Kitten

[theFox]

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[jennh]

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THANK YOU !

Jen

 

[ekemily]

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THANK YOU !

Jen

thanks

 

[CompostQueen]

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THANK YOU !

Jen

thanks

YES!!!!

 

[outdoorschik]

Aw, poor bugger, if you catch him and are headed up to NH anytime soon I'm happy to take him and tame him.

 

[CompostQueen]

Well here is a wonderful update: after about 4 nights of trying to trap it using a squirrel live trap we did it! We used cat food for the first few nights and it ate it but did not trigger it. Then we tried putting the cat food in a bowl just beyond the triggering device, sort of mashing the food against the bowl to make it harder to get. It didn't even try!

Then last night we put out tuna fish in a bowl and that did it!
I read and enjoyed the article from Carol the feral cat lady that Mommyof3 posted. Thank you for that!! In that article it says not to leave the trap unattended because other predators could get to it. My husband checked around 1am and TaDa! there he/she was! We brought it inside and put a towel over the cage. He/she was surprisingly calm!!

This morning I brought him/her to my friends house out in the country. It is beautiful, perfect for a feral cat. Plus she already has a very sweet feral cat named Moki. He was quite friendly with the kitten from the start. The kitten stayed within eyeshot the entire time I was there which is Really new behavior for him/her. It really seemed like It knew it was safe and at home.

I will post a picture in a bit!

 

[Stonerowfarm]

So glad you caught the little guy. Three years ago someone dropped off two feral kittens they had found in the road. These little guys were only about three weeks old. I've had cats my whole life, including a three and a half-week old kitten I adopted from the SPCA. These two little feral cats were the most vicious animals around food that I've ever seen. I never even knew a kitten could snarl, growl and make such unearthly sounds until I brought out the milk bottles. They actually frightened me. Even now I can't give them cat nip because they revert to snarling growling critters. So, to hear that this little guy skin/gutten a chick doesn't surprise me. They have an unbelievable capacity for survivial.

Hopefully he will have a good home well away from any further chickens. Perhaps after getting a full belly he calmed down, figuring someone would feed him now. Good luck to your friend and so nice to hear she could provide a home.

 

[ellend]

"checking" a kitten for rabies involves waiting 10+ days, and then killing it. Rabies exams are done on brain tissue.
The kitten's actions and reactions were ENTIRELY NORMAL for a healthy animal. Rabies gives bizarre aggressive behavior.
Much good advice on ferals already posted. Act quickly--every day that goes by decreases the little one's chances. Good Luck!!!
(P.S.--kittens can be neutered VERY young now!!! And a chicken whose back is opened and guts eaten was probably a raccoon victim. Kittens would chew from the outside in, not going through heavy boned area.

 

[ekemily]

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Not trying to sound harsh, but you just released a feral kitten? I hope you had it spayed or neutered first. The life expectancy of a feral cat is 2 years, 5 at the most. Notice I said 'cat' not 'kitten.'
What makes you think the kitten is going to stay around a new human, in a new place, with a new/rival cat when it wanted nothing to do with you? I'm very confused as to your reasoning behind all of this. If the kitten is really that small, it is only a matter of time before a hawk or other predator snaps it up. Is your friend going to be keeping it in her house and taming it? I hope so. I really do hope that it works out for the best.

 

[Show Me Chick]

Really nice I'm sure the farmers where you let the chicken killing kitten out at will be so happy!!! I guess your chickens are safe now and theirs are not. Seems very responsible to me.