vet for check up (vaccine & deworm). for vice versa.
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i was wondering how old are the kittens? you want to bring the mother to the vet, with the kittens or leaving behind the kittens?
if you have spare room, or big cage at home, it's good to bring the mother cat and 3 kittens together to your home. put them at one place, far away from your home property such as sofa, carpet, bedroom, etc.
since it's raining season nowadays, its good to give a proper shelter for the mother cat and kittens. cold cold!