Hello-
I made a huge mistake and got a kitten off of Craigslist yesterday. The guy was honest that these were from his parents' property and that he was doing TNR as he could with the cats there. He even mentioned a local organization that does all of the TNR Stuff around here.
I never adopted a kitten before. She is about six weeks old. My daughter and I have been at the Humane Society and the kittens there were so sweet. This kitten is not sweet. She is scared to death of us.
I have her in a small dog crate now. She is great with the litterbox. She is showing some interest in string toys. She is eating okay when we aren't around.
I can pick her up and hold her, but she shakes a lot. If I pet her on her forehead she falls asleep. I thought we had gotten somewhere last night, but this morning she was even more angry. She did take wet food from me for the first time and let me pet her while she ate it.
Some people are telling me to just let her go in the house, but that scares me.
Also, my husband will have to take care of her this weekend, I will be out of town. Will I screw up all of the work I did? Skipping this trip is impossible.
I was going to have her spayed this week, but now that I have her I think she is too young, so I am holding off two weeks.
The guy I got her from said I can bring her back to him. I like that she is an orange tabby. My husband is mildly allergic to cats and supposedly light skinned females produce less of the protein. I have done a lot of dog rescue, but this is new for me. We currently do not have a dog, just a rabbit.
Some things say I should pick her up, others say leave her alone. My husband thinks I should leave her alone. The guy at work has rescued two feral kittens and he thinks the dog crate is a bad idea.
Any advice is appreciated.
I made a huge mistake and got a kitten off of Craigslist yesterday. The guy was honest that these were from his parents' property and that he was doing TNR as he could with the cats there. He even mentioned a local organization that does all of the TNR Stuff around here.
I never adopted a kitten before. She is about six weeks old. My daughter and I have been at the Humane Society and the kittens there were so sweet. This kitten is not sweet. She is scared to death of us.
I have her in a small dog crate now. She is great with the litterbox. She is showing some interest in string toys. She is eating okay when we aren't around.
I can pick her up and hold her, but she shakes a lot. If I pet her on her forehead she falls asleep. I thought we had gotten somewhere last night, but this morning she was even more angry. She did take wet food from me for the first time and let me pet her while she ate it.
Some people are telling me to just let her go in the house, but that scares me.
Also, my husband will have to take care of her this weekend, I will be out of town. Will I screw up all of the work I did? Skipping this trip is impossible.
I was going to have her spayed this week, but now that I have her I think she is too young, so I am holding off two weeks.
The guy I got her from said I can bring her back to him. I like that she is an orange tabby. My husband is mildly allergic to cats and supposedly light skinned females produce less of the protein. I have done a lot of dog rescue, but this is new for me. We currently do not have a dog, just a rabbit.
Some things say I should pick her up, others say leave her alone. My husband thinks I should leave her alone. The guy at work has rescued two feral kittens and he thinks the dog crate is a bad idea.
Any advice is appreciated.