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Stray Kitten2007-11-25 12:26:03

I have a stay kitten outside my house. It looks to be atleast 3 months at the most. No mother, and its afraid of humans. I feed it but still, Im not sure if it has an owner. If it did I think it was beat because its hand shy, you raise your hand it hightails away. Im worried about it cause theres some nut jobs in my neighborhood not to mention almost everyone has a dog. How can a catch it? My mom wont buy a trap but is there a way to make a home made one? Its kinda skinny and meows A LOT.

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I would suspect abuse and it was probably abandoned. Leave out a box with a blanket in a sheltered area. Leave it food and water. if possible, try and go out every day and just sit close it. Make no sudden movements and maybe try to handfeed it. Hopefully, it will grow to trust you and you can catch it. Don't call Animal Control, that won't help anything. Please, don't abuse this poor kitten. Stray cats make wonderful pets, I know for a fact. If you do catch it, then if possible get it vaccinated and if you want it, keep it. Cats are great. If not, put an ad in the paper for awhile, to see if it has an owner or if somebody wants it, if not then give to a local animal shelter.

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Set out a box it can nest in, with a blanket or towel, and leave food and water. Keep trying, but be gentle. Maybe try to go by the cat and let it approach you. Build it's trust first. I don't know about home-made traps. Win it over with love.

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you can use a box, put it upside down prop it up with a stick and connect a string to it and put some food underneath and watch for her to come and when she goes under the box to get the food pull the string and you will have her.dont be afraid when you lift the box cause she is going to go crazy be gentle and it will be fine

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Yeah you will have to win its trust. You could throw a blanket over it maybe.

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it has probably been wild all of its life. and sadly it most likely has feline aids or leukemia and worms. dont take it around any of your cats, esp. if they havent had their shots!! if you really want to catch it try putting wet fish flavored cat food in a pet taxi and slam the door when it goes in. but i would leave it alone if you have other cats. if you really want t help it take it to the vet, and if it is disease free that would be wonderful, but like i said it probably isnt, and the best thing to do would be to put it to sleep, because aids and leukemia are very slow bad deaths for cats, trust me i know. i wouldnt try to handle it unles you have the special thick leather gloves designed for handling cats, because you dont want to be bit or scratched by it! and if its wild its going to scratch the caca out of you!!

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keep feeding it. it will eventually get used to you. the kitten will know that you won't hurt it once you feed it and are nice to him or her.