Gaining trust of a kitten

[KaleIAm]

I'm not quite sure but they look like they're a month old or so

http://www.kittenlady.org/age

That link might help you determine the age.

I've volunteered with shelters and tamed many foster kittens. The younger they are when they give them to me the easier it is to tame them. My current cats are 9 years and the biggest love bugs you can imagine. The shelter gave them to me when they were 5 weeks old. The first time I saw them they hissed, spit, and growled at me! Within 3 days I had them tamed and if I looked at them they started purring.

I keep them in a bathroom and spend tons of time sitting on the floor. I pick them up and have mandatory cuddle time by holding them in my lap and pet them until they purr. Then I put them down while they are still purring. If I need to I scruff them, I do. And stroke them gently until they relax. When they relax I put them down.

Playing with them helps a lot. Use a toy and not your fingers. Feed them right next to you so they associate you with food. Give them lots of treats. Mine love freeze dried salmon.

When they run to greet me and no longer cower when I reach for them I give them a big room, or the entire house if I have no other pets I'm quarantining them from.

Please spay the mom, the other baby, and the kitten you want to keep. You may be able to find a low cost clinic in your area. I've had feral cats spayed/neutered for free, and orphaned kittens for only $15.

Also, you may want to consider single kitten syndrome. The kitten you want to keep will likely be better off if you keep the litter mate as well. A lot of shelters will only adopt out kittens in pairs for their mental/emotional health.

Good luck with your baby!

 

[cavemanrich]

I've volunteered with shelters and tamed many foster kittens.

for that
You can see why I subscribed to this thread. All mine are rescue ferals,,, and fixed,, even though they were not broken. They went thru the TNR program.

 

[CatWhisperer]

Adopt both kittens and take momcat to a shelter. Cats are not wild animals to be abandoned. If you take her to a shelter or better yet a rescue organization she will hopefully be placed into a good home.

 

[Cheychey222]

It may be a good idea to adopt the kitten and mother, sooner or later the mother may get ran over by a car or taken by something and the poor kitten will be stuck without a mother.