Hello all!
My husband and I live on a farm and have several tame barn cats. One of our favorites, Angel, had kittens, and one of them was born with only three legs. She is absolutely adorable. She was born up in the barn and came to the house, and she is absolutely feral. She runs from us, and we have to catch her to even touch her.
Because of her special nature (having only three legs, her two front kegs and only one back leg), my husband and I are wanting to bring the kitten, which we have named Tippy, indoors. She is currently wrapped in a blanket on my lap, but I need advice on ways to tame her. She is old enough that she will eat wet food or dry food, and her mom has already weaned her. She is just so skittish that I need help. It doesn't help that I have a two year old little boy who is loud and constantly gets in her face saying "KITTY! KITTY!"
My other problem is that I have two adult indoor cats already who have no desire to have another little one in the house. How do we integrate the kitten with our two females (once she's tamer of course) Our oldest Smokey is the main problem.
Any advice would be welcome. A vet visit is in the near future I should add.
My husband and I live on a farm and have several tame barn cats. One of our favorites, Angel, had kittens, and one of them was born with only three legs. She is absolutely adorable. She was born up in the barn and came to the house, and she is absolutely feral. She runs from us, and we have to catch her to even touch her.
Because of her special nature (having only three legs, her two front kegs and only one back leg), my husband and I are wanting to bring the kitten, which we have named Tippy, indoors. She is currently wrapped in a blanket on my lap, but I need advice on ways to tame her. She is old enough that she will eat wet food or dry food, and her mom has already weaned her. She is just so skittish that I need help. It doesn't help that I have a two year old little boy who is loud and constantly gets in her face saying "KITTY! KITTY!"
My other problem is that I have two adult indoor cats already who have no desire to have another little one in the house. How do we integrate the kitten with our two females (once she's tamer of course) Our oldest Smokey is the main problem.
Any advice would be welcome. A vet visit is in the near future I should add.