"Robert Bodling" <robertbodling@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I was out in my back yard last night cutting down the overgrown tall
grass
>and weeds and found a couple new born kittens (looks to be a month or so
>old, old enough to run and scamper around) hidding in the tall grass and
>managed to rescue one of them that had tried to escape and got caught in
>the 2"x3" (or so) wire we have around the base of our fence (due to the
>fact that we used to have a dog in the yard trying to escape). The
kitten
>is real fisty and as my son calls it, "a kitten from hell, a demonic cat"
>(hisses and lashes at every movement around it [presently caged in a cat
>carrier]). Some told me last night that when a human handles the kitten,
>the mother cat will abandon it and let it wonder around and die. Would
>this young kitten return to it's family and be welcomed it we let it back
>out in the yard this evening after we managed to finish mowing the tall
>grass down and cleaning up the back yard?
>
> Secondly, if this kiten was born in the wild, can it be house trained
and
> would it be tame enough to live inside with humans?
>
Yes, a kitten of that young age can definitely be house trained and can
make
a wonderful indoor pet. Years ago, I adopted a feral cat that was
estimated
to be *eight months* old. I keep reading that a feral cat of that age can
never become a truly "tame" cat. Wrong! It took a couple of years, but
he
eventually bonded and you could not have asked for a more loving companion
than he became (and completely indoors). He lived to be almost 20 years
of
age. Your kitten is so young that it will not take nearly such a long
time,
and -- as someone else wrote -- the chances are that the mother cat has
already moved on. You should consult a vet regarding proper care for such
a
young cat, but you will be doing him or her a great favor if you adopt. A
feral cat that is left out "on its own" can face tremendous difficulties
in
life.
MaryL
Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'<
Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e
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