She was reasonably subdued in the cage, she wasn’t bouncing off the sides or panicking or anything.
They give her the sedative right through the cage, so they never handle her at all awake. That’s why they won’t even accept ferals in a crate or cat carrier, only in a trap. Interesting.
I’m going to prepare the spare bedroom now for the kittens to live back there, and at least for starters I’m going to put her in the big dog crate they’ve been in, back there. If she seems like she’s willing, she can be reunited with them in the spare bedroom. She may even still be lactating.
And at the pleading by the clinic, I called Concern for Animals, and they’re going to cover half the cost of the spay and the shots, and will cover half the cost of Sister #1 and all the kittens too when the time comes. I told her we’d return the favor with a donation back when we could, but appreciated the help now since there’s more than one to manage.
Well if Mama Cat gets back with her babies we’ll want some pictures of that too.
Good news about the Concern for Animals deal. And hopefully Mama Cat is able to be kept under watch for a few days without her being toooo terribly stressed out or ticked off...