Written by I received an email at work the other day about a mama kitty with a baby. I went to the location and there were four adult cats and four kittens (one had passed). I was able to grab the remaining three kittens and transported them to A-Pal for evaluation and placement with a foster family (Please keep in mind this was a tough call to make, separating them from mom. However, with the one kitten who had already passed, it was decided to take the remaining kittens and come back from mom). The kittens are very young. Their eyes aren’t even open. Usually, kittens will start to open their eyes at 10 days old. They went home with a foster family who will feed them every two hours until they gain more weight. Eventually these little ones will be available for adoption.
I brought a trap into work today, I am hoping to catch the mom so we can reunite her with the kittens. I did get a call saying we caught a cat. I won’t know until later if that cat is the mom or not. Either way, the adult cat will get altered and receive vaccinations. After that the adult cat will be evaluated to see if she could be fostered as a potential pet, or if she is too “feral” she will go to another program who specializes in barn cats.
This is the tip of the iceberg for us. Every year, we get hundreds of cats. We don’t have 2024 numbers yet. But in 2023, we spayed/neutered 1198 cats/kittens and 669 were adopted. A-Pal mainly services Amador County, but we do have contact with other facilities in other areas. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need assistance with anything cat/wildlife related. A-Pal has an amazing team manning the call system and they are always willing to assist.
A-pal (cats/kittens) 209-223-0410
Tri-County Wildlife (any wildlife, other than big game) 209-283-3245