How to get feral cats to trust us

[nadinastarr]

Wish I lived closer to you! I *bleep* up kittens pretty quick! LOL! That's how we got the last few!

As others have said, putting out food helps. Sitting nearby helps, but not as quietly as you think! You need to talk to them a little, in a soft voice. Get them used to the way you sound. If you don't, they may just run off.

Another idea is to make a little box, with some of your old clothing that has your sent on it. Make it a nice cozy spot for them. It will not only double as a nice place to sleep, but it will also make them feel secure.
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The other thing you can do, play with them. Get one of those fishing wands and just wiggle it about! Eventually, they all will start playing with it. Maybe momma will too since it sounds like she is extremely young.

Our Speck kitty was born outside to a very skittish momma, which is now pretty much an indoor kitty. I have to MAKE her go out to potty. She was nursing him on our porch one night, she ran when we pulled in, he got confused long enough for me to grab him up! I brought him in to say hi and handed him to my dad. He snuggled right up and went to sleep! LOL! Momma eventually had 3 more on my mom's bed! She is also not my dad's girl!

Then, the last two boys we got, the neighbors had moved away. Another momma cat came over with 2 of her kittens. The one was really playful, he's snoozing on my bed now! The other showed up a few days later and I grabbed him up cause he was shy. Brought him in, same thing! LOL! Of course, the momma kitty was so happy to get food and get them weaned. It turns out she had 6, all of which showed up here, but eventually went back to where she had left them. We kept the 2 she left with us!

[zappywappy]

Get them spayed. ....just give them love

[sfreeman8]

We still haven't been able to touch them and we got so upset on Sat. because all of them disappeared. We thought a predator got them but the next day they were all back again. Turns out momma is teaching them to be on their own. She takes them somewhere and leaves them alone for the whole day then brings them back at night. We watched her bring 3 of them back on day 1, then yesterday 3 were gone except for the runt. We watched her run down the street but she was too quick for us and we couldn't follow. Fifteen minutes later, here comes momma with 3 little ones following behind.

This morning all 4 were gone again but she brought our 2 favorites back within the hour. Weird. Two are still gone. They were the more brave ones.  I hope they will be able to cope. Momma is tiny, only 6 inches high with her paws only the size of a dime. The kittens at 9 weeks are only the size of 3 week old kittens. 

On the other side, hubby opened the front door this morning and she came in and checked out every room in the house. I muted the TV because she evidently thinks it's a bunch of people talking and she runs out the door, but today she didn't. Looks like we might have a border by winter. Wish we could have the kittens too, but I don't think it will happen.