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4 Feral Kittens: Trapping Them Successfully!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2019
- © 2019 Ann M Del Tredici
A very small female feral cat gave birth to kittens in April. She was being fed by a neighbor and looked very healthy but very pregnant. She disappeared for 3 days to deliver them. When she returned to the neighbor's house, she was ravenously hungry and ate 2-3 times more food than before--so we suspected she had had the kittens. We asked neighbors to watch out for her. Five to six weeks later, a neighbor called to say that the mother cat was in her yard and had 2 kittens...which became 4 kittens as more time passed and they came out of hiding. As we prepared to trap them, the mother cat moved them--apparently to get them closer to the neighbor who feeds her.
We started a new plan to trap the kittens so we could socialize them and make them more adoptable. After accustoming them to the trap with feedings inside the disabled trap, we caught all 4 kittens in one trapping.
The kittens are 9 weeks old now and we will spay the mother cat this week. She is very feral and we will Trap, Neuter and Release (TNR) her back into the colony of community cats.
The kittens are very healthy with no apparent problems, no eye infections, and no respiratory problems. The mother and all four kittens are solid black.
Update, February 1, 2020
Everyone is doing fine. The mother cat was spayed, vaccinated and microchipped at "Fix Our Ferals" (a wonderful organization) then held in a kennel for 2 days and then released back into the neighborhood community of feral cats. She is still coming to the original neighbor's patio and is fed canned food twice a day. Her coat looks great and she is "filling out." She is feral. The four kittens are wonderful. We decided to keep them all and it has been a great time. Three females and one male--the females have all been spayed, the male neutered, and all vaccinated and microchipped and are indoor-only cats--and 3 of them are completely socialized to humans. One female is still a little skittish--but she's slowly coming around and lets us pet her when she wants it.
Update, November 2020
All the cats are doing well. The Mama cat is still feral and is fed wet food twice a day by a neighbor and the 4 kittens, now 1.5 years old, are all healthy and happy as indoor-only cats. They have distinct personalities. The shyest one is much more relaxed now and enjoys our company and being petted--and is very affectionate--and loves our 17-year old male cat--following him everywhere inside the house.
Mom cat is just like "Oh well, guess they got my kids. Easy come easy go."
Mother cats really don't care. That's why is Sam easy to split them up and sell them. Multi billion dollar industry.
Little high, little low
thank you for this...I'm getting anxiety over 3 motherless feral kittens in my yard...and I'm on my own! (..and I'm a dog person with two of those critters in the house) They looked relatively unstressed when you did it and that is my biggest concern - to keep them stress free and together. So thanks again!
Just seeing your comment now--the first night was the hardest--they were frightened and huddled together in a big carrier in the shower stall of our bathroom. After that night, they were playful and hungry. Since then they've gradually been able to go into more of the house and are quite affectionate and socialized.
How are yours doing?
@@Birdsie39 they're doing well. the lady that took the from me says they are learning to play and one has really become affectionate...decided he liked being pet....Thankful for your help and hers...its getting cold here in MN so they are safe and warm.
Let your dogs take care of it
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I found a gang of homeless kitty cats I feed every night. At least 15. The kittens are warming up to me a, as are a few of the mommy's cats. Gonna bring my huge cage tomorrow and see if I can rescue a few...I'm here doing homework lol
Did you get them
By any chance did you get them?
Where did you get that cage?
Set the trap and leave it there...the cat won't go in there while hoomans are watching....lol
BULLS EYE !!!! You've gotten all four of them... GOOD JOB....
Nice catch. Funny two of the kept eating after trap was sprung. They usually freak out.
Pragmatists
It’s time for the kittens to say goodbye mom 😅
Little panthers!!!😍😍
Great rescue work with love
I have the same situation a mother cat and four feral kittens. What kind of trap did you use?
its good to get these little fur babies off the streets. so they dont over populate. that and its good to get them to the animal shelter to get them fixed. so they can find good loving families.
or be euthanized....
@@coco_boldyeah, that's definitely a risk. The kitties I'm trying to get I plan on fostering and finding homes for. Scared they will be put down.
So many people simply feed them without fixing the adults or trying to adopt out the kittens. All they are doing is feeding an overpopulation problem. They think they are helping but they really aren't. Without neutering a stray cat population can absolutely explode beyond any one person's ability to handle.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 it's true. Then the cats end up running back out making more kittens
Got the same Problem except I have 5 of them. Thanks for the Video. I was worried if I got one the others would get wise to the trap idea quick..
I'm getting anxiety myself thinking some animal will get them. Lucky me I do have a Home for them as soon as I can get them. I'm taking it worse than my wife. Hehe
Ann Del Tredici, thank you for helping the cats and all of us in the comments. Please give me advice as well. I feed the community cats and there are 3 four-month old kittens. I have a good shelter that will take them once they are socialized (careful, not all shelters will accept or some will accept and possibily euthanize). Been very overwhelmed as how to trap 3 individually without the trap closing in on a second or third and injuring it. This video was very helpful; maybe I need a drop trap. Sometimes one will come to eat before the others...but that still leaves two at a time. I have been in a daily panic so have procrastinated trapping them. The mother separated from them after 8 weeks--they had been eating cat food for about 4 weeks. Local help does not seem to be available now.
The second concern is keeping them safe in the house while socializing and them not getting loose and hiding somewhere and then not being able to socialize them. I also don't want them mixing with my two cats as they might have worms or parasites. I have a dog kennel 36 x 48" but it hardly seems good enough for 3 when I see these little guys climbing trees. One of the three kittens outside allows me to pet it fully including ear rubs! if I only have my arm outside. The other two do not come that close. The only spare room as lots of stuff I cannot move and too large to socialize.
Here are added notes that might help others:
*Those who are new to trapping, the cage needs to be watched and covered immediately upon closing because if they panic, they can get injured thrashing to get out. (Though the kittens Ann rescued did not seem to panic!)
*I adopted two from the yard from the same colony, different generations of litters. The first was an "only kitten". I put a hiding box in the kennel and after 2 days it came out of the box and touched my hand through the grate and liked it so much that from then on I could pet it and hold it. The other was one of two in a litter, the first was trapped and went to a shelter (be careful about shelters!) and they socialized it and it was adopted soon. I couldn't trap the 2nd of that litter, but a few days later it walked into the house crying of apparent loneliness and wanting back and belly rubs. I had a BIG benefit of them knowing me as their feeder for many weeks. The first time I took the newer one to the bathroom for play, it panicked and I took it right back to the kennel. The 2nd time it was cautious, and the third time PLAY! I think getting it acclimated to the house before adopting out could also be important.
Carol
I'm certainly no expert. I'd say trap them as you can--even one at a time if you can. If you're their main/only source of food, they'll come to the trap even if a sibling has already been caught in it. Take a look at the videos on @Flatbushcats (on both CZcams and Instagram) and you will see them using several different kinds of traps and carriers. Take a look at hav-a-heart's website to see what cages are available. My local community feral cat-fixing vet loans out traps to people. I know one man who ties a fine string to a rabbit cage door, puts food in the trap, and when the cat/kitten enters, he pulls the door shut with the string and gets up and locks it--no loud bangs or traumatic sounds. Also many organizations offer TNR training and @Flatbushcats may be offering one online because of the pandemic. Good luck!
@@Birdsie39 Ann, that is very helpful. After I wrote you I was put in touch with the replacement person of the feral agency I am registered with. She is experienced and super. I hope to start bringing them in this weekend. One loves to be pet now so long as just my hand is outside. 🙂 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING.
If they are 16 weeks it is going to be extremely difficult to socialize them. Kittens have a switch around 8 to 9 weeks where they become feral. Under that age they can usually be socialized in a few days. After that they will take weeks and maybe even months to socialize in most cases. If they are as old as you say then it could be a very long road to socialization.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Thank you I have another question further in thus text.
I took in the one that enjoyed being petted but he was miserable and not eating. I read if socialized to one person, they still might not adapt to another home. I released him after 2 days as it seemed warranted and I didn't have time. Later was able to TNR him, a sister, and tomcat For next appt was able to TNR last kitten sibling (girl). The friendly one I released still loves to be pet but only with arm extended at back door--if I am outside I get a hiss.
Now the mom is bringing three 7 week olds. I have an appt Thursday for 2 spay/neuter. I was told wait until the kittens were 8 weeks to get the mom and they will be 7 1/2 weeks...possibly a couple of days older it was hard to tell by looking at the mother.. I don't know where she keeps them to feed while she is gone approx 30 hours. Next appts are late October.
Any advice? Often she doesn't bring all 3 or twice a day. I have shelters. I think currently they live on another block. Kittens are supposed to be 8 weeks or 2 pounds.
I was able to adopt two from the yard at about 4 and 5 months. One was an only kitten and after 2 days in the kennel rubbed his face on my hand through the kennel and I could pet and pick him up after that. The other at 5 mos was remaining of 2 when his sibling was adopted (careful as some shelters put down ferals or some might not transition well to new home). This guy at 5 months after 3 days alone whined at the door and walked into the house and into my arms. He came in fully social but kept him in kennel with contained play until used to the house and worm free and familiar with my other cat. They both want to be pet all the time. They were familiar with me since about 6 weeks.
Its joyful and stressful re their safety and getting an appt and sometimes needing time off work.
I have done the same thing have the cats in a room with music playing they play but what I need to know is how to get them to let me pet them they are fine with me in the room they play and walk by me and eat by me was wondering if you could give me pointers
Just seeing your post now. Great you've gotten them this far! Make every time you feed them be conditional on being close to you. Try a spoon--or your finger--with meat baby food on it--so they have to get close to you to get food. A wonderful resource is on Instagram @Flatbushcats and their website www.flatbushcats dot org They have lots of videos with good, explanatory text/narration accompanying them. It takes a lot of time to feed them this way but it's critical to getting them to trust you. Some of the kittens will be more socializable than others. Two of our four were almost instantly socialized. #3 took a while but is fine now. #4 will let us pet her--and she's around us all the time--but she won't sit on our laps or let us pick her up--yet--and it's been a year! But there's still hope for her. Good luck!
Here are some good tips, too:
czcams.com/video/ST8dlkNGT9I/video.html
@@Birdsie39 I have caught them and now they dont fight much when i pick them up one does but he dont try to bite me now lol they love all there toys and always have there tail up they are in scared zone now and just kinda hide in the towers but I still reach in and pet them and pull them out and hold them they eat from my hand they just know Im gonna hold them sometime lol
@@LivingTheRVLocaLife Sounds great--you're doing a good job. With difficult kittens, it sometimes helps to temporarily separate it from the others and give it special attention--especially about food! It's great that you're helping them--and saving them!
THATS THE SAME CAT IN MY YARD BUT DIFFERENT KITTEN!
Can you tell me the type of trap you got. I am having trouble finding one like that.
Please read the comments below--I've described it several times. Good luck if you're going to trap some cats!
when you trap kittens, it's better to keep the mom too, at least for a while.
I’ve heard it doesn’t matter as much once they’re 8 weeks old like these are since they’re weaned.
@@karenhuddleston3368 that's exactly right! If the kittens are eating solid food then they don't need their momma. She should be trapped and desexed but she doesn't need to be with her kittens. Cats do not have an emotional attachment to their kittens like humans do with their children. Once they reach about 12 weeks she will want nothing to do with them and might even drive them off if they encroach on her territory.
@mxclain oh really? Then kindly provide your reasons for that belief.
I have not seeing those kind of traps. Where did you get it?
It's a rabbit cage--borrowed from neighbor. My husband added strong magnets to keep it closed once they were in.
I'm currently trying to catch the last Kitten of 4... It won't go near the Trap, it let me touch it when it was way too Young to take & now it stays out of Reach. All but 1 of the Adults is Fixed, the Mom, bc she won't go into the Trap either & I've been trying to get her for almost 3yrs!! When I 1st Found the Colony almost 4yrs ago, over the 1st 1.5-2yrs, I caught, Domesticated & found Amazing Homes for 40+ Kittens. So, I'm hopefully that I can get this Baby & the Mom, Sooner as opposed to Later.
40? You are fucked up for that. They are all ready to overpopulated. When I catch them I kill them.
Why not catch the whole family at the same time? Wasn’t the mom distressed her kittens were taken? I don’t think mom is a true feral or she would not have come that close.
What type of trap is this and where can I buy it? I have 4 new kittens in my backyard
It is a rabbit cage and I borrowed it from a neighbor--so I don't know how to tell you where it came from. The trap everyone likes best is a "have-a-heart" trap that comes in many sizes. You may be able to borrow one from a cat-rescue organization. Good luck! Check out "Flatbush cats" here on CZcams and on Instagram--they've got great tips for catching and taming feral kittens. Make sure you get the mom if she's around--and get her spayed when the time is right.
@@Birdsie39 Thank you
www.zumiez.com/san-clemente-a-great-wave-36-drop-through-longboard-complete.html i think a cage like this would work. Good luck!
Please tell me where to get this cage there’s 4 kittens I cannot catch
Please read the other questions and comments for the answer. It is a modified rabbit cage that I borrowed from a neighbor.
@@Birdsie39 yeah I should’ve done that. Thank you 😊
Currently trying to trap a feral kitten on a work site. Im surprised it hasn't been smashed by equipment yet since we can't stop because of a 8 or 10 week old kitten that rode in on a truck... jumped off and hid in our stacks of stuff. Heavy machinery lifting and moving stuff every day. Its been there all week. I saw the kitty last night before dark and moved the trap close to where I saw it run into stuff. Today, Sunday will be the last attempt and if not in my trap im giving up after an entire week of trying. It hasn't ate or drank anything from my trap. I have no idea how its still alive after a week. Must be eating bugs to survive? No one there wants to see the little guy get hurt but we also have a job to do. My gal has said she wants the kitty sight unseen if I catch it. Male or female.... unknown lol wish me luck as I really hope its in the trap this morning.
Use a strong-smelling fish wet cat food, evening and nights are the best times to get them into a trap. If he has no other source of food--this will be about his limit of time to go without food or water. My husband once put a kitten sibling in a small cage and put that in the trap. That drew the loose one in immediately--to the cries of its sibling--we got him in just minutes.
Also, contact any cat rescue and cat trapping organizations near you (maybe through a local animal shelter)--the process is called "TNR" for Trap-Neuter-Return. Lots of people are out there doing this and could help you (even though you're not going to "return" it)
Good luck! Check out FlatbushCats here on Instagram or go to their website for ideas. I hope you catch him/her! and it sounds like he's got a home waiting for him/her. It's great that you're being so careful.
What happened to mom cat?
We trapped her later and had her spayed and released her back into her territory. She is truly wild and did not want to become a pet. Everyday, twice a day, a neighbor feeds her in the front yard. When the neighbor is away, we feed her and get to see how she's doing. She's doing well and looks great.
@@Birdsie39 And feral cats usually have very short lives of less than 5 years. Don't forget that there are poachers out there that loves to poach many of these feral and stray cats for their fur and meat just to capitalize on same. I'm sorry to point this out, because it is what it is and all these poachers care about is $$$. Many of these poachers are WORSE that the gamblers that work for these hedge funds.
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I rescue cats too. But you should have got mama cat too and kept them together! How would you feel if all of your babies were all taken from you at once!?
Cats are not humans. Feral adult cats don't want to be pets and they are not attached to their kittens the way a human is attached to their child. In another few weeks that momma would want nothing to do with those kittens and might even attack them if they hang around her territory. Momma won't "miss her kittens" like a human would and will be better off desexed and on her own.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 I don't think you can answer for every feral momma cat whether or not they want to be pets or are attached to their kittens! Thats redicules. I rescued a Momma cat a few weeks ago and a week later rescued her 3 month old kittens. She remembered her kittens and was ecstatic to see them. All of them including her allow us to pet them now. She is still a bit skittish but she always comes to give leg rubs and get petted.
@@mistyrious1111starseed you're right I can't. There are always exceptions of course. But then you can't answer for every feral cat either and giving people advice based on your anecdotal information without at least including the caveat "if possible" doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Again cats do not have the complex emotions that humans have (please note that I am not saying they have no emotions at all as I know that is not true) and I question the validity of the adjective ecstatic when it is applied in this manner. However let's agree that NEITHER of us should presume to be able to read the minds of cats when we clearly can not. All of that being said the professionals generally agree that it is neither necessary or even desirable to capture a feral mother and keep her confined if her kittens have been weaned or are over 8 weeks of age. They also generally agree that most adult feral cats do not adapt well to be house cats and that it is extremely difficult in most cases to socialize an adult feral cat or even a kitten that is older than 8 weeks. There is a great deal of literature and information available on this subject to serve an excellent guideline on rescuing feral kittens. Oh there is one final thing I want to address that caused me to post my first response to you. You ask the question, "how would you feel if all of your babies were taken from you?' The answer is very different from the way a cat would feel about it I assure you. It is a grave mistake to equate cat emotions and human emotions and then base decisions on that faulty premise. The two are like apples and oranges and simply can't be compared.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 cats can literally feel grief especially if their kitten is taken young, they don’t drive their kin out of their territory either.
And the 1 idiot kitten don't care keeps eating.
my neighbor would drown them after catching them.. i got mad at first when i hear the cats drowning and crying.. but when i confronted him.. he showed me his backyard.. there was this towering bird house. different type of houses on it. victorian, steampunk, cyberpunk.. it was beautiful. they are all nailed on this post.. 5 stacking on top of each other. but then he said its all empty except for one or two..
the bird house used to be full. but then the abundant strays have been hunting the small birds in the area. i told him to stop and that i would call the cops..
but then he told me the law of killing strays.. it is not illegal.
so once in a while i would hear crying kittens..or cats. knowing i cant do much.
Australia is fucked up to cats..
Wtf
I’d let my dog take care of this situation
Your dad should’ve wore protection, what a disappointment. What mother loves you-a disgusting beast? Little filthy incel. Stfu.
What kind of trap is that and where did you get it?
Someone gave it to a neighbor--I think it is a rabbit cage. Normally, the lid opens very easily. My husband attached strong magnets to both sides of the opening flap so that the kittens couldn't push their way out once trapped. People most commonly use a brand of trap called "Hav-a-hart"
www.havahart.com/store/animal-traps
Need to span out video taping to catch it all
Sorry the vid isn't better--we were in a tight space on a road and had to work quickly.
Video to close can’t see worth a crap
Sorry--we were on a busy road and did not have much room to film it. Trapping the kittens was our first priority.