How can I get a wild or just scard kitten to come to me? I've been feeding & calling it. It keeps running away

Answer 1

Give it time. Keep feeding it with fresh food and water. Put out a comfortable area, with an old blanket, for it to sleep and rest. Eventually, especially if it's an abandoned cat, it should turn around. Most of the cats I've had, including two out of four now, have been either feral or abandoned. Special treats are also very tempting!

Answer 2

It just takes time time time.. Limit your conversation to what ever you call it and just call it two or three times.. It may be scared of the sound. Make sure your movements are slow and quiet. Leave the food out and go sit and read a book 10 feet away and don't say anything. Let the kitty be comfortable with your presence. Gradually (over weeks)..move the food bowl closer. Don't make any movements towards the kitten at first, after a couple of weeks, just reach your hand out and hold it in the air. Its an exercise in patience but can be quite rewarding. Some feral kittens never can become completely socialized unless they are quite young. They might trust you and never anyone else. Sometimes they respond well to a laid back child. Option: Live Trap, take to vet, spay or neuter with vaccines or testing for disease first and keep the kitten inside while recuperating. Good luck.........

Answer 3

i have a few wild cats and kittens myself (6 to be exact). the best way to get the kitten to come to you is to feed it every day. don't try to catch it to soon because then it won't come to you. also don't stand your full height. either sit down or crouch down so you'll be down to it's level. by the way if your not fully commented to taking care of it everyday don't try and catch it let it be on it's way and find a better home. it takes time but if you do what i tell you the kitten will come.

Answer 4

Don't try to grab it, let it come to you. You can try but putting the food closer and closer to you over days or weeks. You should also leave a bowl of water out for the kitten.

Good luck with the kitten.

Answer 5

You don't want a wild kitten. They are not friendly and most, will not make good pets. If you want to feed it, fine, but remember, they are "wild", they will bite and scratch and because they have not been domesticated, will have very nasty diseases. My sister was bit by one and she had a very serious infection in her hand, she thought she could tame it and it turned on her. Remember, anything that has grown up in the wild, really can never be tamed.

Answer 6

If it is really small (1,5-2,5 months old), if you manage to grab it, it will scratch and bite etc. until you bring it on your chest and hold it there like a baby. Then it will calm down and you'll be its mummy from then on.
If it is quite independent (around 3 months old), just keep feeding and spending time with it from a short distance. You will gain his trust gradually.

Answer 7

isisjean is right, give it time. I would also suggest put some food out for it and sit some distance away, do not try to approach or call it, just let it get used to you being there and not bothering it while it eats. This will build trust.

Answer 8

It is a wild animal and will not come to you. Do not attempt to sneak up on it and pick it up. I did that once when there was a wild cat family living under my porch. The kitten went tasmanian devil on my arms and the scratches ended up getting infected.

Answer 9

Call your local animal shelter and they will let you get a humane trap for the kitten. Don't forget to take it to the vet right after and avoid contact incase it is wild and could have something wrong with it.

Answer 10

your best bet if you want to keep it is to just continue to feed it and over time she/he may become used to you and it will understand you are not going to hurt it, but it might stay wild..but yeah...dont pick it up..it will rip you open madly...