How to catch feral kittens

Here are 2 web sites that can help you.

http://forums.cathobbyist.com/view.php?id=38316,38393

http://atlantaanimalalliance.com/howtotrap.htm

Your best bet to catch the kittens is to get an animal trap from the animal shelter or someplace.  A lot of places loan out the traps for you to use and return.  If you get a trap, place some of the smelliest food that you can find onto a small paper plate or something and put it inside the trap.  Then just stay away until you see a kitten inside the trap.  You probably won't get them all at one time.  I suggest that you also find an animal carrier to put them in as you catch them.  Then make sure that you take them to a "no kill" shelter or try to find a local animal rescue that can take them in, foster them and socialize them.  Otherwise, they'll just be killed.

Have a Heart traps that you can get from a shelter or Feral rescue. Depending on how old the kittens are may determine if they can be socialized. At the very least they can be fixed and reintroduced into a feral colony or if you are in an area that has barns they can be barn cats. Try to find feral cat rescues in your area via goggle or Petfinder.com. Good Luck

The best course of action is to summon the Humane Society near you and have them set traps.  They will safely and humanely trap the kittens, and will socialize them for adoption.  It may be difficult to socialize the mother cat, but if there is a way to do it, the Humane Society knows about it and will do what they can do adopt her to a kindly home also.

However, I must note that feral kittens, once adopted, can be quite dangerous!  When you sit down with that kitten in your lap and scratch gently on his ears, that will cause him to vibrate.  If he REALLY enjoys your company, he will vibrate more loudly still and that can cause your house to shake off the foundation. 

You will also find that the adopted kitten may develop Lapitis: whenever he sees a lap, he curls up in it and becomes terminally cute.  Some kittens also have designs on curling up beside you when you go to bed, and will do anything to have you drag a string across the floor for them to chase.

Even worse, you may find that the kitten follows you all over the house, rubs against your leg, and becomes a very affectionate companion.  Of course, puppies and kittens can cost you all your loneliness. 

When you consider the unconditional love dogs and cats give us, and the precious little that they ask in return, it can become a habit to be very kind to them, give them decent food, a good place to stay, and lots of your time.

Come to think of it, I like that.  I have three cats.  Some little darling stuffed her and three of her sisters in a cardboard box, and left it beside the road.  When I walked near the box, I heard meowing inside, and opened the lid.  I took the kittens home and called the vet for instructions on how to bring them back from the brink of starvation.  The kittens nearly starved.  One didn't survive.  I broke down crying over that.

He paid a visit with IV fluids and treated them for free.  They have been my constant companions ever since, and have never again wanted for love or seen the inside of another cardboard death-row cell.

Somehow, I have an attitude about it when people mistreat animals.

I wrote an article and I feel that it will help you.  There are steps that will teach you how to make the cats trust you and depend on you.  This article will also teach you how to be successful in trapping. In fact as I write I have a trap set up, and I am trying to trap a four-month-old feral kitten. The images in the article are feral cats.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4469241_care-feral-cat-colony.html
How to be a Caregiver to a Feral Cat Colony

I hope you did catch the kittens....I have a feral cat that I got at 5 weeks...she is a love, a great pet...still skittish around people but very loving.