Hi there! I am a fairly new foster mom working with a local rescue group. This is my 3rd batch of kittens, but my first ferals. I got them at about 12 weeks old and they are about 14 weeks old now, 2 girls and a boy. I am keeping them in my master bathroom together because I really have no other way to house them separate from my cats.
I am looking for any advice you all can give me to help gain their trust and socialize them. If they cannot be adopted out, I do not know what will happen to them. They are adorable babies. 2 girls and 1 boy. The girls look Siamese and the boy is solid black. I have named them Lily, Jasmine and Leopold.
They are not mean or aggressive. They will hiss when I enter the room, but but stop pretty quickly after I begin talking to them, then they just cower underneath the back of the toilet and stare at me. They have let me pet them and pick them up, but only briefly and they are shaking and their hearts beat so fast, that I feel badly scaring them so much and I put them down. I have a radio in the room with them as well as a night light. I go in and read and sing to them, as well as just sit there silently. I have toys in there for them and I have heard them going to town with the toys when I am not in there. Always, the minute I enter the room, they scatter behind the toilet and stare. I give them treats, but they will not touch them until I leave the room.
I really want the best for them as I suspect that underneath all that fear and mistrust are some amazingly sweet kit-cats. So, any advice/tips/tricks of the trade you can offer would be wonderful.
Thank you!
I am looking for any advice you all can give me to help gain their trust and socialize them. If they cannot be adopted out, I do not know what will happen to them. They are adorable babies. 2 girls and 1 boy. The girls look Siamese and the boy is solid black. I have named them Lily, Jasmine and Leopold.
They are not mean or aggressive. They will hiss when I enter the room, but but stop pretty quickly after I begin talking to them, then they just cower underneath the back of the toilet and stare at me. They have let me pet them and pick them up, but only briefly and they are shaking and their hearts beat so fast, that I feel badly scaring them so much and I put them down. I have a radio in the room with them as well as a night light. I go in and read and sing to them, as well as just sit there silently. I have toys in there for them and I have heard them going to town with the toys when I am not in there. Always, the minute I enter the room, they scatter behind the toilet and stare. I give them treats, but they will not touch them until I leave the room.
I really want the best for them as I suspect that underneath all that fear and mistrust are some amazingly sweet kit-cats. So, any advice/tips/tricks of the trade you can offer would be wonderful.
Thank you!