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re: Best way to tame a young, wild cat?

Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:16 pm to
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:16 pm to
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detmut



How many cats do you own?
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:18 pm to
Don't have a pic, yet. It was trapped at my SOs and haven't been over there.

According to the above link, it is definitely older than 10 weeks.

eta: and I'm assuming it has lived on its own for a while. It could have lived with someone and then been dumped. It was pretty friendly the last time I tried to get it.
This post was edited on 1/8/14 at 2:19 pm
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:23 pm to
Here's the pic:

Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:24 pm to
It's an okay-looking cat.
Posted by boom roasted
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:25 pm to
Feed it. Play with it.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:25 pm to
feed it tuna and don't force it to let you pet it. If you can get the cat to rub on you it will become tame
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:26 pm to
cool cat.

yea just be patient with it. not going to be like a dog where you can just spit on the ground and it will come lick it up
Posted by Civildawg
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:29 pm to
just give it space and feed it. They are very peculiar animals. I got a kitten and for the first few days she was so scared of my dog. On the third day i get out of the shower and walk in my bedroom and they are playing together like crazy on my bed. They have literally been best friends since.
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:30 pm to
Yeah, I mean like I said we already tamed a kitten. But that's a kitten, this is a wild arse cat.
Posted by detmut
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:34 pm to
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quote:
detmut


How many cats do you own?


1 indoor cat, a former stray that a neighbor left behind. completely fixed and chipped. apparently, they got a kitten at 3 months old, kept it for 3 months, then left it where it lived outside for 6 months until i took it in. before that, i took care of several feral cats.
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:34 pm to
detmut, you seem like a cat expert. How old is that bad boy/girl in the pic?
Posted by boom roasted
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:35 pm to
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this is a wild arse cat
It's still young enough to make it a normal cat. We got our dumpster cat at around 6 to 8 months. Never could shake the feral out of her.
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:36 pm to
i would say 3-4 months old. hard to say considering there isnt anything for scale in the pic
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:37 pm to
It's pretty small. And when I tried to catch it before, it let me get extremely close before it ran, so I'm thinking it is already somewhat use to people.
Posted by Topwater Trout
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:46 pm to
you can't just grab it...build its trust first before trying to hold it
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:47 pm to
Try to get down to eye level with it. Animals are scared of other animals much taller than them. Spooks them
Posted by detmut
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:48 pm to
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detmut, you seem like a cat expert. How old is that bad boy/girl in the pic?


i'm no expert, especially considering my sister-in-law has a dozen cats and a pet-sitting business, and my brother is a general manager at petco. i'll ask him.
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:51 pm to
Yeah, no shite on that one. I'm not trying to get clawed
Posted by MRTigerFan
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:51 pm to
PIIHB
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:52 pm to
i just tamed one at work. 2 mos ago it bit the piss out of me...never been bitten by a cat before
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