How Do You Befriend A Wild Cat Or Kitten?
• Find a place where the cat usually stays, and wait nearby until the cat reaches its spot. • Sit down or lie down, if you can, or at least crouch. The cat will find you much less intimidating that way. • Stay there for a while. Teach the cat you won’t hurt it. Reading a book is alright, or doing anything that won’t intimidate the cat. • Leave it some cat food, if you can. It’ll learn you’re a source of food, and if you hold the cat food in your hand for a while, your scent will be on it, too. This won’t discourage the cat from eating it, but it may cause them to associate you with food, which is good in general. • Once the cat gets used to your presence, even the slightest bit, find some tuna or anything else the cat might find particularly tempting. • When the cat is again in its spot, very slowly put a morsel of tuna as close to it as you can. then put out your hand let the cat sniff your hands If the cat starts hissing, or its ears go back, etcetera, you’re too close. • Continue pu
