'Precious little criminals': Farmer finds 5 smol feral kittens abandoned at his work site then he rescues, bottle-feeds, and finds homes for all of them

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Apr 9, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

Feral cats are always surprising. While we expect them to act akin to our beloved household kitties, ferals are far from domesticated. Stuck in their wild ways, they mystify humans and beguile our expectations, turning up in the darndest places and letting curiosity fuel their mayhem. Always unpredictable and for every charming, feral cats remind us that kitties are independent and beautiful creatures, unbeholden to the laws of this world.

So if a feral cat gets spoiled and leaves her 5 kittens behind for her local farmer, there must be a good reason—because cats always know best.

Cats never do anything without purrpose. Driven by instinct and mysterious ways, cats are always dreaming of a life of hooman servitude, even from the freedoms of the wild. This kitty mama decided to give her kittens the life they deserve, warm in a household and enjoying daily doses of canned wet food. To do that, she executed a plan of purrecision to get her whole family in the hands of an experienced pro. Scroll for the whole story of feline domestication and adorable kittens who will be loved furrever.

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  • Stumbled across a litter of five from a feral mother in the middle of a farm work site.
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  • We found these kittens when we should not have found them. We've stumbled across young kittens before, so we already have experience bottlefeeding.
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  • We know our veterinarian very well, and we are in close communication in case anything comes up. The plan is to find new
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  • homes for them when they are ready and continue trying to trap the mother and other feral cats around here to get them spayed/neutered.
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    "We tucked [the trap for mom] into the hay bails in the barn, covered with towels, put a kitten towel inside with a can of wet food, with my ipad playing sounds of her own kittens. She enters, but she never enters enough to stand on the plate trigger. We've also changed up the location and changed its appearance to try to trick her, but at this point, the goal is to trap her to take her to get her spayed. It's been ten days now.

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    "This is the best we can try to do. We were at a point where we had to really think about how this would go down. Do we bottle feed? Or do we risk five more feral cats growing up to mating age before we can catch them again? What if she doesn't come back soon enough and they die? So here we are."

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    "They're super cute. They're now getting little cuticles."

  • SquareThings Please do your best to trap their mom. You can use a towel with their scent to bait a humane trap. Mom is always the best caregiver for little ones DazB1ane Could also try recording the meows of the babies to play from a speaker maybe
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  • CottaBird OP We've been working on that ever since, including everything you've suggested, to no success. The good news is the babies continue to gain weight and
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  • Finikyu Precious little criminals.
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  • Affan Dede They don't even know single digit math
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  • DavidDPerlmutter Bless you, kind hooman. I hope you have a lifetime love sweet angels. with your
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  • heroheadlines Thank you, OP. I know it isn't the outcome you hoped for, but thank you so much for caring and looking after them.
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  • Roubaix62454 Glad you found these kitties when you did and have the experience to properly care for them. Love the last pic with a full belly.
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