I'm currently staying with my father and he has a group of cats. One of them, I call B or Terian, who is I think six months old, and is the littlest of the litter of kittens it came from. It's still smaller than all of the other, grown cats, granted they're all males.
Every time I try to go outside, this kitten will constantly follow me, meow at me, stand on me feet, and hug my legs until I either drive off, go back inside, or sit down and let it climb onto my lap or onto my belly. Then it will knead me or sometimes even sit still and begin taking a nap on me. Other times it will just climb all over me before going off and doing it's own thing. This goes on for about 15-30 minutes, usually.
I adore the kitten, but its behavior makes it very difficult to go outside to go for a run or jump rope. It even makes it difficult to drive off without making sure it is nowhere near the car. I was going to go to the park today and go for a run but ended up sitting for an hour letting little B take a nap in my lap.
My best guess is that it did not get enough attention and/or nutrition, and still does not. It has to compete against about 5-7 cats for food, and its own mother, Cutie, was not its primary caretaker. It was mostly her sister, Blondie. An orange cat who came from Cutie's litter, and had her own but lost all but one kitten. But now Blondie keeps the cats away, as she should when they get big enough, and prefers to keep to herself and hunt, as she should.
I would prefer to solve this issue for both B's sake, and my health's sake. How should I go about doing this? I've suggested to my father to let B stay inside, but I don't know if it will happen. I was thinking I could spend 30 minutes to an hour a day giving it milk (if it is not too old for it) and letting it lay on me, then guide it towards a cardboard box with one of my t-shirts with my scent on it.
Every time I try to go outside, this kitten will constantly follow me, meow at me, stand on me feet, and hug my legs until I either drive off, go back inside, or sit down and let it climb onto my lap or onto my belly. Then it will knead me or sometimes even sit still and begin taking a nap on me. Other times it will just climb all over me before going off and doing it's own thing. This goes on for about 15-30 minutes, usually.
I adore the kitten, but its behavior makes it very difficult to go outside to go for a run or jump rope. It even makes it difficult to drive off without making sure it is nowhere near the car. I was going to go to the park today and go for a run but ended up sitting for an hour letting little B take a nap in my lap.
My best guess is that it did not get enough attention and/or nutrition, and still does not. It has to compete against about 5-7 cats for food, and its own mother, Cutie, was not its primary caretaker. It was mostly her sister, Blondie. An orange cat who came from Cutie's litter, and had her own but lost all but one kitten. But now Blondie keeps the cats away, as she should when they get big enough, and prefers to keep to herself and hunt, as she should.
I would prefer to solve this issue for both B's sake, and my health's sake. How should I go about doing this? I've suggested to my father to let B stay inside, but I don't know if it will happen. I was thinking I could spend 30 minutes to an hour a day giving it milk (if it is not too old for it) and letting it lay on me, then guide it towards a cardboard box with one of my t-shirts with my scent on it.
