Homing Feral Kittens

Homing Feral Kittens 🐾 Here are our feral cats’ top dinner picks, because even the wildest of kitties deserve a five-star meal: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2IQE4KXHYUXG6?ref_=wl_share Thanks a million for your support! You’re the cat’s meow! 🐾 Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/aquarium_garden/ Blog: https://rndmbits.blogspot.com/2026/02/homing-feral-kittens.html All my projects https://website www.fewdoit.com 00:05 Here you can see about a month-old kitten playing behind the fence at one of our local cat communities. This kitten was born and has been growing on this concrete floor, never interacting with people. So... I picked up this kitten on the first occasion the kitten came to try the dry food we left for the adult cats. 00:38 We set up a place in our second restroom for the kitten to stay on quarantine. Put my old sock for the kitten to get used to my smell. 00:52 The first thing we noticed was that this kitten has some eye infection - it's common among feral cats. We are going to schedule a visit to a vet clinic anyway. Here you can see the troubling eye. 5-week-old kitten is like a toddler, does not understand the danger yet. We have to be very careful not to spread any infection from this feral kitten to our cats. At this young age, the kitten needs the help of the mother cat to stay clean. 01:59 We use Hydrating Aloe Vera Pet wipes designed for cleaning pets. Buy pet wipes on Amazon (paid link): https://amzn.to/498yaLW 02:08 Feed the kitten with specially formulated wet food for kittens. Buy kittens wet food on Amazon (paid link): https://amzn.to/496poxV Holding the kitten during first feedings is one of the easiest ways to build long-lasting trust. This is how we are going to feed the kitten 4-5 times a day. Serve as much food for each meal as the kitten can eat. 02:52 The 5-week-old feral kitten that grew up on concrete figured out the purpose of the litter box on the first nature call. We still keep the whole floor covered with absorbing pads until the kitten learns to use the litter box for sure. Some old clothes to keep her warm and a bunch of toys for her to play with. 04:16 Every morning starts with a nice breakfast. Schedule your day to make 4-5 meals for the kitten in about 3-hour intervals between meals. Spend as much time as you can after meals playing gently and talking softly to the kitten to get used to being around people. 04:50 It took two days for the kitten to poop for the first time after we brought it home. 05:55 Here you can see another feral cats community with a 7-week-old kitten. This kitten was born and has been living under rocks, never interacting with people. The 7-week-old kitten already understands danger and knows to run and hide. We brought the kitten home in the middle of the night. 07:40 When I woke up a couple of hours later, the kittens were already together. And... apparently the new kitten vomited the remains of whatever leftovers of pigeon her mom cat shared with her. That's alright, let's get to know each other. 09:20 First feeding. Holding feral kittens during feedings helps to build mutual trust. We named this gray 5-week-old kitten Mia. And this, about 7-weeks-old kitten, we will call Leah. But the 5-week-old kitten Mia seems to be doing fine. The more time kittens spend with people in the first weeks, the faster they learn to trust. 11:50 Leah likes to be patted :) 12:40 Mia starts contemplating ways to get over the fence. Our much older kittens are kind of obnoxious about new kittens in the house. It's going to take time for everyone to get used to each other. 13:03 Our cats get excited every time we set up their old playpen in our living room. Three days since we brought Leah home, we are moving both kittens into the playpen. Everything will fit in the playpen, and the kittens will have more space to play. Kittens are safe to stay in this playpen for weeks and months to follow. Both kittens are having a great time running around in the spacious playpen. 14:22 Mia definitely feeling at home :) 14:26 We brought a flat rock from the place where Leah was seen playing with her mother. Let's put the rock in the playpen. And honestly, the simpler the toys, the more fun they are for kittens. A string, cord, or shoelace attached to a stick works great. Only her attachment to the rock is all that remains from her past. Meantime, a plastic zip-tie makes another good example of a simple toy 16:26 Kittens enjoy playing with. Use different toys to keep kittens engaged throughout the day. 19:03 Both kittens learnt the feeding routine in a matter of the first couple of days. We keep feeding kittens with different types of specially formulated wet food for kittens. We keep the roof of the playpen open only when we interact with kittens. And Mia is very fond of her rock :) It's been a week since we got Leah, and a couple more days for Mia. Both kittens are already scheduled for a check-up and vaccination at a vet clinic. Have fun and happy kittens :)