- Joined
- Jul 5, 2005
- Messages
- 19
- Purraise
- 0
Hi!
I am fostering a mom cat (who does not trust people and lived outside for many years. She lets me give her chin scratches and she purrs, but is very wary.) and her 5 kittens. I have had them since the kittens were two days old.
The kittens are now 5 1/2 weeks old and they are not afraid of me at all. They run over my feet and climb my legs and run up to me when I walk up to them or follow me when I walk away.
In an effort to socialize them, I have had four different people come over to visit them. They are very fearful of the new people at first - hissing, hiding, etc. After about 10-20 minutes they start to get less scared and will let the people pet them, play with them, they'll walk around freely, etc. Is this normal or do you think they're not being well enough socialized? They will be going to a no-kill shelter after 9 weeks or so and I don't want them to be the cats who never walk up to anyone or hide from people and don't get adopted. What can I do to make sure that doesn't happen? I work from 9-5 but I spend at least 2 1/2 hours with them every day and when I am not home I leave the radio on for them.
My other concern is that while they love to play, they aren't super interested in being cuddly or being petted. They don't mind and sometimes they enjoy being petted but they'd always rather play. Is that normal?
Thanks.
I am fostering a mom cat (who does not trust people and lived outside for many years. She lets me give her chin scratches and she purrs, but is very wary.) and her 5 kittens. I have had them since the kittens were two days old.
The kittens are now 5 1/2 weeks old and they are not afraid of me at all. They run over my feet and climb my legs and run up to me when I walk up to them or follow me when I walk away.
In an effort to socialize them, I have had four different people come over to visit them. They are very fearful of the new people at first - hissing, hiding, etc. After about 10-20 minutes they start to get less scared and will let the people pet them, play with them, they'll walk around freely, etc. Is this normal or do you think they're not being well enough socialized? They will be going to a no-kill shelter after 9 weeks or so and I don't want them to be the cats who never walk up to anyone or hide from people and don't get adopted. What can I do to make sure that doesn't happen? I work from 9-5 but I spend at least 2 1/2 hours with them every day and when I am not home I leave the radio on for them.
My other concern is that while they love to play, they aren't super interested in being cuddly or being petted. They don't mind and sometimes they enjoy being petted but they'd always rather play. Is that normal?
Thanks.