Please, I am in need of some advice.
On March 30th or 31st a stray gave birth in our garage. Shes a stray but not feral, she let me get about a foot away from her and her nest which was hidden in some couches. I have been leaving some food and water right outside the nest location for her, and when I check on her I shine a flashlight inside to check and see if they are ok. She never moved her kittens during this time so I am led to believe she trusts me slightly. However tonight we thought they were dead so we moved one of the couches, picked them up and brought them inside for about 20 minutes. I put them in a basket from the garage with a heating pad.
While we were moving the couches she fled the nest but stayed in the garage. They turned out to be alive so we put them back in the nest. She was in the garage when we went out to put them back, but she might have slipped out as we made a lot of noise putting the couches back. I handled them (for the most part) with cheap knit winter gloves but now I am extreamly worried and anxious that she is now going to abandon them, or not know they got put back. There are also feral males that try and get in and out of the garage sometimes that I'm very worried about now that shes not sitting on them.
What should I do? Take them in and try to care for them, or hope she comes back to them? The nest is not in a position that we can sit and watch and wait to spy on her to see if she comes back. We are equipped with kitten formula and a bottle and have done some reading but we have never cared for neonatal kittens before. We have read that they have the best chance with their mother and dont want to take them if unnecessary.
PLEASE I am so worried about these little ones.
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