@@graciareyes7824 really well! the kitty was fully socialized and was adopted to a loving, wonderful family one month ago! in a week, i'll get another kitten to socialize, so wish me luck again!
@@gingerv.2867 Throw out some tips if you would. I just adopted a hissing ball of furbaby. I don't know if I can even pick him up or if he'll go nuts. Thanks.
@@steelrarebit7387 i recommend follow the steps in the video until the kitty calms down. after following the video's tips, the foster calmed down enough so that she wasn't hissing anymore but her socialization kinda slowed down a lot. so after that I recommend wearing a hoodie and putting the foster inside of it and keep them there for long periods of time. its really soothing for them. also, bring them food all the time and only pet them as they eat. also feeding out a hand all the time works really well too!
@@gingerv.2867 Gave him a night solo in the bathroom with all his needs and a couple toys. I went in this morning and freshened up his water. Took some gerber chicken baby food with me. He hissed but licked it off the spoon. After three times, I dipped my finger in it and he actually licked it off my finger. Minus a nip because I guess he thought my finger was food. While he was licking the spoon, I gently petted his side for a few seconds. I think that's a start. There seems to be hope after all.
Patience is the key. It often takes weeks, even months, to gain trust. I have found that acting timid helps. (That is, pretend to be afraid if they hiss or claw. It gives them confidence.) I'm 61 and have been a daddy-cat most of my adult life. They are often reacting from fear, not anger or unfriendliness.
How about a two year old spayed female? Someone needed rehomed in emergency (returning to school) so I stepped in. At first she was meowing, right. But on the way home she started violently raging inside the carrier like a feral pretty much. Let her out at home and she looks like she's been there for years, no hiding really, but she already attacked my shoe and sits under a chair growling. Really kind of scary. 😖 I don't want to give up on her. What can I try if she is still growling in a couple days?
I found with ferals giving them a buddy already in the home works great. They follow the resident cat lead. But always pet when feeding. Helps with fear of the hand. Love the viedos.
Oh, yeah, having a nice calm congenial older cat works wonders. The New Cats are at bit "monkey see monkey do" and "when in Rome do what the Romans do". For instance, I thump my cats really hard. Why don't they think I am beating them? Because the first thing that every cat, when new, sees is that I thump the Old Cat and the Old Cat likes it... and nobody gets fed until the Old Cat is the one to ask.
I’m so glad I found this video because I got 2 female kittens also 3 months old - I brought them home today and they were both very scared. The youngest girl also being the small runt was hissing at me non stop
It kinda worked for me that when was playing Dune 2000, I took her on my lap. That game is incredibly long, and after a while, the spicy little kitteh got tired of hissing and just slept away. After a week, she was tame. And after a month, we became best friends! When she heard the intro of the game, she came to my lap without a late 🤩
This warms my heart ! I had to do this with my rescue boy, he was completely feral and 4 months ! It was a journey ! I didn’t have a social box so I used a small room where I blocked all places he could hide and I would spend severals hours a day with him, talking to him, spoon feeding him etc. It took about 3-4 months for him to be confortable in the whole house. Now he is a cuddle boy ❤️ He doesn’t like people because I got him during pandemic and in Canada we were in lockdown for several months and couldn’t have people over but that’s okay.. I don’t like people either 🤷♀️😂
Love to hear this! My girl is 4 months and only partially socialized. I’ve taken to spoon feeding her wet food and we spend hours each evening in our common area . She’ll explore and come around for basic necessities, but she gets hissy when you try to initiate contact. She may never fully take to touch, but I would at least like her comfortable enough to not fear my approach when it’s necessary (say putting her in her carrier). This makes me feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel!
@@tierramoultrie9322 food is the way to love in your case. You need to give all the food with contact (spoon feeding, by hand, while lightly touching her etc). I would put dry kibble on my lap and I would also feed him in different rooms, like on the bed, in the bathroom, on the couch, on the countertop etc just to get him confortable on the whole house. With time it will work.
My little kitty baby is a bit like that too... she's very affectionate, and sleeps with me (either under the covers when it's chilly or on top of me when it's less chilly) every night, but she's still very skittish with strangers since she's met so few.
i found that getting on ground level with them sets some scared or feral cats at ease. i had this stray feral cat that showed up and started feeding, he would never let me ever get near him and one day i decided to get on the ground and sort of crawl towards him and stretched my arm out so he could smell my hand and that was all it took he instantly rubbed his head on my hand, he came right up to me like he’s known me for years and let me pet him, he instantly fell in love with getting petted and scratched, he didn’t want them to end.
This is actually really cool. I love how just coincidentally each of the 3 kittens represent one difficulty, being easy medium and hard. First kitty? Easy to socialize. Second Kitty? Nervous but opens up after a while. Third kitty? Slow to open up, needs extra attention.
Of the number of other kitten schools that i have seen your methods seem to be 1 of the better one's. Thank you for your kindness to the scared kittens.
I just found a stray kitten , she was stuck and it was raining . So I brought that kitten to my house and watching this video for further information 😌
I've watched all of Kitten School's videos and always look forward to the next one. It's so amazing what people do for cats. We have five. One of our most beloved is a stray we took in last year. He showed up in our yard obviously needing a home, so we took him in. He lives in the lap of luxury now and has adapted to indoor life perfectly. He was also accepted immediately by our our other resident cats; never any hostility. I'm always amazed at how well things went with our stray. He was highly food motivated; a great way to get a cat to warm up to you.
A place I used to work at several years ago had 2 feral kittens. What I personally would do after a busy day at work is I would spend about 30 to 45 minutes of my own time out at the farm where we had all our rigs parked and I'd bring treats for the kittens. I let them make all the moves and I never pushed them. I'd put out the treats and they'd come and gobble em all up. After awhile I'd put the treats farther and farther away from their hydie hole and as they'd come out farther and farther I finally just put some of the treats in my hand and they'd come over and eat out of my hand. Very shortly after I was petting them and scratching them behind the ears and under their necks and they just purred away. I loved it! All this took me about 1 month to do as I wasn't around them all day long. The people that worked out at the farm all the time still couldn't get near them but every time they saw me (or my brother as he worked there too) they'd come running as they knew I'd have something for them that they'd love. Mostly treats but I'd show some love too.
Awww, wow what a SWEET comment! You have no idea how great that makes me feel. I love making the kitty videos and helping people understand and love cats so you can be sure I intend to keep making them! Really appreciate the kind words. xoxo Caroline
well its conflicting, most tell you to let them be and let them adjust on their own, and now its telling me it needs to socialize and keep him close to me. Which one is it lol?
Yea that's what I read also to let them hide don't try to grab them fr hiding Maybe try to block off where they're hiding at When they go to get food I also read that so I did that but they somehow found their way right back under the I wonder the futon. They are so scared so I just adopted 2 little kitties from a friend a brother and a sister I still need to take them to the vet But I don't wanna like satch them cause then I think they're gonna be scared of me So I just let them be after they got back in. They're already literature trained and and they're eating dry food. But because I want them to like me and come out so I can play with them and love them I mixed a tiny bit of wet food with it and I made sure they know that I put it there. But they have not left my living room they don't go anywhere but anywhere yet I don't want them to be scared now after seeing this I don't know if I should social social Box train them. Oh wait we have progress I didn't even notice the whole time I was writing this that they actually came to my room and bolted in both of them cause the little girl she seems to be way scareder and she did hiss at me one time
@@youngsavage9546 I just got two kittens (siblings) and they’re liter trained and everything but they’re still depressed and miss mom. It’s only been a few hours and I’m worried about them lol. I heard to just give them space so I do but I go and check on them and sit with them putting my hand out getting closer and closer then stop when they hiss. Now they’re slowly starting to leave their room on their own. I don’t wanna push them
@@mikayla484 yea as hard as it is just let them be they will come around . I let them be and they came around more the boy shadow first because Stella wouldn't let me touch her for like 3weeks she would come to me when I had a toy I waved around but the second I went to pet her she ran off. Today she is attached to me at the hip! When she wakes up she comes to me n hits her head for me to pet her non-stop for hours
Thank you for this video. Not only that it helps me learn how to teach kittens to be open to others, but it also helps me learn their natural behavior as to why they're very shy and defensive.
Hi Sand Man, thanks for the nice comment! I am so glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. I feel like I learn something new from cats everyday, and I love to share. xoxo
Thank you for this, I’m trying to socialize two kittens so they can get adopted, and one of them refuses to be around anyone who isn’t his brother. I’m hoping they both open up more 🤞🏾
Thank you so much for posting this video! I just brought home two kittens who were acting just like the ones in the video. On day 2 of the social box, one kitten had a breakthrough moment and it was all purring and kisses. I’d probably still have hissing kittens in my bathroom without this. Thank you thank you thank you!
My teen daughter brought home an approximately 10 week old orange kitty that is healthy and looks well fed but has zero socialization. My older cat is extremely motherly so she immediately was grooming him and her same aged kittens started playing with him so he’s happy with them but this video was very helpful bc he doesn’t like ppl at all. I thought him seeing how much our cats love us would help him and it DID but not enough. Again, I’m very appreciative of this video ❤️
I have found that with my fosters, when they start getting antsy about being held, (at the beginning of training), if I put them back down on the floor or back in the cage, they see that they are not trapped and can "escape" the big bad predator that wants to eat them. Quite often they will come right back, get picked up and then again get released when they get antsy. This gives them confidence and the two I have now (fourth day), are quite okay about my being in the room with them.
This sounds just like Spitfire. Tiger the momma showed up hungry at a relative's house. Turns out she was pregnant, and her five kittens are five weeks old now. Spitfire spits and hisses, probably scared. But once anyone rubs that head or cheek, the kitty seems a lot happier. Even ate kitten food from my hand Spitfire going to need a special forever home that will be patient.
Hi Caroline, Happy New Year. Hey thanks for the advice about getting some 100% Pumpkin to help my little wild cat Princess Punky with her runs. It seems to help. I think the natural sugars might make her 'candy sick' and so I now doubled her feeding times and give her far less at each feeding. I had put some pumpkin out for the other kitties, and my new girl, Young Calico Peggy went to the dish and started eating, and eating, and eating. I was thinking uh oh. Yeah, she got an upset tummy. Now the other 5 cats don't officially get wet food BUT even on the smaller rations Punky leaves left overs (I feed her in a large carrier that is called the Feeding House and I think the cats have come to believe that The Most Beloved Cat gets to eat in there. When Old Calico Bunny was still alive, she dropped off in weight and I noticed she wasn't eating the dry kibble (couldn't smell it or her gums hurt?) so I started feeding her in the Feeding House carrier. She would only eat a little bit and Punky back then was not very fat either, and I thought it would be food for them to become better friends if they associated each other with feeding time. It worked. Punky realized the special food was for Bunny and that she was allowed to join in because she was Bunny's friend. When Bunny finally died, then it seemed that Punky had thought Bunny had been the House Alpha and now she was! She is the Littlest Cat In the House, but all the other cats went "Yeah, okay". BUT since she hardly ever eats it all, I take out the dish and divide up the remains between all the other cats that gather around the Feeding House, and just that little bit of pumpkin seems to help them too. The new girl Young Calico Peggy hasn't caught on to the Feeding House yet. She likes her kibble and she comes to me for table scraps and 'lick the spoon' duty when I am cooking. (she spent almost her first year as the Apartment Complex Little Darling and so she learned to eat opportunistically. I had thought she was the prettiest kitten in the World, and I had lost my Calico Bunny, but she never came around to my door, and I thought some other nice family would finally take her in. But I also feed pigeons, and I'd chase Peggy away with a broom: "Get lost you little pest!" Anyway, I realized that at about a year old she either wasn't that adorable or sympathetic anymore and whoever was feeding her stopped, or moved out. Peggy was at my door. Oh, when she was little she would hang out with a nice little old lady (Oh! The Little Old Lady MOVED!) and I would come up and talk and pick Little Kitten Calico Peggy up and give her kisses. I don't think that Island People kiss their pets. Everything is like a kind of 'pig' to them, you know, live stock. the idea of 'Pet' is not embedded deeply into their Culture the way it is for Westerners. But, yeah, despite the broom swats, she remembered the kisses. Calico Peggy really worked out well. And she gave Little Tommy somebody his own age to play with and help wreck my apartment. But, yeah, thanks for the Pumpkin Idea.
A year ago I adopted a young mom cat (Fiona, barely 1 yr. old) and her kitten (Patty, 9 weeks old). To my surprise, the mom was pretty skittish (liked being petted, hated being picked up), and the kitten was friendly and fearless. Fast forward to today: Fiona is now a cuddle machine, enjoys being held, tolerates nail trims, and likes to be near me most of the time. Both cats come out and seek attention when friends or family come over.
The quickest way to cats heart is through their stomach that's how I get them to be my friends well the same way that you do it with any other creature the quickest way to creature heart is through their stomach
I had to burst everyone's bubble but you can only tame feral kittens to a certain degree. And yes the longer you wait the harder it is. But more importantly you will never completely get the wild out. So I captured a feral kitten at 9 weeks, she was pretty easy to tame. She grew up and had kittens. I ended up keeping a sweet boy. But to this day there is still a touch of wild that will never leave her. On the other hand, her son that i kept was with me from day one is completely tame. To call him a big teddy bear would be an understatement....I'm sure you guys can imagine. Think of it like this, there are thresholds in all animals life (mainly mammals) that once passes you can never get it back. If someone comes to the United States as an adult or even as a 7 or 8 y/o kid and learns to speak English they usually do it pretty well, but never like they were born here. The time has passed to learn what will be their native language. I'm not trying to convince anyone not to take in a feral kitten because they can be great pets (My feral is awesome!) But again there will always be just a touch of reserve in their demeanor. That is the best way to describe it.
I missed a step. What I got... Get a small cage and put it in living area. Try to pet it. Keep a safe space for them to be comfortable. Keep repeating the living area training. Throw in a kitty harness. Okay, I think that's it so far. Big question is, how do you handle it hissing and not knowing if it will try to bite you? Like moving it to the small cage. How? I just adopted a four month old who is called Jethro Tull and he's doing the hissing thing. I put him in a secure area with food, water, a couple toys and a litter box. I go in and sit for a bit while talking softly to him and even offer him treats. He doesn't take them from me, though if I leave them, he eats them. Any ideas?
This makes me feel so much better about a kitten I just adopted. He is doing what Georgie is currently doing so I’m gonna try to put him in a social box and see if it helps
Hi Jamie, thank you for the comment and I am so glad the video is helpful. I think a social box will help him a lot. Remember, it can take time (sometimes weeks, even MONTHS) for a kitten to feel comfortable around people so don't give up. Let us know how things work out and let me know if you have questions! *Caroline
My best friend is a master at this. I don't know how she does it, but it's impressive. She has an adult cat that went from being terrified of humans to demanding cuddles.
I so wish I saw your channel two days ago. I had three kittens. One was starting to come around a little but still very shy. One was just WAY to aggressive. I gave them up to the humane society because I did not know what to do. I kept their mom though because that's my sweet girl. But now I wish I tried these steps a found them a loving home myself.
I can domesticate feral kittens but mine is 2 years old. We trapped her six months ago, it took her four months to come out from under a desk (she only came out at night to eat and use the box), then she transitioned to a smaller desk and I started playing with her under an opening with the cat dancer and she gradually became more and more comfortable and now she comes out to eat and to keep company with the other two kitties. She’s a great kitty but she doesn’t Allow me to pet her. She will sit close to me and stand close to me but she runs away when I try to pet her. She will sniff my hand when I’m quietly sitting beside her but she won’t let me pet her. Any thoughts? Thank you!
Eye contact is very important especially in the first days whenyou try to pe them. Also when they are not agressive you can hug thm like a baby on their back while cuttle them. This is the fastest way to make a kitty to purr. That way they are on their back and you can watch them in the eyes when petting. This is a voulnarble possition for them and at first might be unconfortable but they relax vry fast
Yeah, what I think is important is acknowledging them when they are 'talking'. They say "Meow" and you say "be good, you're okay, you little goose", or whatever. I've noticed it everytime with new cats, that they will Test Communication. If they vocalize and you answer, they're not really sure, because they are used to being ignored, and so the will continue to vocalize to see if you keep answering. It is a pain in the butt, but they only do it for maybe just a day until something inside them is convinced that they have a working connection with you. There was one tip I had for socializing kitten young enough that they could still be nursing. That is to hold them to your chest so they can hear your heart beating. At that age kittens have a natural inhibition in regards to biting and scratching when they hear a big heartbeat in order to protect the Mother Cat. But our heartbeat also stops them in their aggressive tracks. BUT, I could never figure out EXACTLY when that inhibition goes cold. There have been a few times when I misjudged the age of the 'kittens' I socialized and really got turn up.... the little things can bite as fast as a sewing machine! yeah, some kittens that have been malnourished chronically can be really small, looking weeks younger than they actually are. By appearances I think the best tip off is their fur. If their fur is that fluffy willowy really cute kitten fur then they are probably still at the milk and momma age. If they look like miniature cats then proceed with caution. The Kitten here that Caroline is working with, well, like she said, they were already past 8 weeks. You never know about socialization. Once I was a volunteer at an Animal Hospital, a really bad one but I didn't know it at the time. The Doctor to save money was using only a fraction of the anesthesia required to put them under for the operations. So they would wake up on the operating table, or soon afterwards and go into shock and die. So I bought a real doctors stethoscope (the one the Doctor offered me was a piece of crap... that Doctor was CHEAP!) and I would monitor heartbeat during and after surgeries. There was this Young Siamese that was getting declawed and that is a PAINFUL operation and cats do go into shock, and so I really stayed with her. I wrapped her in a towel to keep her body heart up, and held her to my chest (she could hear my heart. Now, in GOOD clinics the cat should be out for hours, long enough for the body to normalize and the healing begin. But with the skimping on anesthesia she was coming around in less than an hours time, and I was soothing her and talking to her until the hospital closed for the night and they kicked me out. The owners picked her up the next day when I wasn't there, but then came back after a week asking what we did. It turns out that the Siamese Girl had been The Cat From Hell, really mean and nasty. But she came home an angel. I guess I might have Socialized her Under Stress. In the hardest time she ever knew, there was a Human Being there for her.
Hi Niko. exe - great suggestion, and you are totally right about the eye contact. When I'm looking at a scared cat or kitten I will blink softly and try not to stare too hard at them. I will talk about that in the next video for sure. Thanks for the comment!
@@n1kobg Hi Niko. Yeah, declawing is the most paintful thing you can do to a kitty. BUT, there are upscale professional couples with tremendously expensive furniture pieces that would like to own cats. Now consider that a great many cats in the shelters and kennels are euthanized because they can't find homes. You can see how complicated this becomes, right. You save a cat from a declawing operation just so you can kill it. Yeah, I would like it if people just loosened up about their furniture. It is not like anybody passes down sofas as family heirlooms or anything. But fussy women like to own cats. This is what we mean when we talk about something being Morally Grey.
@@scottweiss9618 im sory but i dont agree, killing a cat for money is the morally grey thing not declawing, this is our problem not theirs. We claim to be the superriour and humane. Saying that killing animals is humane is hypocritical and convenient way to justify and its lazy solution. Same with the neutoring surgery. They are better procedures but to educate the vets will cost money. The hormines are esential part of body development and existance but ye just remove it. Also declawing is messing with the cats balance for life, its a lifetime punishment, every single day, its not just painful for couple of days and thats it.
I have taken care of stray and feral cats and kittens since I was a young boy! So stories like this are always of interest to me.Thank you for posting!
Thank you Marcel! I am so glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for leaving such a nice comment! Hope to see you again here at Kitten School. Xoxoxo Caroline
@@KittenSchool Ahhh so nice !!Thank you and let the beautifull videos coming!! I am a BIG animal lover myself so youre videos i watch them whit tears in my eyes !!!!Much love and respekt from the Netherlands !!!!
One of the things I did a lot was make eye contact and slow blink with my kitten. This showed that I wasn't threatening him. I also would use a closed fist and one finger to stroke them. The are less scared of a finger then a hand and will often smell the finger and allow petting. I also crouch on their level too.
A few days ago we adopted 2 kittens from the animal shelter. We were advised to set up a room for the cats to spend their first days. They are super shy and reserved. Since their arrival they barely move from the spot and always hide. They don't want to play or explore the area and they hiss so often. Our only success is that they now eat out of our hand when we give them treats. However, they never come up to us and retreat even further after eating or when I move my hand. What are the next steps to gain their trust and how do I go about getting them to allow touch in the future? I wish so much to be able to pet them 🙁
I've got a new little kitten named Kit, 3 months old. He let's my cuddle a little and at least falls asleep on my chest. I have the issue that I'm the only person in the house with my two kittens
Thanks for video, i have a 10 month cat and lord every time we go near her she runs away. She will literally be under the bed all day until night time and roam the house. She only comes around when it’s feeding time. I do have another 1 year old cat and he very relaxed
Thank you so much for posting this video! We just adopted a shy 5 month old ginger kitty just like Georgie, he hisses and tries to hide but we don’t let him hide. We’ve been holding him A LOT and socializing him with family and friends. Your video gives me so much hope that he will break out of this and acclimate well in due time.
Mine is from a rescue that my vet recommended and is at the run away and will hiss if you even try to pet stage... she was a feral kitten found on a porch in Montreal with her siblings. She nearly died from a cold virus... She now adores my seven year old cat Sid and plays with my ferret Rose... She is just five months old and it has only been three weeks... she went from hiding to playing and purring but does not want pets or picking up.,,, the rescue said it will take time and to be patient... any advice is welcome thank you and great video 😻
I rescued a 2month old kitten that looks like the female kitten.Hes 6 months old now.I also rescued his brother.I have 5 cats altogether as indoor cats.
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. When my new girl Calico Peggy could still be suspected of dashing out the door to her old stomping grounds it was a struggle just to get a little collar on her (and before going in and out to feed the pigeons I would leash her up and put the loop of the leash on the door knob). Then when I thought she was well settled, she did dash out. But she soon remembered how much she loves food (I always keep some dry kibble out for cats so they can snack throughout the day).
Hi Graham, good question! Usually even if a kitten is very scared you can still handle them (with caution). Once I realized that Georgie would not bite me, I felt comfortable picking him up from the crate and putting the harness on him. He was tensed the whole time and ready to bolt if I let my guard down but I was able to handle him. You do have to be very cautious with fearful kittens as they can bite HARD (if you saw my Dormouse video you will know what I'm talking about!). It's a combination of watching their body language, going very slow and luck, honestly! I typically wear thick leather gloves when I first pick up a scared cat or kitten.
What about a kitten hissing at your dog?? I recently came across two kittens that I took in. The male, Snowball is fine with my mini Aussie. He goes to him smells him and then leaves. His sister, Savannah on the other hand, hisses at Lialo which makes Lialo run away to a different room. At first she would hiss at him and when I would try to calm her down, I guess she was in attack mode and would scratch me. She then later came to me with cuddles and climbed on me and sat on my lap. Now they can finally be in the same room without her hissing but then she would randomly hiss at him and he ends up leaving. Ugh I just want my children to get along. The kittens are 5 weeks old, I was originally going to take 1 (snowball bc he was so calm) but I also fell in love with Savannah bc she was the smallest and easily startled/clingy out of the bunch. Today would be day 3 of me having them. They’ve made some progress, I guess seeing Snowball and Lialo together gives her courage but how can I speed up the process (if possible) I just want my children getting along. Also, how can I not have my Aussie scared of her 😂 at this point he is just scared of her which is what she wanted so, victory for her but a loss for me 😂
We had a mother cat that would leave her kittens because she knew my mom would take care of them.. usually we would get them when they were a few days old. Two that she had were a little older and so they were shy. They would spit and run. The female lost her fear first and but it took awhile for the male. We picked him up a lot. Petted him and gave treats. He got used to being picked up and knew we weren’t going to hurt him.
Well, you have to catch the cat first! But if you can give them treats every day and sit and spend time with them outside, you can often make friends with a wild kitty over time.
Wow you’re soo good with cats. Do you have any tips to getting a cat to be comfortable with being picked up? My cat is 4 years old and hates being picked up or brushed, I sometimes don’t know how to deal with grooming her because she hates ppl touching her accept me unless she’s with a nurse she’s so easy to deal with. Do you know why?
I have a kitten. He is 8 weeks old and he doesn't not want to come out of the corner next to my desk. He observes me but runs away from me. He is now eating but well... process is slow. Im sure he will hate me even more when he gets his vaccines
Very good video ......do you have any tips for encouraging nicer play between my male cat snd the female newcomer. ? They play nicely sometimes but more often my Mitchell man becomes aggressive in his play wanting to conttol evrrything.and biting too hard with long periods of .pinning her down Ive never known that cats can be so jeslous but clearly he us . He even will edge her out so as to be the closer one to my face when theyre both apping on my lap. Its irritating and i feel sorry the new cat . Yet simultaneously i also feel sorry for mitchell because hes clearly stressed out.......better now but the first month he went through immune system weakening....catching a cold , developing a uti and jyst emotional weird behavior like sitting in his litterbox and becoming obssessed and fixated on things
Hi there! We just trapped a little semi-feral estimated 6 month old female that I had been feeding and have been watching your videos. Very scared and a little hissy. I started to watch your videos and observe what you are doing with the younger ones. Would you do the same for an older kitten with a social box?
Instructions were unclear my cat is holding a gun at me
I don’t think that’s supposed to happen-
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🤣🤣🤣 instructions not clear I lost an eye so far
You must have one of them thumbed kitties
Type woof woof if you need help!
I did this wrong I just grabbed my kitten and carried him everywhere... now he’s my best buddy - he even waits for me outside of the bathroom 😹
I did the same with my little one as I got her at 3 weeks. Now she watches me poop and bathe
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I did the same thing now he's my buddy.. he literally sleeps on my face.. and yes he watches me poop and shower. I love my little Rico
It’s really sweet that ur cat gives u ur privacy in the bathroom. It must be nice. Because I personally am not allowed to shut the bathroom door.
i just brought home a 4 month old, non-socialized foster! time for kitty socialization boot camp! wish me luck!!
How did it go?
@@graciareyes7824 really well! the kitty was fully socialized and was adopted to a loving, wonderful family one month ago! in a week, i'll get another kitten to socialize, so wish me luck again!
@@gingerv.2867 Throw out some tips if you would. I just adopted a hissing ball of furbaby. I don't know if I can even pick him up or if he'll go nuts. Thanks.
@@steelrarebit7387 i recommend follow the steps in the video until the kitty calms down. after following the video's tips, the foster calmed down enough so that she wasn't hissing anymore but her socialization kinda slowed down a lot. so after that I recommend wearing a hoodie and putting the foster inside of it and keep them there for long periods of time. its really soothing for them. also, bring them food all the time and only pet them as they eat. also feeding out a hand all the time works really well too!
@@gingerv.2867 Gave him a night solo in the bathroom with all his needs and a couple toys. I went in this morning and freshened up his water. Took some gerber chicken baby food with me. He hissed but licked it off the spoon. After three times, I dipped my finger in it and he actually licked it off my finger. Minus a nip because I guess he thought my finger was food. While he was licking the spoon, I gently petted his side for a few seconds. I think that's a start. There seems to be hope after all.
They're extremely cute.
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Those eyesss
Patience is the key. It often takes weeks, even months, to gain trust. I have found that acting timid helps. (That is, pretend to be afraid if they hiss or claw. It gives them confidence.) I'm 61 and have been a daddy-cat most of my adult life. They are often reacting from fear, not anger or unfriendliness.
How about a two year old spayed female? Someone needed rehomed in emergency (returning to school) so I stepped in. At first she was meowing, right. But on the way home she started violently raging inside the carrier like a feral pretty much. Let her out at home and she looks like she's been there for years, no hiding really, but she already attacked my shoe and sits under a chair growling. Really kind of scary. 😖 I don't want to give up on her. What can I try if she is still growling in a couple days?
I found with ferals giving them a buddy already in the home works great. They follow the resident cat lead. But always pet when feeding. Helps with fear of the hand. Love the viedos.
Oh, yeah, having a nice calm congenial older cat works wonders. The New Cats are at bit "monkey see monkey do" and "when in Rome do what the Romans do". For instance, I thump my cats really hard. Why don't they think I am beating them? Because the first thing that every cat, when new, sees is that I thump the Old Cat and the Old Cat likes it... and nobody gets fed until the Old Cat is the one to ask.
I still pet my cat everytime I feed.
No more hisses from any hooman
I’m so glad I found this video because I got 2 female kittens also 3 months old - I brought them home today and they were both very scared. The youngest girl also being the small runt was hissing at me non stop
It kinda worked for me that when was playing Dune 2000, I took her on my lap. That game is incredibly long, and after a while, the spicy little kitteh got tired of hissing and just slept away. After a week, she was tame. And after a month, we became best friends! When she heard the intro of the game, she came to my lap without a late 🤩
Once shy kitten doesn’t sleep with me in a bed. After while she sleep almost 2/3 of my bed
Just a little more and it will push you to the floor.
i m trying to find space to sleep in my bed since my cat choose her place first .
Aww so adorable 😻😻
I've had that problem before. Wake up and I'm off on the edge of my bed with Freyja stretched across it next to me.
animals arent meant to sleep on the bed dolt
This warms my heart ! I had to do this with my rescue boy, he was completely feral and 4 months ! It was a journey ! I didn’t have a social box so I used a small room where I blocked all places he could hide and I would spend severals hours a day with him, talking to him, spoon feeding him etc. It took about 3-4 months for him to be confortable in the whole house. Now he is a cuddle boy ❤️ He doesn’t like people because I got him during pandemic and in Canada we were in lockdown for several months and couldn’t have people over but that’s okay.. I don’t like people either 🤷♀️😂
Love to hear this! My girl is 4 months and only partially socialized. I’ve taken to spoon feeding her wet food and we spend hours each evening in our common area . She’ll explore and come around for basic necessities, but she gets hissy when you try to initiate contact. She may never fully take to touch, but I would at least like her comfortable enough to not fear my approach when it’s necessary (say putting her in her carrier). This makes me feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel!
@@tierramoultrie9322 food is the way to love in your case. You need to give all the food with contact (spoon feeding, by hand, while lightly touching her etc). I would put dry kibble on my lap and I would also feed him in different rooms, like on the bed, in the bathroom, on the couch, on the countertop etc just to get him confortable on the whole house. With time it will work.
Loll
This is exactly what I’m dealing with right now 😭 it’s so hard!
My little kitty baby is a bit like that too... she's very affectionate, and sleeps with me (either under the covers when it's chilly or on top of me when it's less chilly) every night, but she's still very skittish with strangers since she's met so few.
I always believe that it's good for a kitty, to make them feel safe
Awwwww... Georgie is a cutie...I love orange cats.
Them ears
Georgie is stunning!
We think he's pretty gorgeous too. That long nose is wonderful!
@@KittenSchool Yes, very regal and exotic!
i found that getting on ground level with them sets some scared or feral cats at ease. i had this stray feral cat that showed up and started feeding, he would never let me ever get near him and one day i decided to get on the ground and sort of crawl towards him and stretched my arm out so he could smell my hand and that was all it took he instantly rubbed his head on my hand, he came right up to me like he’s known me for years and let me pet him, he instantly fell in love with getting petted and scratched, he didn’t want them to end.
It's so cute when little kittens hiss :D such precious darling little angels!
This is actually really cool. I love how just coincidentally each of the 3 kittens represent one difficulty, being easy medium and hard. First kitty? Easy to socialize. Second Kitty? Nervous but opens up after a while. Third kitty? Slow to open up, needs extra attention.
What a great video, thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Barbara, thanks for the nice comment and I am so happy that you enjoyed the video!
Of the number of other kitten schools that i have seen your methods seem to be 1 of the better one's.
Thank you for your kindness to the scared kittens.
I just found a stray kitten , she was stuck and it was raining . So I brought that kitten to my house and watching this video for further information 😌
I dont know why this was in my recommended, but I am glad it was.
1:00 looks like the crying cat meme lol
Great job taming them, and documenting it so well, every second was enjoyable and informative. So amazing to see them come around.
I've watched all of Kitten School's videos and always look forward to the next one. It's so amazing what people do for cats. We have five. One of our most beloved is a stray we took in last year. He showed up in our yard obviously needing a home, so we took him in. He lives in the lap of luxury now and has adapted to indoor life perfectly. He was also accepted immediately by our our other resident cats; never any hostility. I'm always amazed at how well things went with our stray. He was highly food motivated; a great way to get a cat to warm up to you.
A place I used to work at several years ago had 2 feral kittens. What I personally would do after a busy day at work is I would spend about 30 to 45 minutes of my own time out at the farm where we had all our rigs parked and I'd bring treats for the kittens. I let them make all the moves and I never pushed them. I'd put out the treats and they'd come and gobble em all up. After awhile I'd put the treats farther and farther away from their hydie hole and as they'd come out farther and farther I finally just put some of the treats in my hand and they'd come over and eat out of my hand. Very shortly after I was petting them and scratching them behind the ears and under their necks and they just purred away. I loved it! All this took me about 1 month to do as I wasn't around them all day long. The people that worked out at the farm all the time still couldn't get near them but every time they saw me (or my brother as he worked there too) they'd come running as they knew I'd have something for them that they'd love. Mostly treats but I'd show some love too.
So glad you won over this ginger baby and the others😻🐾😻🐾😻🐾😻🐾
I really like these Kitten School videos!
I hope you'll never stop making them :D
Awww, wow what a SWEET comment! You have no idea how great that makes me feel. I love making the kitty videos and helping people understand and love cats so you can be sure I intend to keep making them! Really appreciate the kind words. xoxo Caroline
well its conflicting, most tell you to let them be and let them adjust on their own, and now its telling me it needs to socialize and keep him close to me. Which one is it lol?
to have the kitten be nicer you should socialize the kitten but don’t push the kitten too far
It's a combination of both! Thanks for the comment xoxo
Yea that's what I read also to let them hide don't try to grab them fr hiding Maybe try to block off where they're hiding at When they go to get food I also read that so I did that but they somehow found their way right back under the I wonder the futon. They are so scared so I just adopted 2 little kitties from a friend a brother and a sister I still need to take them to the vet But I don't wanna like satch them cause then I think they're gonna be scared of me So I just let them be after they got back in. They're already literature trained and and they're eating dry food. But because I want them to like me and come out so I can play with them and love them I mixed a tiny bit of wet food with it and I made sure they know that I put it there. But they have not left my living room they don't go anywhere but anywhere yet I don't want them to be scared now after seeing this I don't know if I should social social Box train them. Oh wait we have progress I didn't even notice the whole time I was writing this that they actually came to my room and bolted in both of them cause the little girl she seems to be way scareder and she did hiss at me one time
@@youngsavage9546 I just got two kittens (siblings) and they’re liter trained and everything but they’re still depressed and miss mom. It’s only been a few hours and I’m worried about them lol. I heard to just give them space so I do but I go and check on them and sit with them putting my hand out getting closer and closer then stop when they hiss. Now they’re slowly starting to leave their room on their own. I don’t wanna push them
@@mikayla484 yea as hard as it is just let them be they will come around . I let them be and they came around more the boy shadow first because Stella wouldn't let me touch her for like 3weeks she would come to me when I had a toy I waved around but the second I went to pet her she ran off. Today she is attached to me at the hip! When she wakes up she comes to me n hits her head for me to pet her non-stop for hours
I did something similar to this with the first kitten rescue I was allowed to pick myself (as a child). Great job socializing them!
This is the best method ive ever seen online to getting your cats to socialize
May God bless you with every happiness of this world with these precious ones.
Thank you for this video. Not only that it helps me learn how to teach kittens to be open to others, but it also helps me learn their natural behavior as to why they're very shy and defensive.
Hi Sand Man, thanks for the nice comment! I am so glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. I feel like I learn something new from cats everyday, and I love to share. xoxo
Thank you for this, I’m trying to socialize two kittens so they can get adopted, and one of them refuses to be around anyone who isn’t his brother. I’m hoping they both open up more 🤞🏾
Awww George was all hiss and no action though. Notice he wouldnt swipe at her even as he was hissing. 🥺
Georgie and the other kittens are so adorable. Good video and tips. Thanks for sharing😻😻😻
I'm so happy you enjoyed the video! It's been a pleasure working with Georgie, and he's getting sweeter and more relaxed every day. xoxo
Thank you so much for posting this video! I just brought home two kittens who were acting just like the ones in the video. On day 2 of the social box, one kitten had a breakthrough moment and it was all purring and kisses. I’d probably still have hissing kittens in my bathroom without this. Thank you thank you thank you!
My God...the handshake/high-five at 2:34 is just too adorable.
My teen daughter brought home an approximately 10 week old orange kitty that is healthy and looks well fed but has zero socialization. My older cat is extremely motherly so she immediately was grooming him and her same aged kittens started playing with him so he’s happy with them but this video was very helpful bc he doesn’t like ppl at all. I thought him seeing how much our cats love us would help him and it DID but not enough. Again, I’m very appreciative of this video ❤️
I have found that with my fosters, when they start getting antsy about being held, (at the beginning of training), if I put them back down on the floor or back in the cage, they see that they are not trapped and can "escape" the big bad predator that wants to eat them. Quite often they will come right back, get picked up and then again get released when they get antsy. This gives them confidence and the two I have now (fourth day), are quite okay about my being in the room with them.
Dziekuje za opieke, jakie sliczne koty ...........
This is so cute🥺🥺 my 3 months old kitten has been in our home for a month and a half and still look scared MOST of the time!
how is he now? i adopted mine two weeks ago and he’s very shy
Attaboy Georgie!!!
Georgie is the BEST KITTEN!! Hello!
Aww! Precious little babies
Wow, this is the first time I ever heard of such ideas for kittens socialization, and it seems to be very effective and useful. Thank you 👍
I luv it! I luv kittens and cats.
Thanks for sharing your technique. You have cute adorable kittens and cats !
Thank you, thank you for helping the kittens! You are very sweet and kind person! Sending hugs
Cute 🥰 baby kitten 🐾 so happy
Please make a video for adult cats as wel. Adopted a 4 year old from a shelter and he’s hiding for the past 3 momths
Awesome patience and such beautiful kitty cats...
The laugh at 2:55 was some great acting/reaction from the what I assume was a funny movie 😁😁😁
This sounds just like Spitfire.
Tiger the momma showed up hungry at a relative's house.
Turns out she was pregnant, and her five kittens are five weeks old now.
Spitfire spits and hisses, probably scared.
But once anyone rubs that head or cheek, the kitty seems a lot happier.
Even ate kitten food from my hand
Spitfire going to need a special forever home that will be patient.
Hi Caroline, Happy New Year. Hey thanks for the advice about getting some 100% Pumpkin to help my little wild cat Princess Punky with her runs. It seems to help. I think the natural sugars might make her 'candy sick' and so I now doubled her feeding times and give her far less at each feeding. I had put some pumpkin out for the other kitties, and my new girl, Young Calico Peggy went to the dish and started eating, and eating, and eating. I was thinking uh oh. Yeah, she got an upset tummy.
Now the other 5 cats don't officially get wet food BUT even on the smaller rations Punky leaves left overs (I feed her in a large carrier that is called the Feeding House and I think the cats have come to believe that The Most Beloved Cat gets to eat in there. When Old Calico Bunny was still alive, she dropped off in weight and I noticed she wasn't eating the dry kibble (couldn't smell it or her gums hurt?) so I started feeding her in the Feeding House carrier. She would only eat a little bit and Punky back then was not very fat either, and I thought it would be food for them to become better friends if they associated each other with feeding time. It worked. Punky realized the special food was for Bunny and that she was allowed to join in because she was Bunny's friend. When Bunny finally died, then it seemed that Punky had thought Bunny had been the House Alpha and now she was! She is the Littlest Cat In the House, but all the other cats went "Yeah, okay". BUT since she hardly ever eats it all, I take out the dish and divide up the remains between all the other cats that gather around the Feeding House, and just that little bit of pumpkin seems to help them too. The new girl Young Calico Peggy hasn't caught on to the Feeding House yet. She likes her kibble and she comes to me for table scraps and 'lick the spoon' duty when I am cooking. (she spent almost her first year as the Apartment Complex Little Darling and so she learned to eat opportunistically. I had thought she was the prettiest kitten in the World, and I had lost my Calico Bunny, but she never came around to my door, and I thought some other nice family would finally take her in. But I also feed pigeons, and I'd chase Peggy away with a broom: "Get lost you little pest!" Anyway, I realized that at about a year old she either wasn't that adorable or sympathetic anymore and whoever was feeding her stopped, or moved out. Peggy was at my door. Oh, when she was little she would hang out with a nice little old lady (Oh! The Little Old Lady MOVED!) and I would come up and talk and pick Little Kitten Calico Peggy up and give her kisses. I don't think that Island People kiss their pets. Everything is like a kind of 'pig' to them, you know, live stock. the idea of 'Pet' is not embedded deeply into their Culture the way it is for Westerners. But, yeah, despite the broom swats, she remembered the kisses. Calico Peggy really worked out well. And she gave Little Tommy somebody his own age to play with and help wreck my apartment.
But, yeah, thanks for the Pumpkin Idea.
Good example for us as human
The kitten harness!!!!
I love cats and I love your videos about cats Please do more
The three cats I've bonded with the best, were orange/ginger kitties. They're the best. :3
A year ago I adopted a young mom cat (Fiona, barely 1 yr. old) and her kitten (Patty, 9 weeks old). To my surprise, the mom was pretty skittish (liked being petted, hated being picked up), and the kitten was friendly and fearless. Fast forward to today: Fiona is now a cuddle machine, enjoys being held, tolerates nail trims, and likes to be near me most of the time. Both cats come out and seek attention when friends or family come over.
Kitten school, I cant with this 💕💕💕
hi Yen H thanks for the comment!!!!
The quickest way to cats heart is through their stomach that's how I get them to be my friends well the same way that you do it with any other creature the quickest way to creature heart is through their stomach
It's the same for most men
@@FatherDingo is also the same way with tomboys and Butch girls the way to their heart is through their stomach
Social box
I love that! Brilliant 😊👍
I had to burst everyone's bubble but you can only tame feral kittens to a certain degree. And yes the longer you wait the harder it is. But more importantly you will never completely get the wild out.
So I captured a feral kitten at 9 weeks, she was pretty easy to tame. She grew up and had kittens. I ended up keeping a sweet boy. But to this day there is still a touch of wild that will never leave her. On the other hand, her son that i kept was with me from day one is completely tame. To call him a big teddy bear would be an understatement....I'm sure you guys can imagine.
Think of it like this, there are thresholds in all animals life (mainly mammals) that once passes you can never get it back. If someone comes to the United States as an adult or even as a 7 or 8 y/o kid and learns to speak English they usually do it pretty well, but never like they were born here. The time has passed to learn what will be their native language.
I'm not trying to convince anyone not to take in a feral kitten because they can be great pets (My feral is awesome!) But again there will always be just a touch of reserve in their demeanor. That is the best way to describe it.
I missed a step. What I got... Get a small cage and put it in living area. Try to pet it. Keep a safe space for them to be comfortable. Keep repeating the living area training. Throw in a kitty harness. Okay, I think that's it so far. Big question is, how do you handle it hissing and not knowing if it will try to bite you? Like moving it to the small cage. How? I just adopted a four month old who is called Jethro Tull and he's doing the hissing thing. I put him in a secure area with food, water, a couple toys and a litter box. I go in and sit for a bit while talking softly to him and even offer him treats. He doesn't take them from me, though if I leave them, he eats them. Any ideas?
This makes me feel so much better about a kitten I just adopted. He is doing what Georgie is currently doing so I’m gonna try to put him in a social box and see if it helps
Hi Jamie, thank you for the comment and I am so glad the video is helpful. I think a social box will help him a lot. Remember, it can take time (sometimes weeks, even MONTHS) for a kitten to feel comfortable around people so don't give up. Let us know how things work out and let me know if you have questions! *Caroline
I have 5 kitties and 1 of them keeps hissing at me and your video really helped it thanks ❤
my cat is called cookie . First she was hissing and hiding under stuff. then she was super cute and playful. she would let me play and pet her
My best friend is a master at this. I don't know how she does it, but it's impressive. She has an adult cat that went from being terrified of humans to demanding cuddles.
She must be a kitten whisperer! And taming adult cats is NOT easy. Some people really can "speak" to cats. Thanks for the comment! xoxo
@@KittenSchool She definitely has a gift. She's such a sweet person.
I so wish I saw your channel two days ago. I had three kittens. One was starting to come around a little but still very shy. One was just WAY to aggressive. I gave them up to the humane society because I did not know what to do. I kept their mom though because that's my sweet girl. But now I wish I tried these steps a found them a loving home myself.
Great job on the kitties.
Bless you, good ppl 😍
Who Watching This While Your Cat Hissed at you ✋😢
School is in session and it is adorable and hilarious.
Beware, Here Be Vewy Scawy Mini House Tigers and Lions on the Loose...
Aaaawwwww!!!!!! So beautiful
I can domesticate feral kittens but mine is 2 years old. We trapped her six months ago, it took her four months to come out from under a desk (she only came out at night to eat and use the box), then she transitioned to a smaller desk and I started playing with her under an opening with the cat dancer and she gradually became more and more comfortable and now she comes out to eat and to keep company with the other two kitties.
She’s a great kitty but she doesn’t Allow me to pet her. She will sit close to me and stand close to me but she runs away when I try to pet her. She will sniff my hand when I’m quietly sitting beside her but she won’t let me pet her. Any thoughts? Thank you!
Eye contact is very important especially in the first days whenyou try to pe them. Also when they are not agressive you can hug thm like a baby on their back while cuttle them. This is the fastest way to make a kitty to purr. That way they are on their back and you can watch them in the eyes when petting. This is a voulnarble possition for them and at first might be unconfortable but they relax vry fast
Yeah, what I think is important is acknowledging them when they are 'talking'. They say "Meow" and you say "be good, you're okay, you little goose", or whatever. I've noticed it everytime with new cats, that they will Test Communication. If they vocalize and you answer, they're not really sure, because they are used to being ignored, and so the will continue to vocalize to see if you keep answering. It is a pain in the butt, but they only do it for maybe just a day until something inside them is convinced that they have a working connection with you.
There was one tip I had for socializing kitten young enough that they could still be nursing. That is to hold them to your chest so they can hear your heart beating. At that age kittens have a natural inhibition in regards to biting and scratching when they hear a big heartbeat in order to protect the Mother Cat. But our heartbeat also stops them in their aggressive tracks. BUT, I could never figure out EXACTLY when that inhibition goes cold. There have been a few times when I misjudged the age of the 'kittens' I socialized and really got turn up.... the little things can bite as fast as a sewing machine! yeah, some kittens that have been malnourished chronically can be really small, looking weeks younger than they actually are. By appearances I think the best tip off is their fur. If their fur is that fluffy willowy really cute kitten fur then they are probably still at the milk and momma age. If they look like miniature cats then proceed with caution. The Kitten here that Caroline is working with, well, like she said, they were already past 8 weeks.
You never know about socialization. Once I was a volunteer at an Animal Hospital, a really bad one but I didn't know it at the time. The Doctor to save money was using only a fraction of the anesthesia required to put them under for the operations. So they would wake up on the operating table, or soon afterwards and go into shock and die. So I bought a real doctors stethoscope (the one the Doctor offered me was a piece of crap... that Doctor was CHEAP!) and I would monitor heartbeat during and after surgeries. There was this Young Siamese that was getting declawed and that is a PAINFUL operation and cats do go into shock, and so I really stayed with her. I wrapped her in a towel to keep her body heart up, and held her to my chest (she could hear my heart. Now, in GOOD clinics the cat should be out for hours, long enough for the body to normalize and the healing begin. But with the skimping on anesthesia she was coming around in less than an hours time, and I was soothing her and talking to her until the hospital closed for the night and they kicked me out. The owners picked her up the next day when I wasn't there, but then came back after a week asking what we did. It turns out that the Siamese Girl had been The Cat From Hell, really mean and nasty. But she came home an angel. I guess I might have Socialized her Under Stress. In the hardest time she ever knew, there was a Human Being there for her.
@@scottweiss9618 declawing cats is savagery. These peoplendont deserve to be petnowners.
Hi Niko. exe - great suggestion, and you are totally right about the eye contact. When I'm looking at a scared cat or kitten I will blink softly and try not to stare too hard at them. I will talk about that in the next video for sure. Thanks for the comment!
@@n1kobg Hi Niko. Yeah, declawing is the most paintful thing you can do to a kitty. BUT, there are upscale professional couples with tremendously expensive furniture pieces that would like to own cats. Now consider that a great many cats in the shelters and kennels are euthanized because they can't find homes. You can see how complicated this becomes, right. You save a cat from a declawing operation just so you can kill it. Yeah, I would like it if people just loosened up about their furniture. It is not like anybody passes down sofas as family heirlooms or anything. But fussy women like to own cats. This is what we mean when we talk about something being Morally Grey.
@@scottweiss9618 im sory but i dont agree, killing a cat for money is the morally grey thing not declawing, this is our problem not theirs. We claim to be the superriour and humane. Saying that killing animals is humane is hypocritical and convenient way to justify and its lazy solution. Same with the neutoring surgery. They are better procedures but to educate the vets will cost money. The hormines are esential part of body development and existance but ye just remove it. Also declawing is messing with the cats balance for life, its a lifetime punishment, every single day, its not just painful for couple of days and thats it.
Such a cutie ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great job!!!
Smart lady
Cute babies! Thanks for posting! I always enjoy cat stories.
Thanks for watching! Keep watching, there is never a shortage of cute kitty stories here at Kitten School. Appreciate the comment xoxox
Cats a
I have taken care of stray and feral cats and kittens since I was a young boy! So stories like this are always of interest to me.Thank you for posting!
good job you are a angel!!!!
Thank you Marcel! I am so glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for leaving such a nice comment! Hope to see you again here at Kitten School. Xoxoxo Caroline
@@KittenSchool Ahhh so nice !!Thank you and let the beautifull videos coming!! I am a BIG animal lover myself so youre videos i watch them whit tears in my eyes !!!!Much love and respekt from the Netherlands !!!!
One of the things I did a lot was make eye contact and slow blink with my kitten. This showed that I wasn't threatening him. I also would use a closed fist and one finger to stroke them. The are less scared of a finger then a hand and will often smell the finger and allow petting. I also crouch on their level too.
Purrrfect ❤️
A few days ago we adopted 2 kittens from the animal shelter. We were advised to set up a room for the cats to spend their first days. They are super shy and reserved. Since their arrival they barely move from the spot and always hide. They don't want to play or explore the area and they hiss so often. Our only success is that they now eat out of our hand when we give them treats. However, they never come up to us and retreat even further after eating or when I move my hand. What are the next steps to gain their trust and how do I go about getting them to allow touch in the future? I wish so much to be able to pet them 🙁
you are an angel :)
I've got a new little kitten named Kit, 3 months old. He let's my cuddle a little and at least falls asleep on my chest. I have the issue that I'm the only person in the house with my two kittens
Thanks for video, i have a 10 month cat and lord every time we go near her she runs away. She will literally be under the bed all day until night time and roam the house. She only comes around when it’s feeding time. I do have another 1 year old cat and he very relaxed
You just grab hold of her at feed time and hold her and not let her go
Thank you so much for posting this video! We just adopted a shy 5 month old ginger kitty just like Georgie, he hisses and tries to hide but we don’t let him hide. We’ve been holding him A LOT and socializing him with family and friends. Your video gives me so much hope that he will break out of this and acclimate well in due time.
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how often should a kitten stay in the social box each day?
Hey, what would you advise for more mature cats?
Mine is from a rescue that my vet recommended and is at the run away and will hiss if you even try to pet stage... she was a feral kitten found on a porch in Montreal with her siblings. She nearly died from a cold virus... She now adores my seven year old cat Sid and plays with my ferret Rose... She is just five months old and it has only been three weeks... she went from hiding to playing and purring but does not want pets or picking up.,,, the rescue said it will take time and to be patient... any advice is welcome thank you and great video 😻
I rescued a 2month old kitten that looks like the female kitten.Hes 6 months old now.I also rescued his brother.I have 5 cats altogether as indoor cats.
You rock Verna! Your cats are lucky to have you. xoxo
How do you manage to get a harness on georgie if he's so scared?
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. When my new girl Calico Peggy could still be suspected of dashing out the door to her old stomping grounds it was a struggle just to get a little collar on her (and before going in and out to feed the pigeons I would leash her up and put the loop of the leash on the door knob). Then when I thought she was well settled, she did dash out. But she soon remembered how much she loves food (I always keep some dry kibble out for cats so they can snack throughout the day).
Hi Graham, good question! Usually even if a kitten is very scared you can still handle them (with caution). Once I realized that Georgie would not bite me, I felt comfortable picking him up from the crate and putting the harness on him. He was tensed the whole time and ready to bolt if I let my guard down but I was able to handle him. You do have to be very cautious with fearful kittens as they can bite HARD (if you saw my Dormouse video you will know what I'm talking about!). It's a combination of watching their body language, going very slow and luck, honestly! I typically wear thick leather gloves when I first pick up a scared cat or kitten.
I thought of it too )
What about a kitten hissing at your dog?? I recently came across two kittens that I took in. The male, Snowball is fine with my mini Aussie. He goes to him smells him and then leaves. His sister, Savannah on the other hand, hisses at Lialo which makes Lialo run away to a different room. At first she would hiss at him and when I would try to calm her down, I guess she was in attack mode and would scratch me. She then later came to me with cuddles and climbed on me and sat on my lap. Now they can finally be in the same room without her hissing but then she would randomly hiss at him and he ends up leaving. Ugh I just want my children to get along. The kittens are 5 weeks old, I was originally going to take 1 (snowball bc he was so calm) but I also fell in love with Savannah bc she was the smallest and easily startled/clingy out of the bunch. Today would be day 3 of me having them. They’ve made some progress, I guess seeing Snowball and Lialo together gives her courage but how can I speed up the process (if possible) I just want my children getting along. Also, how can I not have my Aussie scared of her 😂 at this point he is just scared of her which is what she wanted so, victory for her but a loss for me 😂
We had a mother cat that would leave her kittens because she knew my mom would take care of them.. usually we would get them when they were a few days old. Two that she had were a little older and so they were shy. They would spit and run. The female lost her fear first and but it took awhile for the male. We picked him up a lot. Petted him and gave treats. He got used to being picked up and knew we weren’t going to hurt him.
Thank you ---- this is very helpful!!
Please make a video of you can about how to become friends with a wild cat not a one that’s already cought!!
Well, you have to catch the cat first! But if you can give them treats every day and sit and spend time with them outside, you can often make friends with a wild kitty over time.
Wow you’re soo good with cats. Do you have any tips to getting a cat to be comfortable with being picked up? My cat is 4 years old and hates being picked up or brushed, I sometimes don’t know how to deal with grooming her because she hates ppl touching her accept me unless she’s with a nurse she’s so easy to deal with. Do you know why?
I have a kitten. He is 8 weeks old and he doesn't not want to come out of the corner next to my desk. He observes me but runs away from me. He is now eating but well... process is slow. Im sure he will hate me even more when he gets his vaccines
Hello, I have two cats, about 2 years old. I just adopted them, Brothers! They hide
My girl was apparently the second slowest to open up to people in her litter (3 months). Now she sleeps on my face.
Very good video ......do you have any tips for encouraging nicer play between my male cat snd the female newcomer. ? They play nicely sometimes but more often my Mitchell man becomes aggressive in his play wanting to conttol evrrything.and biting too hard with long periods of .pinning her down Ive never known that cats can be so jeslous but clearly he us . He even will edge her out so as to be the closer one to my face when theyre both apping on my lap. Its irritating and i feel sorry the new cat . Yet simultaneously i also feel sorry for mitchell because hes clearly stressed out.......better now but the first month he went through immune system weakening....catching a cold , developing a uti and jyst emotional weird behavior like sitting in his litterbox and becoming obssessed and fixated on things
Hi there! We just trapped a little semi-feral estimated 6 month old female that I had been feeding and have been watching your videos. Very scared and a little hissy. I started to watch your videos and observe what you are doing with the younger ones. Would you do the same for an older kitten with a social box?