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Best way to tame a young, wild cat?

Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:57 pm
Cat is probably 3 months old and somewhat friendly. I trapped it and looking for ideas to make it get use to people.
Posted by MasCervezas
Ocean Springs
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:57 pm to
don't put it on a pedestal
Posted by GotDucks?
The swamp
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:57 pm to
Judge to the face.
Posted by arseinclarse
Member since Apr 2007
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:58 pm to
Dryer. Permanent press cycle.
Posted by Johnny3tears
Somewhere in La
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:58 pm to
Let it play with a pitbull
Posted by PurpGold 14-0
Member since Nov 2012
3801 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:58 pm to
Feed it
Make it dependent on you
??????
Profit
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

wild cat?



Are we talking an actual wild animal, like a bobcat?
Posted by Camp Randall
The Shadow of the Valley of Death
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:59 pm to
I did the same thing with a feral LSU kitten. She is bat shite crazy and very much wild at times as an adult. Doesn't matter what you do.
Posted by OldSouth
Folsom, LA
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:01 pm to
Roofies?
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:02 pm to
feed it stuff out of your hand.
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
45174 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:02 pm to
Nah, a wild house cat. Still a kitten
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:03 pm to
depending on what she/he has experienced, might be easy or impossible to do what you really want.

3 months is not old at all though. dont force anything with cats. one of my outside cats took me about 6 months before i could pet him.

it took almost two years for my oldest cat to sit on my lap.

let them dictate how friendly the relationship will be
Posted by Ice Cold
Over Macho Grande
Member since Jun 2004
18894 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:04 pm to
I found a kitten at my work years ago. Put in a room with food, water, and litter. It would not come out from under the chair for several days. I would go sit in there from time to time, and eventually he would come out. Would up being the best cat ever, he and my dog were best friends.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65232 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:04 pm to
My freshman year I lived by some crazy arse older guys at lsu. They had found a cat behind Fred's. (two of them worked there).

This cat lived under their couch and they would toss a hot dog on the floor and it would shoot out, grab it, and run back under the couch.
Thing was wild as shite
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
45174 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:08 pm to
Could be older than 3 months, it is still pretty small. Maybe I shouldn't say it's a kitten.

Appreciate the advice. We've already domesticated a trapped cat before, but it was a kitten. Just took a couple of days for it to get use to us.
Posted by LSU fan 246
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:14 pm to
pic?
Posted by detmut
Jesuit 81 Metairie
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

Cat is probably 3 months old and somewhat friendly. I trapped it and looking for ideas to make it get use to people.


Alley Cat Allies does not recommend attempting to socialize adult feral cats or kittens older than four months of age.

Socializing Feral Kittens

https://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=292
Posted by 995webmaster
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
3780 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

dont force anything with cats. one of my outside cats took me about 6 months before i could pet him.

it took almost two years for my oldest cat to sit on my lap.

let them dictate how friendly the relationship will be


This is true & very similar to my experience.
Posted by DeathValley85
Member since May 2011
18916 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:16 pm to
f**k cats.
Posted by Buck Dancer
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2008
4831 posts
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:16 pm to
Feed it, give it nice things, treat it well then pull the rug out and stop all of that. They will come purring for you, then bring the food back and you got it hooked.
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