Animal Welfare Professionals

We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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I am a rescue organization and foster based, so I don't have hands-on experience with using cages like that; however, if you wanted to continue using those cages (for quarantine/sanitary reasons) I wonder if you could add (zip tie, etc.) a plastic sheet/barrier to the door, to prevent their little legs from getting caught. Depending on the age/mobility of the kittens you may need to put plastic on the whole door, but then you could just cut little holes out for ventilation.

I use these for young kitten pens, which might be another option:

https://www.amazon.com/Tespo-Playpen-Portable-Plastic-Transparent/dp/B06XTG94TH/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?crid=HFO3OTP6RA7I&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BjycYoXC0e5DoiDRbfOBcsd4ROIxDL5HkGTKeR6J1uvWByQEZ5UsgkXU0_fhT5A3gSIjdtidA5kQhnxaU3Pe0vLUVgVQ69IU65xq1HvAlkwSXdg7PAcjuwroHBdtYK-FH-J1M-6zOxIks6NirftQeRLBvy_HM2jyjbvY5nWxlwGUYyL-hc7i6xy7Yv6GAFuPlWAITBC4UmpjurUI-z1ckQ.T2YSu4DEcchv4H5qOk4ziZJ7naXXQEJj4fzx4WqGntw&dib_tag=se&keywords=plastic+pens+for+cats&qid=1708676217&sprefix=plastic+pens+for+cats%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-8

There are also pens from Clearly Loved Pets, but they are pretty pricey and probably wouldn't be as practical for a shelter environment if the kittens are still in the quarantine stage of their stay with you.

https://clearlylovedpets.com/

We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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Kittens are wild!  I have seen injuries from a kitten making an overzealous leap at dust in the sunshine.

This is one style of kennel that houses litters of older kittens (around the age of adoption ready) fairly well but it still has the same stainless bars for the main door, maybe somewhat smaller gaps though.  

https://products.shor-line.com/stainless-steel-cat-suite-double-unit/

Otherwise, for smaller kittens our goal is to try getting them to foster placement as quickly as possible whenever possible.  When fosters are available in a reasonable amount of time we use well-sanitized extra large pet porters with blankets and cardboard flats for a small litter box and they are transportation-ready.

We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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We are looking for ideas to improve our kitten intake housing options. We have had multiple issues with kittens getting paws stuck at the bottom of their kennel and had a kitten require a leg amputation as a result. We are now using temporary individual kennels for incoming young kittens until we get them into foster homes, but would love to see any ideas or recommendations that have worked for you.

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