Hi there!
I found this forum trying to find some feral cat forums that might be able to help me with the cats, I've been trying to tame for a few weeks now.
Basically it's a stray momma cat (she just doesn't have that fully feral vibe though she is timid of humans) and her three kittens (though we've only seen two kittens after the first few sightings of them crossing our backyard.
We do have a stray cat (which I think is male) that lives under our house and I think the momma and her kittens live under the neighbor's house.
The kittens are obviously feral since the momma appears to be a stray - and I started feeding them because I truly feel that ALL of these cats are fully tameable and are highly adoptable.
I think we've pretty much already tamed the brave kitten, but the momma and the timid kitten ... well we are making progress, but man it is slow going.
I'm afraid to fully start taming the brave one because I can use him (I still don't know the genders so I'm guessing) to bring my scent to momma and thew other kitten to start having them associate my scent with the scent of food and that fact that the kitten doesn't get hurt.
I can't seem to get any responses from the feral resources in my area, I've emailed and called and gotten no replies. So I'm pretty much on my own with this.
I know that I can get both kittens tamed but not sure about momma, might be best to just get her spayed and then release her again so a new cat doesn't move in.
But they are BEAUTIFUL cats!! They really are quite gorgeous.
So I;m trying to put out feelers for possible homes for them now ... as I think they'd adjust very nicely.
Both kittens are eating from a spoon that I hold, and in my kitchen. Both have been petted and even picked up multiple times. Tonight we even had MOMMA in the kitchen eating - which is a HUGE step. And she is such a pretty kitty!
So any advice would be great! I am really poor right now so trying to find ways to do the right thing that I can afford. I'm trying to find a large cage that I can house them in so I can get them inside and start to letter box train them and get them used to seeing humans as being good.
Any tips or advice would be appreciated!
If you'd like to see them, we've been taking pictures of them and posting them on Flickr for easy viewing.
I found this forum trying to find some feral cat forums that might be able to help me with the cats, I've been trying to tame for a few weeks now.
Basically it's a stray momma cat (she just doesn't have that fully feral vibe though she is timid of humans) and her three kittens (though we've only seen two kittens after the first few sightings of them crossing our backyard.
We do have a stray cat (which I think is male) that lives under our house and I think the momma and her kittens live under the neighbor's house.
The kittens are obviously feral since the momma appears to be a stray - and I started feeding them because I truly feel that ALL of these cats are fully tameable and are highly adoptable.
I think we've pretty much already tamed the brave kitten, but the momma and the timid kitten ... well we are making progress, but man it is slow going.
I'm afraid to fully start taming the brave one because I can use him (I still don't know the genders so I'm guessing) to bring my scent to momma and thew other kitten to start having them associate my scent with the scent of food and that fact that the kitten doesn't get hurt.
I can't seem to get any responses from the feral resources in my area, I've emailed and called and gotten no replies. So I'm pretty much on my own with this.
I know that I can get both kittens tamed but not sure about momma, might be best to just get her spayed and then release her again so a new cat doesn't move in.
But they are BEAUTIFUL cats!! They really are quite gorgeous.
So I;m trying to put out feelers for possible homes for them now ... as I think they'd adjust very nicely.
Both kittens are eating from a spoon that I hold, and in my kitchen. Both have been petted and even picked up multiple times. Tonight we even had MOMMA in the kitchen eating - which is a HUGE step. And she is such a pretty kitty!
So any advice would be great! I am really poor right now so trying to find ways to do the right thing that I can afford. I'm trying to find a large cage that I can house them in so I can get them inside and start to letter box train them and get them used to seeing humans as being good.
Any tips or advice would be appreciated!
If you'd like to see them, we've been taking pictures of them and posting them on Flickr for easy viewing.