Taming a Really Feral Kitten:
Okay, advice please. I have a feral kitten. Maybe 2 by the time I trap tonight!
The kitten I call Baby is about 12 wks old. Too old to tame they say...
He's very fiesty, hisses and paws at me but I CAN pet when he is in his
shelter box, and I lift lid and pet him from behind - just a finger tip or so scrtaching his ears... he seems to not mind.
If he sees the hand coming at him tho he freaks and hisses.
He is in a big dog kennel cage, with a hiding box, litter box, food water
and cover. I want him to get used to my voice so I constantly am talking to myself now!
I have had him for 2 days now. The first day/night he was in a trap, then the big kennel.
Baby is a Maine Coon, he has a huge huge ruff already...
My question - how do I proceed? My other feral foster kitten that I tamed were fast tamers - I let the lose in the house and they hid but observed
and finally came out for loving etc.
I don't want to do that with this little guy just yet -
He is intersted in play, and my idea was to let him observe the big guys
getting petted, loved/played with, and then eventually the idea would
click in his brain. I would let him out upstairs in the kitten room -
to roam free, till he was "handleable".
I read how to do this with gloves etc but am not sure I'm up to that...
Any suggestions on what I might do? My T.T. Siamese feral did laps for me, and hid for 2 days in the bathroom cabinet/wall before coming out 2 days under the bed, 2 days later showing himself, playing and 1 wk later, letting me pet him. He was 4 months too.
So I know this depends entirely on the kitten's pursonality.
This one seems very bold and yet, aggressive. Not mellow.
More high strung I think, yet very curious. I think he will come round.
Any advice?
Okay, advice please. I have a feral kitten. Maybe 2 by the time I trap tonight!
The kitten I call Baby is about 12 wks old. Too old to tame they say...
He's very fiesty, hisses and paws at me but I CAN pet when he is in his
shelter box, and I lift lid and pet him from behind - just a finger tip or so scrtaching his ears... he seems to not mind.
If he sees the hand coming at him tho he freaks and hisses.
He is in a big dog kennel cage, with a hiding box, litter box, food water
and cover. I want him to get used to my voice so I constantly am talking to myself now!
I have had him for 2 days now. The first day/night he was in a trap, then the big kennel.
Baby is a Maine Coon, he has a huge huge ruff already...
My question - how do I proceed? My other feral foster kitten that I tamed were fast tamers - I let the lose in the house and they hid but observed
and finally came out for loving etc.
I don't want to do that with this little guy just yet -
He is intersted in play, and my idea was to let him observe the big guys
getting petted, loved/played with, and then eventually the idea would
click in his brain. I would let him out upstairs in the kitten room -
to roam free, till he was "handleable".
I read how to do this with gloves etc but am not sure I'm up to that...
Any suggestions on what I might do? My T.T. Siamese feral did laps for me, and hid for 2 days in the bathroom cabinet/wall before coming out 2 days under the bed, 2 days later showing himself, playing and 1 wk later, letting me pet him. He was 4 months too.
So I know this depends entirely on the kitten's pursonality.
This one seems very bold and yet, aggressive. Not mellow.
More high strung I think, yet very curious. I think he will come round.
Any advice?