I received two feral kittens yesterday - about 11 or 12 weeks old. I have tamed feral kittens before, and adults as well with great success.
I put them into a dog crate, without realizing there was a space large enough for them to escape and now they are huddled behind a TV cabinet, coming out only to eat and use the box when I'm not there.
They are very frightened and quite wild, and I seem to have become too queasy about traumatizing them to get them out and back into another crate. What should I do, and is all this negative handling going to ruin their chances of taming?
What is best?
I put them into a dog crate, without realizing there was a space large enough for them to escape and now they are huddled behind a TV cabinet, coming out only to eat and use the box when I'm not there.
They are very frightened and quite wild, and I seem to have become too queasy about traumatizing them to get them out and back into another crate. What should I do, and is all this negative handling going to ruin their chances of taming?