Nursery

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Nurseries are dens in the Clan camp where queens and their kits live[1].

Description
Nurseries are usually the most protected of all dens in a camp, and in case of a raid, warriors will do anything to protect it.[2]

She-cats move to the nursery shortly before giving birth, and stay there until their kits are apprenticed, after which they become warriors again[3]. The care of the kits is shared by all the queens[1]. Some queens decide not to return to warrior duties; instead, they remain in the nursery to help and supervise the other queens and kits and feed kits when their mother cannot.[4]

ThunderClan Nursery

 * ThunderClan's nursery is protected by a wall of brambles[2], has a distinct milky smell[5] , and has deep nests of moss and heather as beddings[6] . This nursery has another exit from the camp behind it, next to the dirt place, though it is usually not used.[7] It is the base of many attacks from ShadowClan.[8]

ShadowClan Nursery

 * ShadowClan's nursery is in a hollow, shielded by a thorn bush. The scent of milk comes from inside.[9 ]

WindClan Nursery

 * WindClan's nursery is under the gorse thicket that is surrounding the camp and is near to the elders' den.[10]

RiverClan Nursery

 * RiverClan's nursery is next to a shallow part of the river, and the kits inherit their love of water and learn how to swim quickly.[11] There are feathers woven into the branches of the roof and along the edges are sparkling rocks and shells from the river.[12] In Bluestar's Prophecy, Bluefur notices the RiverClan nests are made of sticks that look oddly uncomfortable.[13] Crookedjaw states if the river were to flood, the nests would float. When Mistyfoot's kits are swept away, they are rescued from the river by Fireheart and Graystripe.[14]

SkyClan Nursery

 * SkyClan's nursery is a deep, red-brown cave, protected by a massive red boulder. Inside the cave are a row of small claw across larger marks on a column of stone<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14">[15] . At first, Firestar thinks that they are kit marks across the queen's scratches, then discovers that they were actually from rats who had driven the original SkyClan from the gorge. After they defeated the rats, Leafdapple scratches over the marks, making them unseen.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15">[16]

ThunderClan Nursery

 * ThunderClan's nursery is under the biggest bramble thicket<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SOTC16_1-2">[2] from a tree at the top of the stone hollow. The nests are made out of moss.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-np624_16-0">[17]

ShadowClan Nursery

 * ShadowClan's nursery is under low hanging brambles and pine tree branches. It is noted to have the lowest branches and be near the middle of the camp next to the apprentices' den and near to the elders' den so they are the most protected.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17">[18]

RiverClan Nursery

 * RiverClan's nursery is made of brambles near a tree beside the stream. Often there is a patch of sunlight just outside.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18">[19]

WindClan Nursery

 * WindClan's nursery is a gorse bush against a boulder.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19">[20]

Nursery Residents
''Note: Queens are listed in the Allegiances of the respective book unless otherwise stated. An * seen by a cat's name indicates they were apprenticed during the book and therefore left the nursery.''

Into the Wild
<p style="text-align: center;">ShadowClan

<p style="text-align: center;">WindClan

Note: No RiverClan queens or kits appeared in this book.

Forest of Secrets
<p style="text-align: center;">ThunderClan

<p style="text-align: center;">ShadowClan

<p style="text-align: center;">WindClan

<p style="text-align: center;">RiverClan