[betenoire]

I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on the best way to go about rehoming kittens (and their mother)?

I took in a young stray (under a year old) about a month ago because I suspected that she was in heat. It was never my intention to keep her - I wanted to find her a safe home and get her inside before she became pregnant.

Anyway, it turned out I was too late. I had taken her to the vet to get dewormed (she has tapeworm) and discovered that she was pregnant. The vet figures this was her first heat.

She gave birth to four really darling kittens last night. On my bed (she apparently had no interest at all in the nesting box I'd put together for her).

While I want to keep her (I'm in LOVE) I just can't. Legally in the city that I live in you can only have 3 cats - I already had 4. So she makes 5. Kittens make 9 - holy shit. It's not fair to her or to me or to my other cats if she stays with me forever - my time and money are stretched as it is.

When I found out that she was pregnant I contacted every no-kill (and even low-kill) shelter and cat rescue organisation within four hours of me - and nobody had any room. I could not even dream of taking her to the local "humane" society as they are a high-kill shelter - and they told me outright that if I brought her to her while she was pregnant that they would kill her. Shitty policy.

So I'm on my own with this one. Any advice on rehoming (or offers to take her or one of the little ones home yourself!) would be super appreciated. I've never done this before.

Why the fuck can't people just get their damn cats spayed? Idiots.