New Mommy

Hi,
Im the mother of 2 feral kittens, Soca (male) & Calypso (female), both 3 months old. I got both of them a month ago from an owner who had their pregnant mother living on his porch. When she gave birth , he gave them away. They have been a handful but its been worth it. With all the advice ive received from feral cat owners, Soca and Calypso have made a lot of progress (allowing me to pet them and hold them (Soca allows me to hold him very briefly, but its a start)). Its been a stressful but rewarding experience.

Im excited to be apart of this community and hope to get more advice in dealing with my 2 babies.

Alisa, Soca & Calypso

Hi and Welcome. Everyone here is so helpful and friendly. I'm sure you will enjoy it here.

It sounds like you're making good progress with your ferals. My Sweetie and Blackie were ferals that I socialized. I'm sure people have told you (and you probably know by now) it takes time and patience for the kitty to trust you. It took me 6 years to be able to pet Sweetie but she was about 8 when we started. She doesn't like strangers but that's OK. Blackie only took me 6 motnths to be able to pet her but she was alot younger (about 6 months). Now she is a total lap cat.

Hi welcome to the site.

Congratulations on your new babies Welcome to the site.

Tricia

Congrats on your new babies..and don't forget to make their spay/neuter appointments. When I got my 2 kittens, I had my boy fixed at 5 months and my girl fixed at 6 months of age.

Katie

My Dr. explained to me that there are health complications that come with neutering/spaying too early. He highly recommends me waiting until they are 6 months old to spay/neuter them. But i will DEFINITELY stay on top of that.

Thanks so much for the warm welcome.

Originally Posted by Alisa

My Dr. explained to me that there are health complications that come with neutering/spaying too early. He highly recommends me waiting until they are 6 months old to spay/neuter them. But i will DEFINITELY stay on top of that.

Thanks so much for the warm welcome.

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Actually....the rescue I volunteer with spays/neuters at 10-12 weeks and there have been no problems. The risk you run with waiting until they are both 6 months of age is that your female "could" become pregnant before 6 months of age...that is why my vet recommended that I have my male fixed at 5 months of age. Here is a good study about pediatric spaying/neutering..you may want to share it with your vet.

http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/repo...ly-neuter.html

It takes a lot of patience,time, and love dealing with ferals,but it's worth it in the end.Take one day at a time.I was so overwhelmed when my husband and
I rescued a white persian kitten.She was deaf,terrified of humans,hissed and growled like a ferocious animal,sprayed the house ...I never dreamed she'd be the sweet,loving little creature that she is today.She even gets along with our other cat,well,usually.When she snuggles up to me and looks at me with those big ice-blue eyes full of love and contentment I can't help but to smile
and return that love.

Good luck to you!You'll do just fine!

Welcome Alisa, Soca & Calypso!

Congratulations on your new babies.
As mom to three formerly feral kittens, I can tell you with plenty of patience and love, they are sure to blossom into sweet, affectionate cats.
Thanks for giving the kitties a good home!
Mom of Katie, Gracie and Peter

congrats and welcome! it will take longer to bond with your babies, but since you got them so young, i'm sure you won't have any issues

HI! and welcome to thecatsite!!!

meow

hi hope you enjoy the site and cant wait to see pictures of your furbabies

Hello and welcome!!!

Thanks all for the very verywarm welcome!!!

Hello, and welcome! It's nice to meet you.

hi from me norbert molly tiggy scoobie bell and fredrika

Hi Alisa -- Welcome to The Cat Site. It sounds like you already have a lot of help from people here.

I help care for feral cats that live in the garden of the apartment building I live in. I find that only a very few are not able to trust enough to become wonderful affectionate cats. Even those few will sit and let me talk to them as long as I don't come too close. I find they are very influenced by seeing you petting another cat. Once one of your kittens becomes trusting to petting, the other will probably respond soon from the example.

You are going to have wonderful adventures with your kittens. Keep us up-to-date.