The Urban Cat League teaches you how to tame and socialize feral kittens to make them ready for adoption into homes instead of life on the streets. Produced for the Urban Cat League (www.urbancatleague.org) with a Partners in Caring grant from the ASPCA (www.aspca.org). Producers: Cathe Neukum and Daniel Breton Camera: Daniel Breton and Cathe Neukum Music: Kim Sherman Post Sound-Mix: Eric Shim In-Kind Services: Ganglion Films (www.ganglionfilms.com), Neukum Pictures, Kim Sherman, and Scott Killian
Tough Love: Socializing Feral Kittens (Part 1 of 3)
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Welcome from Libby, John, Carter and Brownie
what is a “feral” cat exactly?
sry may b a dumb question…
hmmmh… just askin… what is the food at 2:24… is that ground beef..???
Feral means “wild” or “untamed” and feral cat refers to wild house cats. In other words, they grew up in the wild and were taught by their mother to fear humans.
be careful feral cats can become wild again after taming it…..
egag2000, i believe that is only with wild animals. feral cats are just regular domesticated cats that just happened to be raised stray and wild. they won’t become wild again after being tamed. imagine your own cat or the cat of somebody you know… if they were feral, they’d be like that to. didn’t it require training to get a well-behaved cat? this is not much different.
It’s canned cat food.
Good advice, those kittens are cute.
But…were those cats just exposed to DEET in the beginning when he sprayed himself with OFF?
What are you worried about?
My family and I just took in a feral kitten. It’s only been two days since we brought him in and he’s already trusting me enough to eat near me. We’ve had our moments of trying to hold him, but after watching this video we’ve realized that we need to wait and let him trust us more before picking him up.
Thank you so much for this video.
i need advice we have had this mother cat living in ou backyard with her older son/or daughter a few days ago i saw tht she has concieved 3 more kittens but yesturday morning one of the kittens drowned in our pool how do i get in contact with the mom or kittens
What a lovely idea for a set of educational videos.
Keep up the good work!
My little darling was a rescue cat, so rewarding to adopt. He gives me endless love, and is a great companion.
You’re fantastic to take care of innocent cats! Loved the video. Very helpful. Thank you!
You sir, are an everyday hero.
This video was a huge help when I fostered a little kitten rescued from a feral colony. It was not easy, but I stayed with it, and we ended up adopting her!
heyy Mayor’s Alliance, my name is Alex and i just found a kitten who is about 5 weeks out, it has an infection in his left eye, and i don’t know if he has fleas….do you have any suggestions on what i should do??i have been keeping the eye clean….but i don’t really know what i should be doing…
heyy Mayor’s Alliance, my name is Alex and i just found a kitten who is about 5 weeks out, it has an infection in his left eye, and i don’t know if he has fleas….do you have any suggestions on what i should do??i have been keeping the eye clean….but i don’t really know what i should be doing…
Thank you so much for these videos! This is great information, and really helped me when I pulled three feral kittens to foster. And I can’t even explain how great that meat baby food works!
Please take the kitten to a veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment.
You really are a hero. I have a cat who was born semi-feral (not sure what the semi means) and she was put in foster care (by Vokra) and socialised. Shes a loving cat to me but to this day, she wont let anyone else near her or touch her EXCEPT me. Shes also fairly intolerant of other cats. She wont fight with them but she just hisses. Do you think theres anyway my cat can learn to accept other people touching her besides me, so she doesnt yowl or hiss? Shes 7. I just wish she was fearless.
I had a 3mnth old feral kitten come into my yard. After a month of feeding I closed the door and let it get used to living inside with us. He was scared of our footsteps and hissed when I tried to pick him up or pat him. After watching this video and adopting the tips shown, he is hardly scared of us. He is now 5mnths and LOVES when I pat him and comes when I call him. He jumps on my lap and lets me kiss his face and even hangs around with the dog now!
I tamed Casey, Tiger, Serena, and Miss Kitty with lots of gentle handling.
my feral cat along with me and he think i am his mother ..i found him outside street all four so thin bone ..i feed them then one keep is mine other 3 kitten to humane place ..every 3 hour feed milk to kitten grow fine with me ..he seem no problem at all.
Great video – thank you for making it . It’s great that you’re helping to get kittens adopted.
I have two adult ferals who took up residence in my yard a year ago. They will NOT let you pet them, hehe. But I’ve gotten used to it…they are true ferals. If they were kittens, I might have had a chance with them. I feed them every day and provide water…they are very timid and sweet. One of them is now allowing me to sit near her though, and she meows at me, so I’ve made a bit of progress.
My cat was about 3 1/2 months old when I found him. About the same size as these kittens. He became “socialized” quite quickly, within a couple days, but when I found him he was so starving and ill (he had kitty flu, tons of fleas, worms, and ear mites) that he basically wolfed down some food and then slept for almost 24 hours. After that, I think he decided to trust me, and now he’s the most wonderful pet! I really admire people like you who can save kittens like him all the time!