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Back in May, I found a stray cat with a litter of maybe 4 week old kittens under my back porch. Mama cat, now named Mia, has tamed right down and is now a complete cuddle bug. She's also fixed and vaccinated, and I'll be keeping her.
She and her five kittens were all captured and moved into the spare bedroom back in July, and are at various stages of tame. Ghost happily walks up to people, pushes into pets, and is generally a friendly, happy kitten, though she dislikes being picked up. Cloud is super shy, but will purr if petted and will cuddle with me. Houdini likes pets...if you can get a hand on her. She tends to be skittish, but if you actually manage to touch her, she pushes into pets and purrs. Unfortunately, she still is a bit bitey if scared. Purrito has recently turned a corner, and while he's a bit skittish about being touched, if you can get a hand on him, he'll be limp and purring ten seconds later, and will gently grab your hand if you try to stop.
Mackerel though...oh my. She used to be showing signs of coming around. She'd come to food, and let you pet her as she ate, though she'd flinch back if she actually realized the good feeling was a human petting her. She'd play with fishing pole type toys. Generally she seemed to be getting tamer. Then I took them for their vaccines. Oooooh boy. She's now VERY hissy, wants nothing to do with people, and won't go anywhere near the food dish if people are nearby. It's been two weeks since her vaccines, and I finally decided to transfer her out of the kitten bedroom to the large dog crate I used when they were itty bitty.
I spent a couple hours yesterday camped out next to her kennel, being hissed at fairly often, though she eventually ate the offered food I gave her. She mewed all night long, and I'm thinking of dragging a mattress out next to her kennel and bedding down there. Thoughts?
Also, all five kittens are due to be fixed on the fourth. I'm concerned about getting her her pain meds the two days after. Can liquid pain meds be mixed into wet food?
She and her five kittens were all captured and moved into the spare bedroom back in July, and are at various stages of tame. Ghost happily walks up to people, pushes into pets, and is generally a friendly, happy kitten, though she dislikes being picked up. Cloud is super shy, but will purr if petted and will cuddle with me. Houdini likes pets...if you can get a hand on her. She tends to be skittish, but if you actually manage to touch her, she pushes into pets and purrs. Unfortunately, she still is a bit bitey if scared. Purrito has recently turned a corner, and while he's a bit skittish about being touched, if you can get a hand on him, he'll be limp and purring ten seconds later, and will gently grab your hand if you try to stop.
Mackerel though...oh my. She used to be showing signs of coming around. She'd come to food, and let you pet her as she ate, though she'd flinch back if she actually realized the good feeling was a human petting her. She'd play with fishing pole type toys. Generally she seemed to be getting tamer. Then I took them for their vaccines. Oooooh boy. She's now VERY hissy, wants nothing to do with people, and won't go anywhere near the food dish if people are nearby. It's been two weeks since her vaccines, and I finally decided to transfer her out of the kitten bedroom to the large dog crate I used when they were itty bitty.
I spent a couple hours yesterday camped out next to her kennel, being hissed at fairly often, though she eventually ate the offered food I gave her. She mewed all night long, and I'm thinking of dragging a mattress out next to her kennel and bedding down there. Thoughts?
Also, all five kittens are due to be fixed on the fourth. I'm concerned about getting her her pain meds the two days after. Can liquid pain meds be mixed into wet food?