How To Socialize 7 Week Old Feral Kittens

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How to socialize 7 week old feral kittens. It would be good if you could take her out of the cage a few times a day and let her run around in a room where she can t get hurt. Need help socializing kittens while spay neuter is on hold. Mentorship fcsnp mentorship program. Avoid cat toys that have loose parts or things that could be eaten such as string or feathers on a wand.

Tips for socializing kittens. Stand by services prices get involved. Introduce toys into your play when the kitten is 6 or 7 weeks old. Kittens are by nature very active and love to play even feral ones.

Help make a difference donate volunteer more ways to make a difference fcs np blog mentorship. Provide her with cat toys and try to engage her with a wand toy. At least two hours a day of play all together or broken up can do the trick it will go by fast don t worry. I followed those instructions to tame two beautiful grey tabby kittens who were well beyond 8 weeks.

With feral kittens you should take time with them. How to socialize a feral kitten 1. Usually feral cats tend to bond with one singular human so if you want them to be more used to other humans you can call friends and family in and then you can have them work with the kittens handle them and from there see what happens. Kittens love to play with squeaky toys cardboard tubes or small boxes with holes that they can bat.

But if you adopt a kitten older than five weeks or you end up adopting an older feline don t make the mistake of thinking that just because you ve missed the ideal window that you can t socialize your cat. The most helpful was a set of three videos on the urban cat league s website. We socialize feral cats and kittens to help them find homes and because they become happier cats. How to tame feral cats i found a lot of helpful information online.

Playing with kittens can help them build trust for people. They estimate that kittens under 4 weeks old take a matter of hours or days to socialize older kittens take longer naturally and kittens who are 10 weeks or older can also be tamed but it may take much longer and many times they will only tame to the person working with them and remain wild with strangers feral kittens usually. You ve rescued the kittens. Petting for the first.

Be careful not to. I socialized a 3 4 month old feral kitten with lots of play time. Kittens 0 2 weeks old socialization period. After two days lift the kitten and wrap them with the towel we talked about.

Take time to socialize each of the kittens in a litter individually while you re down on their level.