Hello there,
My name is Mel and tomorrow I am borrowing a cage to trap two feral kittens which, with the help of my trusty sidekick (or boyfriend) Jon, we are going to try and tame!
Since we moved into our flat in November, a young feral cat has been wandering into our garden every now and then in search of food.
Last Thursday, she came in as usual but this time she was followed by two adorable little kittens.
We have been putting out food every day since, and we were going to have them rescued and taken away to be rehomed, but each day we've grown more and more attached to them so we want to keep them for ourselves! Unfortunately, the mum is no longer able to be tamed as she is too old and therefore too feral.
We are hoping to trap her after the kittens and take her to a rescue centre as we believe she may be pregnant again, so she needs looking over and possibly rehomed at a safer environment where she can remain feral but be fed properly etc.
I've never owned a cat before, other than when I was a young child, so we're really looking forward to the prospect of taming two ferals.
We know it's going to be very hard work as we don't know how old they are. From speaking to people and showing them pictures we've decided they're around 8-10 weeks old and we've read that if feral kittens are between 6-8 weeks old, they're tameable (that's a word, right?) but anything above 12-16 weeks is verging on the impossible. This has been widely disputed though, and I've heard about kittens being tamed at 5 months!
So, wish us luck tomorrow and I will update you when they've been caught!
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