People keep telling me how friendly and well-behaved my foster kittens are and they always seem surprised by this... The kittens were feral, they were about 4 weeks old when I found them outside and I bottlefed them. There were 7 kittens in the litter. The people that adopted kittens all said how great the kittens are and how laid-back, how they love people and are good with other cats and fine with dogs etc...
I took one of the kittens (Tiger) who is getting adopted this weekend to work (vet's office) to get vaccinated and she stayed with me for the day. She just hung out with me part of the time, totally ignoring the vet's dog and any commotion. Part of the time she was staying in one of the treatment cages, and one of the vet techs I guess went to visit with her, he came to me and commented on how well-behaved and friendly she was and how unusual it was for a young adult cat to be so calm and relaxed like that at the office. They're 8-9 months old now. When the vet gave her the shot she didn't even complain.
All the kittens are like this. I took two of the kittens from the litter, Spot and Harlequin, to a huge pet show recently (there were cats, dogs, birds, etc there, it is gigantic) and they were also very calm there and took everything in stride, even being carried around the show by my friend's daughter and visiting the booths and things. Harlequin won 'best cat in show' in the household pet show. One of the other littermates Rosalie was adopted by a friend of mine and she is now her "Store cat" as she owns a pet boutique. Rosalie even wears clothes around the shop!
So I was thinking about it and I was wondering if they are so friendly with people and everything because they were bottlefed and basically "hand raised" by people? Are they comfortable around other pets because they were raised with my dog and with 7 in the litter plus my adult cats? People are always surprised they are so friendly since they were ferals, when I rescued them they hissed and spat at me even though they were only 4 weeks old. Now I'm pretty sure they think I am their mommy but they are also affectionate with other people, including strangers.
I took one of the kittens (Tiger) who is getting adopted this weekend to work (vet's office) to get vaccinated and she stayed with me for the day. She just hung out with me part of the time, totally ignoring the vet's dog and any commotion. Part of the time she was staying in one of the treatment cages, and one of the vet techs I guess went to visit with her, he came to me and commented on how well-behaved and friendly she was and how unusual it was for a young adult cat to be so calm and relaxed like that at the office. They're 8-9 months old now. When the vet gave her the shot she didn't even complain.
All the kittens are like this. I took two of the kittens from the litter, Spot and Harlequin, to a huge pet show recently (there were cats, dogs, birds, etc there, it is gigantic) and they were also very calm there and took everything in stride, even being carried around the show by my friend's daughter and visiting the booths and things. Harlequin won 'best cat in show' in the household pet show. One of the other littermates Rosalie was adopted by a friend of mine and she is now her "Store cat" as she owns a pet boutique. Rosalie even wears clothes around the shop!
So I was thinking about it and I was wondering if they are so friendly with people and everything because they were bottlefed and basically "hand raised" by people? Are they comfortable around other pets because they were raised with my dog and with 7 in the litter plus my adult cats? People are always surprised they are so friendly since they were ferals, when I rescued them they hissed and spat at me even though they were only 4 weeks old. Now I'm pretty sure they think I am their mommy but they are also affectionate with other people, including strangers.