I know it’s not a laughing matter but I have to admit it was kinda comical to see the kitten hissing and then all of sudden started licking the spoon. 😂
it reminded me of when I got mad as a kid and then my mother will give me some dish that i love and i would eat it while trying to pretend that i was still angry lol.
I socialized an 8 year old cat. It took 2 years and lots of bites, but patience won. He was never a lap cat but he was a good companion and trusted me until the end (at 15 1/2). Miss ya Nemo!
We rescued a feral kitten whose mom/siblings had been run over by a car. He was shivering and almost dead from thirst/starvation when we found him. We were out riding bikes and brought him back to our house intending to give him to a shelter, but he was so cute and funny that we fell in love with him and ended up keeping him. He play-fights with the cat we had before getting him, but they get along pretty well over all. He is now two years old and we love him so much!
When I was a kid, I ended up accidentally socialized a feral kitten in the neighborhood we lived in. I had no idea what I was doing at the time as I was very young. I just kept feeding, petting, and playing with him. Every day he'd come back for more attention and food. Sometimes with other cats from his litter and around the neighborhood. There came a point where he wanted to come into our house and my mom wasn't sure that was a good idea because of our other cats. But I let him in because hearing him cry was upsetting me. He got along well with our other cats but he did end up having fleas. We took care of that though and he became a part of the family. We took him with us when we moved from one side of the US to the other side. He was my first cat and he was a very good cat.
A few years ago a feral cat hid 4 baby kittens in my mechanic shop, soon afterward I saw the mother cat dead on the busy highway that was near my house, so I started putting kitten food and water out for them and fortunately they were big enough to eat it even though they were terrified of me, one kitten a tom was more bold than the rest and he tamed down quickly, so I put an ad in the paper and he got adopted, then another kitten tamed down so that one got adopted too, then the third kitten was also adopted, until a little female kitten was left, she was the most scared of all the litter and I thought she would never ever be tame enough to hold her and pet her, but to my surprise after her siblings were all gone she quickly bonded to me and she even climbed up my leg all the way to my shoulder one time(that hurt! because she had sharp claws). But amazingly she became a very friendly and loving kitten and she turned out to be the very best of the whole litter and she also got adopted. All 4 feral kittens found homes.
So sorry you had to find out about the mother cat that way. I once saw a dead cat left on the road which really ruined my week and the image is still burnt in my mind. Downer out of the way, I'm so glad you took in those little ones and made sure each and every one of them is well taken care of forever! ❤️
A feral kitten climbed into a hole under my vehicle and rode 30 miles! All we could hear was crying but we couldn't find him. During the wee hours I laid in the street with a flashlight and saw two glowing eyes but he wouldn't come near me. Finally I lured him with tuna. That was a year ago. Ari is now part of the family. Just a gorgeous, affectionate tabby.
Just found a kitten in my front yard literally two days ago and he hissed but never attacked, even when grabbing him with my hands, he didn’t claw me but was scared and didn’t want us touching him but gave it two hours and now he’s under my neck purring. So small and incredibly sweet. My dogs love him, I think we are gonna keep him!
I don’t know why this didn’t pop up on my radar until now. I know it’s many years later … but I just have to applaud your perseverance. I’ve been doing TNR for about 30 years but have never bitten off a challenge like this. Thank you for demonstrating that it is possible.
This video gave us hope. We trapped a feral kitten 4 days ago. He’s very spicy!! He scratches and bites and hisses😮. It’s our first time domesticating our previous cats were not feral. We will just take it slow and steady, we know we can help him!
i love the part where he’s giving her food and she’s hissing and backing up, and then she sniffs it, stops, and starts licking it. it was the funniest and cutest thing i’ve ever seen edit: it’s at 1:25
It wasn't hatred, but fear. If you watch Frannie's eyes all through the vid, you notice the pupils get narrower as she becomes less afraid. Along with ear position and tail movement, a cat's eyes tell you a lot about how she's feeling. Oh, and the paw-kneading also tells you that she's getting more comfy.
I thought the same thing! She’s still ready to hiss, the expression on her face doesn’t change, but she sticks her tongue out of the side of her mouth and laps up the yummy food!
I love it because it's insightful, and shows that human connection is needed before you can influence someone's beliefs. If everyone changed their mind after one conversation, then there would be chaos. Everyone would be influenced by everything. When having a conversation with someone, it's important to keep in mind their beliefs, and how they came to those beliefs.
@@clannahbanana5967 In reality, most people are deeply invested in completely illogical and false beliefs which they won't relinquish even if they are repeatedly proven to be incorrect, and the world would be a far better place if you could convince the average person with just one logical conversation to abandon their baseless convictions.
@Invictus perhaps, but I believe life is not so black and white. Everyone has reasons behind what they believe, whether it's logical or not. In my experience I've had friends shift their perspectives only After I got to know them personally and Listened to/respected their perspective. That being said, these were also rational and open minded people so that's a huge factor.
How sweet that you socialize the cats so that they can get adopted! All that work and then someone else gets to enjoy the results of your hard work. That's really quite something.
As a young kid I grew up in an apartment complex - The other silver teethed lil’ crotch goblins would torture the kittens and cats, one of them took a pair of scissors to an orange cats paw. Me and my mom would save all the kittens around the complex, we named the orange one Phoenix because they regenerate - we healed his paw and found him a new home as well as all the others (maybe kept a few 🥰) Thank you for being a kind human being
Humans need touch, too. Maybe not a towel but a fuzzy blanket or soft robe and a hug. Talk softly to them and provide with delicious noms or chocolate. Always have chocolate on hand for the female humans, though it can work on male humans, too. Soft, soothing sounds like Mike Nesmith ( *Tropical Campfires* ), or Neil Diamond ( *Taproot Manuscript* ) or Mike Oldfield ( *Songs of Distant Earth* ) or other easy-listening music.
Beautifully explained. My daughter took a feral kitten in a rural setting, papoosed it and carried it around all day. By the end of the day, the cat was done doing feral cat stuff 😂
I did something like that with two different feral kittens. The first one was hiding in my yard and I managed to sneak up and grab him by the scruff of the neck. I wrapped him up and brought him in the house and just held him in my lap even though he was struggling and after maybe 15 minutes he started purring and I kept holding him for another 15 minutes. I used to raise horses and I learned about imprinting from a vet. With a new foal you just touch them all over and if it takes say 17 times before the foal gets used to you touching it’s ears, you keep doing it for 17 more times. So I did this with the kitten and he’s now the friendliest and most loving cat I've ever had. The second kitten, all black, showed up on my deck on a cold Halloween night, crying and shivering. I grabbed her and brought her in and did the same thing. She’s so happy to have a home! She loves being held and patted but she’s nervous with my hands so I’ll try hand feeding her. Thanks!
I love how there’s a “Spice Level” for kittens. I’ve socialized a few feral kittens in my life, with VERY different spice levels 😂😂. Feral cats are so sweet if you put the effort in..
Stoned Raccoon ........Thanks for fostering, rescuing kittens, cats, etc. Isn't it soooo rewarding! There's such a huge need for helping ALL animals ...... especially kill shelters, homeless, dog meat trade, etc. You know what I mean!?! I only pray others see the need and want to help. Peace / Blessings to you & yours!!
My Nehemiah was TNR and quite spicy. He was indoor and outdoor until one day he came home with a badly broken arm. I took him to a surgeon and three pins and one screw later he was healed. He still has a limp but now he is such a joy. He keeps me from being spun all the time (i.e. he keeps me sane) and he also appreciates me for helping him and providing him his safe place. He completed me in every way possible.
This was defs the funniest moment, I kind of expected the next caption to be "This kitten had to go into the TNR stream because she was untamable". Nice to see Zooey eventually adapted herself to the role of a pampered pet :-)
Believe it or not, I'm working towards my masters in clinical psychology and these videos are deeply informative. The attitude the narrator has towards the kittens is incredibly supportive, understanding, and patient. We should all hope to be this to the ones in our lives we are entrusted to care for.
I usually get really upset seeing wild and scared cats, I love them so much and it's just painful to see them scare. This video ended up giving me hope and it was genuinely so sweet. I think your calm voice and the smooth grooves helped a lot.
quasimobius bc it’s so much better to them to life their life as feral street cats where they are likely to fall victims to cars, the weather, predators and more
@@SarahH-ql5tnSome cats remain feral no matter what you try with them, love isn't always enough. Sometimes, catch, neuter, release is best for them. Being too friendly with humans is how so many of them get tortured, like in the last video I watched with a cat in it that had his ears cut off by some monster. Even house cats/pets get ran over by cars, we can't control every factor in the lives of animals prone to impulsively dart if something scares them. The "cat" has survived previous extinction "events" that other species did not; they'll likely out-survive our species too.
Bambi B Cats are farm animals though. Their purpose is to kill rodents within a specific environment. However, people are breeding and keeping them nowadays just because they’re cute. In reality though, when humans do this (regardless of good intentions), it ends up doing far more bad than good for the environment as cats kill other species at an alarming rate, all over the world. Therefore, the most humane thing to do is to not keep them just for your own pleasure, but to control their population. I say this because I love nature and wildlife in general, and thus am not partial to one species over another.
We had a feral cat roaming around the neighborhood before. Since it was a fairly small neighborhood, everyone left the cat alone coz it seemed harmless and never became a nuisance. The cat was weary and was aggressive towards anyone who tried to get too close to him except my brother for some reason. The cat won't go to anyone's house nor accept food from anyone. We would usually see the cat hunt mice or birds for food, and we never saw the cat go through people's trash. The cat would also approach my brother when he is chilling outside or doing chores outside. We wanted to adopt the cat but it really didn't want to come inside our house even if my brother tried to get him. The cat would also walk with my brother when he goes to his friends' house and wait for him outside and walks with him back home. The cat only leaves when he sees my brother go inside the house. Because of this, my brother got called names in school, the most popular one was "Cat Lady" even though he is a boy. He didn't mind it though because he enjoyed the cat's company and even said he felt very special that only he is friends with the feral cat. It went on like that for years. One day, some bullies cornered my brother outside while on the way to a friend's house. Apparently, one of them found out that his gf secretly liked my brother and was pissed. (lol middle school drama) and suddenly hit him out of nowhere but before the bullies could hit him again, the cat attacked them and they suffered deep scratches and bites on their arms and faces and one had to be hospitalized coz he got scratched in the eye (he eventually lost his sight on that eye.) One of the bullies' mom ( the neighborhood Karen) called animal control and we never saw the cat again. We were in school when the cat got caught. My dad tried to get the cat back because we were so upset over it, especially my brother, but they said the cat was already gone. We still think about the cat from time to time.
I found a feral kitten that was about 8 weeks old when I managed to catch her. I never owned a cat and this was the first video I watched on how to care for a scared kitten. It was over two years ago. I just watched this video again for nostalgia and I wanted to thank you. That kitten is now a healthy cat and she is curled up to me now as I type this purring away. Her love is one of the best things that has happened to me in a long time. Grateful.
amazing how she went from hissing and being afraid at the sight of your hands to rubbing her head against your hands for scratches in a matter of weeks... really amazing to see this
I have one they thought might have been better off feral. "No one can pet him," but he was asking for belly rubs in a few weeks! Credit to PAWS/Project MEOW Philadelphia for so much of the socializing!
I had a kitten who was abused and treated bad when I first got her. She wouldn't come near me for weeks. But after a month with a lot of patience and affection from me. This cat became obsessed with me in all the best ways for 3 years.
@Mandi W sounds a lot like my Emma we named after my grandma. She was more afraid than aggressive after the first day but eventually she learned that we only want to give her love and affection and now she won't leave you alone for more than 10minutes at a time and turns 8 in June. She was approximately 4 months old when we got her amd was most likely born in May but we decided to not only give her my grandmas name but also her birthday because we really didnt know when she was born and making that birthday June 8th is probably not that far off from her actual date of birth. She doesn't care either way obviously.
Gaining a cat's trust is one of the most wonderful feelings. I did it with a random cat that started hanging out in our yard about 5 months after our old cat passed away. I missed our cat so much, so I thought why not at least feed this new kitty. She's a young cat, absolutely gorgeous. At first, she was skittish, but intrigued by my presence. I started putting food in a small pile and backing away. Then a bit closer. Next thing I knew, she was eating from my hand after only a week. Now she actively looks for me, meows like crazy to get my attention, purrs and rubs herself all over my legs and the door, and even exposes her belly to me when she wants cuddles. I'm so happy to have gained her trust. :)
We are fostering a very spicy cat right now who was previously kicked by humans (she even has a broken neck from it), and this is the first video that actually helped! a) To show us that our previous steps were right and our kitty is already doing a lot better, and b) to give some inspiration for the next steps (hand-feeding). Thank you so much! :)
hand-feeding goes a long way. Some people go even further, just putting turkey on their chest, so they just literally eat off your chest. Associate you with food.
As someone who works at a shelter for dogs and cats here in germany I´d like to say something: thank you People usually don´t like to put in that much work to socialize feral cats. And just like you said in the video we don´t have the time to work that intensive with every cat. Most of our time goes into cleaning the place. When time allows it we sit in the cat rooms to get the cats used to us being around. If a cat is especially brave and curious we tend to give them little treats they have to fetch from our fingertips. There is nothing like seeing a cat making progress and sometimes even becoming a little attached to us. But in the end it´s no replacement for a loving and caring home. Therefor, again: thank you For all the work you do :)
Crystal Pope lmao cats will bite your fingers if they smell like meat. they dont bite hard but since your fingers are fleshy and smell like meat they will assume that it is food to be taken
Having done this many times, it IS hard. I still worry about kitties we adopted out years ago. But we know we found good forever homes for them and that they are happy. (I still miss each one.)
Break your heart a little bit with each kitty and know that YOU ARE DOING A GREAT THING IN THE LONG RUN FOR THEM. You're still loving them by giving them a home. 💗
This is how I ended up with my last one... I just couldn’t let her go. I fell in love with her while trying to hold her for TNR. She needed to be 4 months old and I trapped her at about 10 wks. I fed her from my hand and played with her. She hated me so much!! It’s been 1 1/2 yrs and she has to sleep in my arms every night. She is my sweet Baby Bear!
When an old lady in my street died, they found about 30 cats in her house. Also wild kittens living in the cupboards and in bad shape. So I adopted two. I let the cats "decide", sat with my wife on the floor in a room with all the wild kittens and waited to see which ones showed some interest and curiosity. The first days I was scratched all over the place. I used the same methods as you and it took a lot of time. But both became the most loving cats ever. The female would not move from my wife's side and the male from me. He would great me every night at the garage, run immediately out of the forrest when I called him and, very unusual, wanted to walk around the house with me every night like a dog. Both had a great cat life until they passed away.
When I was a kid, we adopted a fully grown feral cat. She always has her fangs out. But now, she's the sweetest little thing. She still has her fangs, but she loves being held. It takes time, but nothing's impossible.
I just really want to thank TNR efforts because when we took in a stray from the streets we found that she had been neutered and I wonder if her experience with TNR helped her not be nearly as feral as she could have been, (and it was a relief to find her neutered). She was still super skiddish, but, the moment I made first contact with her after months and months of feeding her, she seemed to recognize the gesture and bonded immediately. She lives a happy and warm life with us now, and I couldn't ask for a better cat in all the world, she's the sweetest, most gentle and loving cat I've ever experienced, and I used to be pretty terrified of cats before her. She's not at all how she was out there in the wild, the way these cats truly transform is so amazing. I actually didn't know the term "TNR" before this video, thank you for such an informative video!
I have a rescue kitten that looks almost exactly like that kitten. My daughter saved him from a dog attack. He was super wild and totally freaked, out, he bit the *&*& out of her hand. She ran inside with him screaming and I told her drop him! He was extremely tiny, but had razor sharp teeth. He ran behind entertainment center and stayed there for hours. I caught him with a fish net when he came out once the house was dark. His paw was injured from the dog attack. I wrapped him in a towel and put a sock over his head so he couldn't bite me and took care of his leg that had two bite wounds. It took several months to tame him but long story short, 18 years later he is sitting beside me right now. He never warmed up to anyone else but he loves me and thats good enough.
Your daughter is pretty amazing..she suffered a painful bite and scratches but she was going to save that kitten. Thank you for backing her up for what she had done. She will save others I guarantee💞🐈🐕🐖🐁🐇🐦
My Dad had a cat like that growing up. He was the only person that could even approach that cat without getting attacked or hissed at. The kitter would lay in his lap and let him pet him for hours, but as soon as someone else would try to get close that cat would attack them. The cat was an outdoor cat, so as many outdoor cats do, he disappeared after a time. Years later my Dad was across town and saw the grimalkin in a parking lot and of course, he investigated as he recognized the fluffer, and it was the same cat! He tried to get the ol' catter to come to him, but my Dad had changed so much the recognition wasn't mutual. The little ball of hate ran off, but to this day my Dad will tell the story of that spicy malkin.
Feral kitties are like mini, 4 pawed Freddie Krugers. I rescued two from the back of my then girlfriends parents garage. The poor things were covered in oil, grease and other car related grime. This was before 24 hour vets and the local shelter was closed. We finally got someone from a shelter around 75miles away who explained that we had to get the oil off the cats before they cleaned themselves. Well, I almost bled to death over the next 2 hours. The only gloves we had were some old gardening ones which offer minimal protection. The water ran red with my blood... My girlfriend watched from the safety of the kitchen table while reminding me to be careful not to hurt them.... 😬 We kept them safe, warm and fed until the morning when we passed them on to the shelter. One of the cats stayed at the shelter as a office pet and even 10years later I would get a hiss and snarled at the moment I walked in the door. I needed a fair few stitches that night but it was worth it, even if the cat held a grudge for all those years.
That kitten was probably starving out in the streets, sick and could’ve died in a fight, by car etc. This way she’s had proper care, a new family, a supply of food and safety.
@@lemonkerr3698 Yea sure ... probably. So probably your family was planning to kill or abandon you, or maybe a lightning could kill you, so i saved you. Don't make me laugh, what a stupid excuse you have. You can invent all the lies you want to cover your guilt feelings. In the video didn't show anything about what you said. This is 100% animal violence, by an unconscious guy. That's happen when you live in a city and you never learned that animals are not objects.
When people apply human emotions to animals 🙄🙄 it’s called anthropomorphism and its how A LOT of people get hurt around animals. You can’t ask a cat to act like a cat only when it suits you; they are animals and need to be approached as such, which means doing research on the best ways to handle and care for said animal. Anything less is irresponsible and potentially harmful to both you and the animal
@@ashleytupper6049 Exacly! So this guy of the channel is an anthropomorphist right? He act without any care in his regards, applying human emotions to him, as if he was his son. I'm happy to read some good comment sometimes ;) .. The people expands his ego to everything, maybe one day the norm act is to speak with vegetables :P
Haha, cats are safer being fixed and given their shots so they don’t reproduce and starve or get overpopulated. Unfortunately there’s places where overpopulation results will in disease and sickness. Separating feral cats at 8 weeks from their mother is safer because the mothers instincts will kick in. She begins to compete and fight dangerously with her children for food. But in this situation, the momma cat might not have been around and the kitties were given a better home and life full of love and not cold and hungry. (: I understand your anger, but your approach is a little aggressive and almost uneducated with assumptions and all emotion. I encourage you to watch more of his videos and learn a bit more!
i have an 18 month old stray semi feral kitty we just brought inside. she has the EXACT same behaviors. we're going on 2 months now. she's getting better. she LOVES people, she just doesn't trust them yet. cries when she is sequestered in her room alone. she is fearful of hands and feet and legs! she looks just like your kitten!🤞
Love, love, LOVE the before/after contrast shots at the end! I lost my beautiful Baby Girl on 12/26/22 and I find these rescue/socialization videos to be so healing. I swore I would never get another cat because no other cat will ever measure up to the last, but I know I'm going to break down. This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing these stories.
It is!! I tamed one of mine by wrapping him in a towel with just his head exposed and it worked! I pet him and talked him, 7 days later he was tame. Still skiddish but came out of my room (Door closed! Kept him isolated from Wittles, my other cat) and Wittles excepted him instantly 😻 I love my fur babies 😸😸😻😻
Hi Tygrilis, Yeah, I really felt stupid when he got to the part "If they don't like your hand, then they don't eat unless it's out of your hand." Oh, man! I could have USED THAT for a few cats I've known.
Working in a retail environment is a crash course in social interaction. I have high functioning autism and chose to work in retail for that purpose. People are unpredictable, inconsistent, and often just straight up illogical. However, I have learned much. Something to consider.
4:23 what perfection in that timing. The audio mixed with the cats behavior. Absolutely beautiful. I dont normally watch cat channels (even tho i am a total cat guy) bc they normally corny asf. This is some top notch cattery
C H I L L B E A T S T O S O C I A L I Z E K I T T I E S T O
I want to beat kittens so they chill!
Woah careful you might cut yourself on that edge
For real tho, where can I find tunes like this
@Ang Bon fuck anime
@@Adama.1 I remember being 12 and feral. It's okay, man. You'll come to accept new things, too.
I know it’s not a laughing matter but I have to admit it was kinda comical to see the kitten hissing and then all of sudden started licking the spoon. 😂
I was cracking up too!🤣
it reminded me of when I got mad as a kid and then my mother will give me some dish that i love and i would eat it while trying to pretend that i was still angry lol.
Me too lol
Her "ok but I'm still upset" way of licking😂
MandaFandaa that was funny
Kitten is like:
GET AWAY
_GET AWAY_
*GET AWAY*
GE- hey is that *_chicken?_*
*INTENSE LICKING*
*licking* *intensifies*
At least it wasn’t a baby pig
1:30
LOL'd way too hard at this comment!
I love how reluctantly the food-motivated kitten eats. She's eating and enjoying it but she's also mad about it.
My girlfriend in a nutshell 😂🙄 love her crazy ass tho.
starve the living shit out of a kitten, and they will eat food off your hands just based off survival.
@@MariadaPenhaRothschild oh what's wrong troll, not gonna reply? Back to mummys basement you go ❤
@@MariadaPenhaRothschild man, calm yo tits.
Why are you all agureing on a video on cats?
Kitten: *HISSSES*
**Baby Chicken Food Arrives**
Kitten: Exceptions can be made
yeah for chicken anything is possible
Upset but also food
Cat: "I'm dangerous *mlem mlem mlem BE AFRAID *mlem mlem mlem I'm Watching you *mlem mlem mlem..
Blaž Bohinc omg yes
USE 2 ASTERISKS
USE 2 QUOTATION MARKS
I got a good laugh out of your comment, reminds me of The Far Side, lol.
Yo yo kva dogaja prjatu
Mlem?
Next time someone says I'm lazy I'll reply: "I'm very food-motivated."
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol...now thats funny
Perfect response.
same
I might start telling people my “spice level” when I’m asked “how are you?”
Kitten: i angry😾
Kitten:*tastes food*
Kitten: i lick but still angry 😾🍗
That's fear not anger aha
LOL
She angy lol
So angy!!
me
I socialized an 8 year old cat. It took 2 years and lots of bites, but patience won. He was never a lap cat but he was a good companion and trusted me until the end (at 15 1/2). Miss ya Nemo!
You are such a kind and patient soul. Not many older cats get that kind of treatment
Referring to feral cats as "spicy" is now my favorite thing ever 😂
Literally this. When the score card with spice level came up I actually died 😂
I like that term 'spicy'. All my cat have been former ferals. Ferals are the best. They need all the help one can possibly give them.
I named my lil feral girl Clove, so she's my spicy spice girl XD
@@iridescentelegance that's a very cute name
Yeah just like chlorine gas is just spicy air
"I needed to know if she was food motivated at all."
Kitten: HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS!
Kitten: Is that chicken? It tastes like chicken.
chimken
@@fareshesham8135 c
That awful man is guilty of white male privilege and heinous sex crimes for what he did to that poor cat.
#Feminism!
@@momo1461 no
@@thenotoriusbp it's a meme dude
2 month old Franny: 🌶️
5 month old Franny: 🍓
1 year old Franny: 🌺
damn its look like brainwashing xD hoomans is good hoomans is good you bad boiii
@@g.wizsensei760 w
Strawberry?
@@momo1461 sweet strawberry
"What are you thinking of?"
"Of how dangerous you are."
"I'm not dangerous."
I gotta watch that movie now. (Arch of Triumph)
I really like this dialogue! I'm curious, what movie is this from?
@@edherdman9973 Dude, same!
Kitten was like “I’m so mad and I hate you but I love the food.”
It’s soooo adorable.
It's not hate.......it's called fear. I've tamed few feral kittens......it's not hard if you spend lots of time with them.
tsundere mode on, that was all xDDD
Literally me, right before I do cardio.
"This sucks. I hate everything about it. I'm still gonna do it, but I'll look mad the entire time. 😠"
I love the term: spicy kittens. Not mean, not hostile, spicy. Because they aren't mean, not necessarily hostile, just scared and in need of love.
Wrap a Spicy kitten and make a Spicy Purrito
Sounds like a selection at a doggie fast food chain.
With a mouth like a komoda dragon, and 20 switchblades.
R V they’re obviously trolling...
@@momo1461 and so is Karen racist. See soon bread will be racist too. And donuts and milk
1:29
"don touch me, me angy"
*licks spoon*
"me less angy, but me angy"
More like scared🥺
Physically violated and inappropriately described as "spicy".
That's racist and I demand social warrior justice!
#Feminisms! #CancelUA-cam
@Badger Drawz Disagreeing with stunning/beautiful white women is a hate crime. I'm calling the cops!
@Badger Drawz The great and wonderful Julie Bindel once wrote "all men are rapists who should be imprisoned and shot."
@Badger Drawz *[Shaking violently]* Are you trying to say women aren't beautiful?!
We rescued a feral kitten whose mom/siblings had been run over by a car. He was shivering and almost dead from thirst/starvation when we found him. We were out riding bikes and brought him back to our house intending to give him to a shelter, but he was so cute and funny that we fell in love with him and ended up keeping him. He play-fights with the cat we had before getting him, but they get along pretty well over all. He is now two years old and we love him so much!
That is so sweet.
i found a kitten on the street, who was pretty much Satan reincarnated, I adopted her and she turned out to be the nicest cat ever xD
XD
pawsome
Lol 😂😂😂 "satan reincarnated"🤣🤣🤣 thank you Rebecca for saving her ❤️❤️
One time I adopted a kitten who was Attila the Hun incarnated, eventually he turned out OK but he is still hunting squirrels.
@@Chris-dt5td thats ass hole xD
When I was a kid, I ended up accidentally socialized a feral kitten in the neighborhood we lived in. I had no idea what I was doing at the time as I was very young. I just kept feeding, petting, and playing with him. Every day he'd come back for more attention and food. Sometimes with other cats from his litter and around the neighborhood. There came a point where he wanted to come into our house and my mom wasn't sure that was a good idea because of our other cats. But I let him in because hearing him cry was upsetting me. He got along well with our other cats but he did end up having fleas. We took care of that though and he became a part of the family. We took him with us when we moved from one side of the US to the other side. He was my first cat and he was a very good cat.
thank u for sharing
Wait, your family have cats but that was your _first_ cat?
@@acturusgarcia6027 as in her cat, like for me I have other cats but for my birthday I got my first cat, aka first cat I took care of.
Great story. Thanks!
ah shit i'm not crying you're crying
Franny:
“Spicy Level 🌶🌶🌶🌶”
Sean : spicy level 🌶🌶
Oh lawd he spicy
Cayenne pepper! 😂
It looks like Scoville Heat Units can be applied to kitties!
I'm craving chinese for some reason...
I just gave our spicy feral a squirrel liver (traditional Cherokee food) and she was chill ever since. She's 9 now, got her at around 3 or so months.
A few years ago a feral cat hid 4 baby kittens in my mechanic shop, soon afterward I saw the mother cat dead on the busy highway that was near my house, so I started putting kitten food and water out for them and fortunately they were big enough to eat it even though they were terrified of me, one kitten a tom was more bold than the rest and he tamed down quickly, so I put an ad in the paper and he got adopted, then another kitten tamed down so that one got adopted too, then the third kitten was also adopted, until a little female kitten was left, she was the most scared of all the litter and I thought she would never ever be tame enough to hold her and pet her, but to my surprise after her siblings were all gone she quickly bonded to me and she even climbed up my leg all the way to my shoulder one time(that hurt! because she had sharp claws). But amazingly she became a very friendly and loving kitten and she turned out to be the very best of the whole litter and she also got adopted. All 4 feral kittens found homes.
God bless your kind heart for rescuing these orphaned kittens. I am sure that God knew what he was doing when he sent them to you
Sad for the mother cat but I'm happy for the kittens ❤
This is such a wholesome story. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So sorry you had to find out about the mother cat that way. I once saw a dead cat left on the road which really ruined my week and the image is still burnt in my mind. Downer out of the way, I'm so glad you took in those little ones and made sure each and every one of them is well taken care of forever! ❤️
Great story!
A feral kitten climbed into a hole under my vehicle and rode 30 miles! All we could hear was crying but we couldn't find him. During the wee hours I laid in the street with a flashlight and saw two glowing eyes but he wouldn't come near me. Finally I lured him with tuna. That was a year ago. Ari is now part of the family. Just a gorgeous, affectionate tabby.
@Donna S. Thx for opening your heart and home to a creature in need.!!
Beautiful story
Donna Shinall awww, thank you for rescuing him!!!
beautiful x
Yaaay!!!
kittens tryng to be scary is the cutest thing ever
This is what the aliens say when we try and use conventional weapons against them
Cute if you're no where near them. They will rip you to shreds. Those nails and teeth are like needles. That cuteness will send you to the ER.
*IS MURDER YOU DEAD!*
(mlems the chicken)
Until they make graffiti of ur face with that claws of her
@@slimydick23 No cats have nails. Perchance you ought to deepen your knowledge over cats.
Just found a kitten in my front yard literally two days ago and he hissed but never attacked, even when grabbing him with my hands, he didn’t claw me but was scared and didn’t want us touching him but gave it two hours and now he’s under my neck purring. So small and incredibly sweet. My dogs love him, I think we are gonna keep him!
When you are so cute that being angry makes you even cuter
Ju Z I bet you’re cuter when you’re mad 🙃
❤️❤️❤️
My wife
That's anime of course!
Thats like my kitten she hisses when u pet her but she has super cute big eyes and a small tounge and i call her peanut
"I spend one to two hours every day just convincing her that people are not a threat."
No joke i need that treatment lol
try therapy!
Honestly some of us are cruel assholes.
Adrijana Radosevic wow, what a great reply
I might do this, eating while socializing it would tone my social anxiety down
A cat cozzie and hang out at the colony and youll get yours😻
*hiss hiss hiss*
*carefully and angrily licks spoon*
*doesn't break eye contact*
Don't think you've won, hoomin *nom nom nom*.
@@rrrusty49 LOLOLOL
I don’t know why this didn’t pop up on my radar until now. I know it’s many years later … but I just have to applaud your perseverance. I’ve been doing TNR for about 30 years but have never bitten off a challenge like this. Thank you for demonstrating that it is possible.
OH MY GOODNESS
SHE IS SO PISSED BUT SHES STILL LICKING THE SPOON AND ITS SO ADORABLE I AN CRYING
@@thejanglezclan u have smol pp
Haha yeah, I'm not even a cat guy and that was so adorable.
thejanglezclan by hop on, you mean punch right?
thejanglezclan Get your desperate looking ass outta here. On such a sweet and innocent video? Come now, go put that shit somewhere else
thejanglezclan
Go back to troll class, u flunked 👈
"Stop it I hate you I hate you!"
*starts to lick chicken baby food*
_furious cute tongue licking noises commence_
Food makes everybody (or every kitty) happy I guess 😁
"This playful body language shows she wants to engage but she just doesn't trust people yet". So relatable.
Same here.
Story of my life lol
Sounds like a human to me lol
Amen to that.
You're talking about me there.
This video gave us hope. We trapped a feral kitten 4 days ago. He’s very spicy!! He scratches and bites and hisses😮. It’s our first time domesticating our previous cats were not feral. We will just take it slow and steady, we know we can help him!
Update on spicy kitteh plz?
How did you go? I trapped my cat 8 months ago and she’s done really well since recovering from her surgery.
i love the part where he’s giving her food and she’s hissing and backing up, and then she sniffs it, stops, and starts licking it. it was the funniest and cutest thing i’ve ever seen
edit: it’s at 1:25
"Hey... that's pretty good."
“Oh... okay”
"Hiss! Hiss! HISS!!! Hmmmm, foood. Me likes food" -> Spoon goes away -> "hiss?"
" get away from me..!.. Oh.. Is that.. Food?
Best thing she never breaks eye contact with him.
Kitten really went "I HATE YOU I HA- this food is delectable."
It wasn't hatred, but fear. If you watch Frannie's eyes all through the vid, you notice the pupils get narrower as she becomes less afraid. Along with ear position and tail movement, a cat's eyes tell you a lot about how she's feeling. Oh, and the paw-kneading also tells you that she's getting more comfy.
“This is some serious gourmet sh-“
Hhhhhhiiiiiiiissssssssssscrumptious!
Kowalski it was more; "GET AWAY GET AWAY GET- finally some good fucking food"
the part where she first licks the spoon will forever be in my top three of Flatbush posts
I thought the same thing! She’s still ready to hiss, the expression on her face doesn’t change, but she sticks her tongue out of the side of her mouth and laps up the yummy food!
I couldn’t stop laughing when I first saw it
It’s the instantaneous hiss-to-lick that kills me.
She looks so surprised that she likes it! XDD
It brought me to tears😻
Love her transition from hissing to licking the spoon 🤣😍 and the spice level 🌶🌶🌶🌶 is so cute
"when someone has a deeply held belief, they're not going to change their minds after one conversation" love love love this
However, if you feed them before the conversation...they might be nicer, ha, ha!
What is there to love? That's a bad thing.
I love it because it's insightful, and shows that human connection is needed before you can influence someone's beliefs. If everyone changed their mind after one conversation, then there would be chaos. Everyone would be influenced by everything. When having a conversation with someone, it's important to keep in mind their beliefs, and how they came to those beliefs.
@@clannahbanana5967 In reality, most people are deeply invested in completely illogical and false beliefs which they won't relinquish even if they are repeatedly proven to be incorrect, and the world would be a far better place if you could convince the average person with just one logical conversation to abandon their baseless convictions.
@Invictus perhaps, but I believe life is not so black and white. Everyone has reasons behind what they believe, whether it's logical or not. In my experience I've had friends shift their perspectives only After I got to know them personally and Listened to/respected their perspective. That being said, these were also rational and open minded people so that's a huge factor.
The "hissing kitten licking the spoon" has been made into a gif. It's such a great moment 😄
I was thinking of doing that.
time stamp?
@@Polyethylenester 1:33
If GIFs could capture sound it would be the funniest gif ever
I hate you I hate you I hate you. But I will accept a snack to maintain my energy for hating you.
I love how at 1:34 shes just trying so hard to be angry and look ferocious while licking up baby food its really cute
How sweet that you socialize the cats so that they can get adopted! All that work and then someone else gets to enjoy the results of your hard work. That's really quite something.
I wouldn't be able to be a foster parent for kittens.
I'd just keep them all.
I did....
FACTS
They call those “foster fails” where foster turns into adoption 😻
Me too..
Same
The little peppers that were used to describe her spiciness were so adorable.
I thought it was kinda cute that their "spiciness" was represented with them, but the peppers themselves-- adorable?
1:45 "let it be clear that I will accept to eat this, very unwillingly..."
mlem mlem mlem mlem
Right? 😀😀
1:30 me on my first Dates.
>:P mlem mlem mlem
As a young kid I grew up in an apartment complex - The other silver teethed lil’ crotch goblins would torture the kittens and cats, one of them took a pair of scissors to an orange cats paw. Me and my mom would save all the kittens around the complex, we named the orange one Phoenix because they regenerate - we healed his paw and found him a new home as well as all the others (maybe kept a few 🥰) Thank you for being a kind human being
Chill beats guy: The kitten still has an issue with my hands....
Kitten: I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU GRABBED MEHHHHHHHHH
The spice level stat killed me 😹
Just dont show this video to a Cantonese Chef ...he might missunderstand the "Spice Level" Chart
@@PolitischTourette LMAO!!!
Ditto
🤣🤣
😹😹😹😛
I wish I could wrap an enraged human with a towel to be able to scratch his head and hand feed him until he gets nice and sweet.
Isn't that just marriage? It's basically how I socialized my husband when we first got married.
we're either going to have to soon or die. Please let me know how if you figure it out. :-)
I imagine that's what having a baby is like
Humans need touch, too. Maybe not a towel but a fuzzy blanket or soft robe and a hug. Talk softly to them and provide with delicious noms or chocolate.
Always have chocolate on hand for the female humans, though it can work on male humans, too.
Soft, soothing sounds like Mike Nesmith ( *Tropical Campfires* ), or Neil Diamond ( *Taproot Manuscript* ) or Mike Oldfield ( *Songs of Distant Earth* ) or other easy-listening music.
I mean itd work on me
Beautifully explained. My daughter took a feral kitten in a rural setting, papoosed it and carried it around all day. By the end of the day, the cat was done doing feral cat stuff 😂
I did something like that with two different feral kittens. The first one was hiding in my yard and I managed to sneak up and grab him by the scruff of the neck. I wrapped him up and brought him in the house and just held him in my lap even though he was struggling and after maybe 15 minutes he started purring and I kept holding him for another 15 minutes. I used to raise horses and I learned about imprinting from a vet. With a new foal you just touch them all over and if it takes say 17 times before the foal gets used to you touching it’s ears, you keep doing it for 17 more times. So I did this with the kitten and he’s now the friendliest and most loving cat I've ever had.
The second kitten, all black, showed up on my deck on a cold Halloween night, crying and shivering. I grabbed her and brought her in and did the same thing. She’s so happy to have a home! She loves being held and patted but she’s nervous with my hands so I’ll try hand feeding her. Thanks!
"When someone has a deeply-held belief, you're not going to change their mind with just one conversation." - Narrator @ 5:30
This video makes me smile, and has some deep insights!
He has the patience of a saint... seriously!
This is framed incorrectly, no offense. Conversation does NOTHING to change the mind of a DEEPLY held belief..ACTIONS do.
legit the smartest fuckin thing that i wish EVERYONE could understand.
Man, I needed to hear this today. With this video. Love and positive reinforcement.
Some genius once said "you cannot reason someone out of a position that they didn't reason themselves into."
“Playful body language”
*cat doing slow flips and spinning upside down*
Dylan Ladner dude, he’s just pointed out how funny it is calm down
I love how there’s a “Spice Level” for kittens. I’ve socialized a few feral kittens in my life, with VERY different spice levels 😂😂. Feral cats are so sweet if you put the effort in..
Agree >^.^
That's what my best friend does for a living. All of their cats are Strays that they brought in and socialized plus they used to Foster kittens.
Stoned Raccoon ........Thanks for fostering, rescuing kittens, cats, etc. Isn't it soooo rewarding! There's such a huge need for helping ALL animals ...... especially kill shelters, homeless, dog meat trade, etc. You know what I mean!?! I only pray others see the need and want to help. Peace / Blessings to you & yours!!
Stoned Raccoon
Amen!
My Nehemiah was TNR and quite spicy. He was indoor and outdoor until one day he came home with a badly broken arm. I took him to a surgeon and three pins and one screw later he was healed. He still has a limp but now he is such a joy. He keeps me from being spun all the time (i.e. he keeps me sane) and he also appreciates me for helping him and providing him his safe place. He completed me in every way possible.
It just takes patience and kindness. Almost any feral cat will come around.
9:54
"ZOOEY PLZ ACCEPT MY FOODHANDS"
Zooey: *turns to look directly into the camera like she's on The Office*
OMFG was wonderin' if anyone commented on this! She's the poster child for ummmm.... NOPE
Yeah 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
She said it’s a trap!!
This was defs the funniest moment, I kind of expected the next caption to be "This kitten had to go into the TNR stream because she was untamable". Nice to see Zooey eventually adapted herself to the role of a pampered pet :-)
Believe it or not, I'm working towards my masters in clinical psychology and these videos are deeply informative. The attitude the narrator has towards the kittens is incredibly supportive, understanding, and patient. We should all hope to be this to the ones in our lives we are entrusted to care for.
Well, I'll agree to that too!! Very well said.
Good luck.
I'm studying for clinical psychology too! But I'm working towards my doctorate
Adrijana Radosevic yikes I hope I never reach your level of pessimism
Are they any rescue group in Bushwick
Awhh that tiny purrito 😭♥️♥️😂
Purrito is a keeper .
Very spicy burrito XD
*_400th Like!_*
Spicy purrito!!!
I usually get really upset seeing wild and scared cats, I love them so much and it's just painful to see them scare. This video ended up giving me hope and it was genuinely so sweet. I think your calm voice and the smooth grooves helped a lot.
Simp
It's funny to see the super-conflicted emotions of a feral kitten.
Danger! Human hand!
But the food is so good! Petting by human hands feels good!
There's this cute anime you might like, called My roommate is a cat.
She ate the food without taking her eyes off him!
stockingbutton (if you're suggesting that that's a good thing, it's a bad thing, wide eyed stares are bad)
Not suggesting its a good thing. She doesn't take her eyes off him because she doesn't trust the human.@@whoopsydaizy
You're doing great work there. So many spicy purritos turned in to well-adjusted housecats.
Your comment made me laugh!
"purritos"
😂😂😂😂
badreaxion I love that word! “Purritos” omg yessss, it gives me life 😂
Purrito is a shirt
"I knew she hated me and she didn't wanna be there" Man that's how my last date went.
Bet she ate all the food aswell..
Did you try hand feeding?
Did you try petting her ?
This joke is equal parts "Aww 😢" and "lmao 😂"
😂
Cats are just as lovable as dogs. You just have to earn their love and trust. You won't be sorry. Thanks for rescuing them! Help a stray if you can.
Willing to patiently love them to the point of being loveable... and then letting them go. A beautiful thing.
Yes, every toddler kitty looks forward to being kidnapped and controlled by food-witholding/vending monoliths.
quasimobius bc it’s so much better to them to life their life as feral street cats where they are likely to fall victims to cars, the weather, predators and more
@@SarahH-ql5tnSome cats remain feral no matter what you try with them, love isn't always enough. Sometimes, catch, neuter, release is best for them. Being too friendly with humans is how so many of them get tortured, like in the last video I watched with a cat in it that had his ears cut off by some monster. Even house cats/pets get ran over by cars, we can't control every factor in the lives of animals prone to impulsively dart if something scares them. The "cat" has survived previous extinction "events" that other species did not; they'll likely out-survive our species too.
quasimobius to
Bambi B Cats are farm animals though. Their purpose is to kill rodents within a specific environment. However, people are breeding and keeping them nowadays just because they’re cute. In reality though, when humans do this (regardless of good intentions), it ends up doing far more bad than good for the environment as cats kill other species at an alarming rate, all over the world. Therefore, the most humane thing to do is to not keep them just for your own pleasure, but to control their population. I say this because I love nature and wildlife in general, and thus am not partial to one species over another.
We had a feral cat roaming around the neighborhood before. Since it was a fairly small neighborhood, everyone left the cat alone coz it seemed harmless and never became a nuisance. The cat was weary and was aggressive towards anyone who tried to get too close to him except my brother for some reason. The cat won't go to anyone's house nor accept food from anyone. We would usually see the cat hunt mice or birds for food, and we never saw the cat go through people's trash. The cat would also approach my brother when he is chilling outside or doing chores outside. We wanted to adopt the cat but it really didn't want to come inside our house even if my brother tried to get him. The cat would also walk with my brother when he goes to his friends' house and wait for him outside and walks with him back home. The cat only leaves when he sees my brother go inside the house. Because of this, my brother got called names in school, the most popular one was "Cat Lady" even though he is a boy. He didn't mind it though because he enjoyed the cat's company and even said he felt very special that only he is friends with the feral cat. It went on like that for years. One day, some bullies cornered my brother outside while on the way to a friend's house. Apparently, one of them found out that his gf secretly liked my brother and was pissed. (lol middle school drama) and suddenly hit him out of nowhere but before the bullies could hit him again, the cat attacked them and they suffered deep scratches and bites on their arms and faces and one had to be hospitalized coz he got scratched in the eye (he eventually lost his sight on that eye.) One of the bullies' mom ( the neighborhood Karen) called animal control and we never saw the cat again. We were in school when the cat got caught. My dad tried to get the cat back because we were so upset over it, especially my brother, but they said the cat was already gone. We still think about the cat from time to time.
This cat had obviously found a friend in your brother. Good thing that he received some human kindness in his short life.
beatiful story my friend
This makes me cry 😿
@Sound of Jesus Amen
@@MK-rw1on how is that beautiful? they gave a lethal injection to an animal for defending a human
Thank you!!
Daily Dose Of Internet thank you for putting this in your video it was so cute
I was here because of you
Dialy dose u r the boss
But your not dialy
Aha! I saw you! 💟💝
AYYYYY
I found a feral kitten that was about 8 weeks old when I managed to catch her. I never owned a cat and this was the first video I watched on how to care for a scared kitten. It was over two years ago. I just watched this video again for nostalgia and I wanted to thank you. That kitten is now a healthy cat and she is curled up to me now as I type this purring away. Her love is one of the best things that has happened to me in a long time. Grateful.
amazing how she went from hissing and being afraid at the sight of your hands to rubbing her head against your hands for scratches in a matter of weeks... really amazing to see this
Necro that’s females in general lol
Ok, boomer.
I've always heard that the kittens who resist the most, fall the hardest. Patience is key.
Ian Salisbury ❤️
I have one they thought might have been better off feral. "No one can pet him," but he was asking for belly rubs in a few weeks! Credit to PAWS/Project MEOW Philadelphia for so much of the socializing!
I had a kitten who was abused and treated bad when I first got her. She wouldn't come near me for weeks. But after a month with a lot of patience and affection from me. This cat became obsessed with me in all the best ways for 3 years.
@Mandi W sounds a lot like my Emma we named after my grandma. She was more afraid than aggressive after the first day but eventually she learned that we only want to give her love and affection and now she won't leave you alone for more than 10minutes at a time and turns 8 in June. She was approximately 4 months old when we got her amd was most likely born in May but we decided to not only give her my grandmas name but also her birthday because we really didnt know when she was born and making that birthday June 8th is probably not that far off from her actual date of birth. She doesn't care either way obviously.
I adopted a feral barn kitten several years ago and she is more loyal than any other human raised cat I've ever met. I can't live without her.
"don't be mad..."
kitty: *is hella mad*
honestly, she's a mood😂
That's so cute when she was angry but licked the spoon. Sooooo sweet. ❤️
1:26 "YOU SHALL NOT HUMILIATE ME!"
1:32 "OWO whats this..." licking with straight face
Lol
her face is so pawsome when she licks the chicken
Gaining a cat's trust is one of the most wonderful feelings. I did it with a random cat that started hanging out in our yard about 5 months after our old cat passed away. I missed our cat so much, so I thought why not at least feed this new kitty. She's a young cat, absolutely gorgeous. At first, she was skittish, but intrigued by my presence. I started putting food in a small pile and backing away. Then a bit closer. Next thing I knew, she was eating from my hand after only a week. Now she actively looks for me, meows like crazy to get my attention, purrs and rubs herself all over my legs and the door, and even exposes her belly to me when she wants cuddles. I'm so happy to have gained her trust. :)
Do you want to talk about it 😂
@@tonynewman8586What’s with the dick-head reply?
**wild hissing**
**notice food**
**start licking**
Me when I'm mad and my friends try to calm me with food 😂
@Alice Kim fat ass
@@drizzal83 spazmoid
My mum does that. When I'm upset she'll offer food she knows I love.
hehe fave part
😂😂😂😂
“I needed to know if she was food motivated at all”
Franny: *HISS* *HISS* *HISS* ... 👅👅👅
hiss hiss nom hiss hiss nom nom hiss nom nom nom
*Wraps kitten in blanket*
Kitten: Im helpess look at me
Kitty burrito is great for protecting and removing the problem of potential scratching also they feel safe and secure and like it.
Kitten papoose.
Helpless, my ass. That's for the human's protection.
1:27 When you a badass spitfire but you still want your nom-noms...
**socialized a bunch of spicy kittens**
*Everyone Liked That*
I'm so glad all the spicy kittens have their homes now. 🏡 🌶🐈💕
We are fostering a very spicy cat right now who was previously kicked by humans (she even has a broken neck from it), and this is the first video that actually helped! a) To show us that our previous steps were right and our kitty is already doing a lot better, and b) to give some inspiration for the next steps (hand-feeding). Thank you so much! :)
hand-feeding goes a long way. Some people go even further, just putting turkey on their chest, so they just literally eat off your chest. Associate you with food.
Rodothea Robbe did her neck heal?
I hope she's okay, and good luck.
Poor baby. Kicked. That makes me sick.
Matt I thought that too; kicked?! Ack!
As someone who works at a shelter for dogs and cats here in germany I´d like to say something:
thank you
People usually don´t like to put in that much work to socialize feral cats. And just like you said in the video we don´t have the time to work that intensive with every cat. Most of our time goes into cleaning the place. When time allows it we sit in the cat rooms to get the cats used to us being around. If a cat is especially brave and curious we tend to give them little treats they have to fetch from our fingertips. There is nothing like seeing a cat making progress and sometimes even becoming a little attached to us. But in the end it´s no replacement for a loving and caring home.
Therefor, again: thank you
For all the work you do :)
04:56 The bad news is your hands will smell like turkey all the time.
The good news is your hands will smell like turkey all the time.
i imagine cat food turkey smelling awful though
Generic Hombre lol, it does!
Wouldn't the furballs go after your hand considering it smells like turkey?
@@fulcrum2951 Possibly to lick it.
Crystal Pope lmao cats will bite your fingers if they smell like meat. they dont bite hard but since your fingers are fleshy and smell like meat they will assume that it is food to be taken
1:25 Franny: IM HAVING A BAD MOOD BUT THANKS FOR THE FOOD!
I cant do this. After all the work to tame the cat, bonding with her and having play times. It would be hard just to let her go.
Having done this many times, it IS hard. I still worry about kitties we adopted out years ago. But we know we found good forever homes for them and that they are happy.
(I still miss each one.)
It will be harder for other kittens to suffer on the street.
Break your heart a little bit with each kitty and know that YOU ARE DOING A GREAT THING IN THE LONG RUN FOR THEM. You're still loving them by giving them a home. 💗
This is how I ended up with my last one... I just couldn’t let her go. I fell in love with her while trying to hold her for TNR. She needed to be 4 months old and I trapped her at about 10 wks. I fed her from my hand and played with her. She hated me so much!! It’s been 1 1/2 yrs and she has to sleep in my arms every night. She is my sweet Baby Bear!
I did it for years. what I liked was knowing I could keep helping kittens AND that I got to cuddle lots and lots of kittens
When an old lady in my street died, they found about 30 cats in her house. Also wild kittens living in the cupboards and in bad shape. So I adopted two. I let the cats "decide", sat with my wife on the floor in a room with all the wild kittens and waited to see which ones showed some interest and curiosity. The first days I was scratched all over the place. I used the same methods as you and it took a lot of time. But both became the most loving cats ever. The female would not move from my wife's side and the male from me. He would great me every night at the garage, run immediately out of the forrest when I called him and, very unusual, wanted to walk around the house with me every night like a dog. Both had a great cat life until they passed away.
That is a great story. What were their names, how long did each one live??
When I was a kid, we adopted a fully grown feral cat. She always has her fangs out. But now, she's the sweetest little thing. She still has her fangs, but she loves being held. It takes time, but nothing's impossible.
Did you make out with it?
@@momo1461 clearly
@@momo1461 what is your problem?
Thanks to this video I was able to tame and find loving homes for 3 feral kittens! Thank you!
We adopted a socialized feral cat, took her a while to adjust to home life... but shes queen of the palace now
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Ferals-once turned-can make the best house kitties. She’s one lucky little queen😂💓
When she went from hissing to licking the spoon my heart melted
Franny: yeah, we cool
Hooman: really *reaches out to pet*
Franny: GeT tHoSe MeAt SaUsAgEs AwAy FrOm Me!!!!!
Jay Boogie 🤣😂 💀
I just really want to thank TNR efforts because when we took in a stray from the streets we found that she had been neutered and I wonder if her experience with TNR helped her not be nearly as feral as she could have been, (and it was a relief to find her neutered). She was still super skiddish, but, the moment I made first contact with her after months and months of feeding her, she seemed to recognize the gesture and bonded immediately. She lives a happy and warm life with us now, and I couldn't ask for a better cat in all the world, she's the sweetest, most gentle and loving cat I've ever experienced, and I used to be pretty terrified of cats before her. She's not at all how she was out there in the wild, the way these cats truly transform is so amazing. I actually didn't know the term "TNR" before this video, thank you for such an informative video!
I have a rescue kitten that looks almost exactly like that kitten. My daughter saved him from a dog attack. He was super wild and totally freaked, out, he bit the *&*& out of her hand. She ran inside with him screaming and I told her drop him! He was extremely tiny, but had razor sharp teeth. He ran behind entertainment center and stayed there for hours. I caught him with a fish net when he came out once the house was dark. His paw was injured from the dog attack. I wrapped him in a towel and put a sock over his head so he couldn't bite me and took care of his leg that had two bite wounds. It took several months to tame him but long story short, 18 years later he is sitting beside me right now. He never warmed up to anyone else but he loves me and thats good enough.
Your daughter is pretty amazing..she suffered a painful bite and scratches but she was going to save that kitten. Thank you for backing her up for what she had done. She will save others I guarantee💞🐈🐕🐖🐁🐇🐦
My Dad had a cat like that growing up. He was the only person that could even approach that cat without getting attacked or hissed at. The kitter would lay in his lap and let him pet him for hours, but as soon as someone else would try to get close that cat would attack them. The cat was an outdoor cat, so as many outdoor cats do, he disappeared after a time.
Years later my Dad was across town and saw the grimalkin in a parking lot and of course, he investigated as he recognized the fluffer, and it was the same cat! He tried to get the ol' catter to come to him, but my Dad had changed so much the recognition wasn't mutual. The little ball of hate ran off, but to this day my Dad will tell the story of that spicy malkin.
Feral kitties are like mini, 4 pawed Freddie Krugers.
I rescued two from the back of my then girlfriends parents garage.
The poor things were covered in oil, grease and other car related grime.
This was before 24 hour vets and the local shelter was closed. We finally got someone from a shelter around 75miles away who explained that we had to get the oil off the cats before they cleaned themselves.
Well, I almost bled to death over the next 2 hours. The only gloves we had were some old gardening ones which offer minimal protection. The water ran red with my blood... My girlfriend watched from the safety of the kitchen table while reminding me to be careful not to hurt them.... 😬
We kept them safe, warm and fed until the morning when we passed them on to the shelter. One of the cats stayed at the shelter as a office pet and even 10years later I would get a hiss and snarled at the moment I walked in the door.
I needed a fair few stitches that night but it was worth it, even if the cat held a grudge for all those years.
Thank you for being such a good, decent human being towards animals.
That kitten was probably starving out in the streets, sick and could’ve died in a fight, by car etc.
This way she’s had proper care, a new family, a supply of food and safety.
@@lemonkerr3698 Yea sure ... probably. So probably your family was planning to kill or abandon you, or maybe a lightning could kill you, so i saved you.
Don't make me laugh, what a stupid excuse you have. You can invent all the lies you want to cover your guilt feelings.
In the video didn't show anything about what you said. This is 100% animal violence, by an unconscious guy. That's happen when you live in a city and you never learned that animals are not objects.
When people apply human emotions to animals 🙄🙄 it’s called anthropomorphism and its how A LOT of people get hurt around animals. You can’t ask a cat to act like a cat only when it suits you; they are animals and need to be approached as such, which means doing research on the best ways to handle and care for said animal. Anything less is irresponsible and potentially harmful to both you and the animal
@@ashleytupper6049 Exacly! So this guy of the channel is an anthropomorphist right? He act without any care in his regards, applying human emotions to him, as if he was his son.
I'm happy to read some good comment sometimes ;) .. The people expands his ego to everything, maybe one day the norm act is to speak with vegetables :P
Haha, cats are safer being fixed and given their shots so they don’t reproduce and starve or get overpopulated. Unfortunately there’s places where overpopulation results will in disease and sickness. Separating feral cats at 8 weeks from their mother is safer because the mothers instincts will kick in. She begins to compete and fight dangerously with her children for food. But in this situation, the momma cat might not have been around and the kitties were given a better home and life full of love and not cold and hungry.
(: I understand your anger, but your approach is a little aggressive and almost uneducated with assumptions and all emotion. I encourage you to watch more of his videos and learn a bit more!
Came for the kittens, stayed for the beats, commented and thumb'ed up for the effort, and content! A+
i have an 18 month old stray semi feral kitty we just brought inside. she has the EXACT same behaviors. we're going on 2 months now. she's getting better. she LOVES people, she just doesn't trust them yet. cries when she is sequestered in her room alone. she is fearful of hands and feet and legs! she looks just like your kitten!🤞
Watching Franny aggressively eat baby food is so funny!!!
Keys to socializing; patience, fowl and smooth jazz:)
Good socializing advice for man or beast . Thanks .
"I will tear you apart, you horrible monster!" "oh you brought food, well that changes things entirely"
"I'm still angry but this tastes like chicken so me likes"
Love, love, LOVE the before/after contrast shots at the end! I lost my beautiful Baby Girl on 12/26/22 and I find these rescue/socialization videos to be so healing. I swore I would never get another cat because no other cat will ever measure up to the last, but I know I'm going to break down. This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing these stories.
Poor kitty.
This was one of the most informative and involved tutorials on socialization I've seen to date. Great work!
It is!! I tamed one of mine by wrapping him in a towel with just his head exposed and it worked! I pet him and talked him, 7 days later he was tame. Still skiddish but came out of my room (Door closed! Kept him isolated from Wittles, my other cat) and Wittles excepted him instantly 😻 I love my fur babies 😸😸😻😻
Hi Tygrilis, Yeah, I really felt stupid when he got to the part "If they don't like your hand, then they don't eat unless it's out of your hand." Oh, man! I could have USED THAT for a few cats I've known.
i wish i can learn how to socialize with humans
@Fsih Noguld yeah, that's harder then you think
If you ever do learn how to socialise with fellow humans, please tell me how.
@PatriotOne 4Ever huh, hand feeding you say? I've never thought of that, but thanks I'll try that out!
Working in a retail environment is a crash course in social interaction. I have high functioning autism and chose to work in retail for that purpose. People are unpredictable, inconsistent, and often just straight up illogical. However, I have learned much. Something to consider.
@PatriotOne 4Ever thanks, you too man.
4:23 what perfection in that timing. The audio mixed with the cats behavior. Absolutely beautiful. I dont normally watch cat channels (even tho i am a total cat guy) bc they normally corny asf. This is some top notch cattery
I know right? I really appreciated that part.
What's the audio clip from?
@@turquoisesquirrel im not sure but id like to know if you ever find it
@@jhvibes3471 I'll be on the lookout and I'll tell you if I find out :)
@@turquoisesquirrel ❤❤👌