Re: Kitten

EXCELLENT...see?  You are gaining his trust.  Just go slowly.  He won't go too far..you are the food source. 
  

Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com> wrote:
  I picked him up and he sat on my lap for a while this AM, then hopped down 
to do some exploring. I hope that I can do this the gentle way, but before 
gets hurt out in the big, wide world.

d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitten


>I agree with what everybody else has said, just keep on trying and go
> slow. The yarn with the feather thing works like a charm. ALL of my cats
> go nuts with those feather toys.
>
>
>
> Kitty wrote:
> So sorry Daryl. It may take longer now, but keep being a friend to it,
> hopefully he will come around.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daryl"
>
> To:
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitten
>
>
>> Well, I blew it last night. I thought I was faster that I am. Got him 
>> into
>> the crate but he escaped before I could get my hand out and close the
>> door. :-( This morning he's shying away from me.
>>
>> d
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 5:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitten
>>
>>
>>> Daryl, believe I have been thru all the permutations of this conundrum!
>>> You have to be ready mentally to move surely and swiftly yourself with
>>> your technique and route planned and everything ready. Any hesitation
>>> will doom the attempt and make it a little harder the next time. The
>>> kitten will try everything to get loose and will get wilder and wilder
>>> till deposited wherever it is going. You may get scratched. If you
>>> think you can be nimble with your hands with gloves, use them, I do not.
>>> If using a towel I would simultaneously drape it over its back and pick
>>> it up with two hands while trying to wrap it into a manageable package
>>> (partially controlling its feet this way) to take to where its going.
>>> Good luck! Just remember this is for the kitten's own good and you are
>>> bigger! I have to keep reminding myself of this as I find it very hard
>>> to force a little kitten to do something it so much does not want to do.
>>> --Barb, Grass Valley CA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
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