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Old July 2nd 04, 01:00 AM
Wendy
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How does one go about domesticating ferile kittens?

The dh brought home 6 of them. They are approx. 8 - 12 wks. old. and want no
parts of being picked up - hissing, biting and scratching ensues when you
try. They had been living under a friend's porch but were upsetting the
resident 22 yr.old (not in good health) cat so they had to be moved
somewhere else.

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so if possible?

W


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Old July 2nd 04, 02:41 AM
Cheryl
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.rescue", "Wendy"
artfully composed this message within
on 01 Jul 2004:

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so
if possible?


I tamed one that was 4-5 months, possibly even 6 months old. She
was very wild, and it took socializing her in a cage to tame her.
That's my Bonnie. I kept the cage mostly covered for a while, cage
in another room and sat with her and talked to her. Pet her with
welders gloves on until she was used to being touched. Fed her on a
long spoon for a while in addition to food in a bowl to get her to
associate me with food. Moved the cage out to the living room so my
cats could get used to her without anyone getting too stressed (she
really bonded with resident cat Shamrock while in the cage). It
took a while, but from what I understand, not as long as some cats.
I'm not sure how to go about that with multiple cats, but I hope
some will have suggestions. I definitely don't think they are too
old to be tamed, not at all! Good luck!

Link to Bonnie's photo album during her taming period:
http://community.webshots.com/album/75552731ngVsAM

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Cheryl
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Old July 2nd 04, 03:29 AM
Wendy
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.rescue", "Wendy"
artfully composed this message within
on 01 Jul 2004:

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so
if possible?


I tamed one that was 4-5 months, possibly even 6 months old. She
was very wild, and it took socializing her in a cage to tame her.
That's my Bonnie. I kept the cage mostly covered for a while, cage
in another room and sat with her and talked to her. Pet her with
welders gloves on until she was used to being touched. Fed her on a
long spoon for a while in addition to food in a bowl to get her to
associate me with food. Moved the cage out to the living room so my
cats could get used to her without anyone getting too stressed (she
really bonded with resident cat Shamrock while in the cage). It
took a while, but from what I understand, not as long as some cats.
I'm not sure how to go about that with multiple cats, but I hope
some will have suggestions. I definitely don't think they are too
old to be tamed, not at all! Good luck!

Link to Bonnie's photo album during her taming period:
http://community.webshots.com/album/75552731ngVsAM

--
Cheryl


I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the vet
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.

I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging. They are
pretty guys. Two tabbies with Bengal type markings, one long haired dilute
calico, two black and white and a gray and white.

My bottle fed litter left last weekend. Oh well I'm back to litter being my
life again lol

W




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Old July 2nd 04, 08:42 PM
Priscilla H Ballou
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Wendy quoth:

I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the v=

et
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.


I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging.=20


That is *very* encouraging! When I socialized Sebastian (who was about 3=20
months when I got him from his rescuer), it took 16 days before he'd let=20
me pet him.

Keep going!

Priscilla
--=20
"The question is whether the Bible is primarily a book of laws=20
to you and you need divine permission for all and everything you=20
do, or a charter of God's love with love as the summary of God's=20
will, and freedom to find out what that means in a changing world,=20
and forgiveness for those who honestly try to find out but err."
- Andreas H=F6feld in alt.religion.christian.episcopal
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Old July 3rd 04, 03:59 PM
Linda Terrell
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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:42:24 UTC, Priscilla H Ballou
wrote:

Wendy quoth:

I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the vet
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.


I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging.


That is *very* encouraging! When I socialized Sebastian (who was about 3
months when I got him from his rescuer), it took 16 days before he'd let
me pet him.

Keep going!

Priscilla



--I once found 5 kittens in our back yard. Tame abandoned Mom was
keeping
them in our garden hose terra cotta bowl. They were stumbling out one
day while
I was out there and I saw the movement. Thought it was a mouse. Then
I went over and
found 5 adorable kittens, about 4-5 weeks old. silly me, I gathered
them up in my
arms and brought them into show to my husband. Thought to take them
in but they
still needed mom and she came by, yowling pitifully. She'd evidently
had them out there
and stayed there.

She ran off, but kept coming back so I out the kittens back in the
bowl. Thing is, the kittens
never spat or got nervous -- they just though I was the most marvelous
ride. Mom moved
them of course, to a spce between our chain-link fence and the
neighbor's privacy fence.
There they stayed. She took them away once, and I couldn't find them.
Then they showded up
between the fences again. I put food out and they scarffed it down
like they'd always been
eating canned food.

We finally did take them in a week later because we worrked about the
coyotes that were around,
and that they'd just become street ferals and be killed. So I took
them in and fostered them.
Finally even trapped Mom. The kittens just adored our bathroom and
the box we set up
for them with towels. They would come spilling out whenever we came
in. Even took to the
litter box. Yet these were kittens born in our back yard and rarely
saw a person.

So, the kittens were people friendly but Mom was nutso. We calmed her
a lot then took
the lot to Second Chance for Strays.

Been fostering ever since.

LT

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Old July 3rd 04, 03:59 PM
Linda Terrell
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On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:42:24 UTC, Priscilla H Ballou
wrote:

Wendy quoth:

I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the vet
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.


I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging.


That is *very* encouraging! When I socialized Sebastian (who was about 3
months when I got him from his rescuer), it took 16 days before he'd let
me pet him.

Keep going!

Priscilla



--I once found 5 kittens in our back yard. Tame abandoned Mom was
keeping
them in our garden hose terra cotta bowl. They were stumbling out one
day while
I was out there and I saw the movement. Thought it was a mouse. Then
I went over and
found 5 adorable kittens, about 4-5 weeks old. silly me, I gathered
them up in my
arms and brought them into show to my husband. Thought to take them
in but they
still needed mom and she came by, yowling pitifully. She'd evidently
had them out there
and stayed there.

She ran off, but kept coming back so I out the kittens back in the
bowl. Thing is, the kittens
never spat or got nervous -- they just though I was the most marvelous
ride. Mom moved
them of course, to a spce between our chain-link fence and the
neighbor's privacy fence.
There they stayed. She took them away once, and I couldn't find them.
Then they showded up
between the fences again. I put food out and they scarffed it down
like they'd always been
eating canned food.

We finally did take them in a week later because we worrked about the
coyotes that were around,
and that they'd just become street ferals and be killed. So I took
them in and fostered them.
Finally even trapped Mom. The kittens just adored our bathroom and
the box we set up
for them with towels. They would come spilling out whenever we came
in. Even took to the
litter box. Yet these were kittens born in our back yard and rarely
saw a person.

So, the kittens were people friendly but Mom was nutso. We calmed her
a lot then took
the lot to Second Chance for Strays.

Been fostering ever since.

LT

  #7  
Old July 2nd 04, 08:42 PM
Priscilla H Ballou
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Wendy quoth:

I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the v=

et
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.


I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging.=20


That is *very* encouraging! When I socialized Sebastian (who was about 3=20
months when I got him from his rescuer), it took 16 days before he'd let=20
me pet him.

Keep going!

Priscilla
--=20
"The question is whether the Bible is primarily a book of laws=20
to you and you need divine permission for all and everything you=20
do, or a charter of God's love with love as the summary of God's=20
will, and freedom to find out what that means in a changing world,=20
and forgiveness for those who honestly try to find out but err."
- Andreas H=F6feld in alt.religion.christian.episcopal
  #8  
Old July 2nd 04, 03:29 AM
Wendy
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.rescue", "Wendy"
artfully composed this message within
on 01 Jul 2004:

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so
if possible?


I tamed one that was 4-5 months, possibly even 6 months old. She
was very wild, and it took socializing her in a cage to tame her.
That's my Bonnie. I kept the cage mostly covered for a while, cage
in another room and sat with her and talked to her. Pet her with
welders gloves on until she was used to being touched. Fed her on a
long spoon for a while in addition to food in a bowl to get her to
associate me with food. Moved the cage out to the living room so my
cats could get used to her without anyone getting too stressed (she
really bonded with resident cat Shamrock while in the cage). It
took a while, but from what I understand, not as long as some cats.
I'm not sure how to go about that with multiple cats, but I hope
some will have suggestions. I definitely don't think they are too
old to be tamed, not at all! Good luck!

Link to Bonnie's photo album during her taming period:
http://community.webshots.com/album/75552731ngVsAM

--
Cheryl


I've got them in the cat playpen at the moment. They'll be staying there
until I can get them up to the vet to be FIV FeLV tested. I imagine the vet
would appreciate it if I waited until they will tolerate being handled.

I was able to reach in and pet all but one of them this evening after
sitting and talking to them for a while so that's encouraging. They are
pretty guys. Two tabbies with Bengal type markings, one long haired dilute
calico, two black and white and a gray and white.

My bottle fed litter left last weekend. Oh well I'm back to litter being my
life again lol

W




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Old July 2nd 04, 02:41 AM
Cheryl
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.rescue", "Wendy"
artfully composed this message within
on 01 Jul 2004:

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so
if possible?


I tamed one that was 4-5 months, possibly even 6 months old. She
was very wild, and it took socializing her in a cage to tame her.
That's my Bonnie. I kept the cage mostly covered for a while, cage
in another room and sat with her and talked to her. Pet her with
welders gloves on until she was used to being touched. Fed her on a
long spoon for a while in addition to food in a bowl to get her to
associate me with food. Moved the cage out to the living room so my
cats could get used to her without anyone getting too stressed (she
really bonded with resident cat Shamrock while in the cage). It
took a while, but from what I understand, not as long as some cats.
I'm not sure how to go about that with multiple cats, but I hope
some will have suggestions. I definitely don't think they are too
old to be tamed, not at all! Good luck!

Link to Bonnie's photo album during her taming period:
http://community.webshots.com/album/75552731ngVsAM

--
Cheryl
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Old July 2nd 04, 02:48 AM
Cat Protector
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I have heard that feral kittens are much easier to be amongst humans that
the adults. You probably got them at a good time but I would ask a rescue
group that deals with ferals for some tips. You said you moved them but was
the mother cat around?

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"Wendy" wrote in message
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How does one go about domesticating ferile kittens?

The dh brought home 6 of them. They are approx. 8 - 12 wks. old. and want

no
parts of being picked up - hissing, biting and scratching ensues when you
try. They had been living under a friend's porch but were upsetting the
resident 22 yr.old (not in good health) cat so they had to be moved
somewhere else.

Are these guys too old to tame? How does one go about doing so if

possible?

W




 




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