Re: feral kitten

I did exactly what Kris did a couple of months ago.  We had an abandoned
feral living under out shed.  We fed her but couldn't really approach her.
It took a good 2 weeks for her to trust us.  After another week or so, she
started to approach the house.  We let her in to explore.  A few days later
we couldn't get her to go out.  She literally climbed the screen of our
patio door trying to get in.  She is now a house cat and hasn't been outside
since.  Hasn't even made a run for the door.  She does claw and nip a bit
when she is in her playful mood, but has the run of the house.  One thing
she does that none of my other non-feral pet cats ever did, was show her
halloween pose (arched back) when anyone approaches her.  She seems to want
to play so perhaps this is normal. Scared the heck out of the daycare kids,
but seems to be harmless.  Is this behaviour normal?

"Kris Croft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> My two housecats were both feral.
> I started by earning their trust. I did not drown them with handling. I
fed
> them, made sure they had water and just talked to them. I picked them up a
> couple times a day to for a minute or two and petted them then set them
back
> into their box to show them that I was not going to hurt them.After a week
> or so they started to not winch when I picked them up. So all you need is
> patience and trust.
> Good luck.
> Kris
> "Aimee S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >
> > Hope it's alright to post, but I need help, I have a trap and plan to
> > trap a 10 week old kitten tomorrow, she is very wild, any idea's on how
> > to tame her, she's a little calico, and I have several strays in my back
> > yard, but don't want another female having kittens in the spring. I
> > realize I will get scratched and probably bit, don't mind that but if
> > there is any help on tameing her I would be very grateful
> >
> > Thank you sooo much,   Aimee
> >
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