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Anonymous
Hey /an/

So, my gf had a couple of kittens dropped off in her garage and the little buggers are terribly skittish of people. I was able to catch them and they were fine while being held, but once put back down, resumed their terrified behavior.

What is the best way to win the trust of kittens? I'd love to help her take care of the things, as they are terribly cute, but run every time someone comes near.

pic related, but not the kitties in question.
>> Anonymous
be very quiet and calm, don't have to many people come over all at once to cuddle the kittens, but don't have only one person give them attention either. remember to feed them often and watch them while they eat. pick them up and talk to them in a soothing voice. they will come around soon. just make sure they have lots of human contact.
>> Anonymous
Humans love eye contact - it is friendly. For a cat, prolonged eye contact is an assertive, or even threatening, signal. The classic case is when several people are in a room for a social occasion and the host's cat walks in. It unerringly goes towards the person who doesn't like cats. Is it simply being perverse? The answer is in eye contact. Cat lovers will be watching the cat, hoping it goes to greet them. Those who don't particularly like cats will ignore it, hoping it will leave them alone. For the cat, the eye contact made by the cat lovers is somewhat threatening. It avoids them. The people who don't particularly like cats are not making eye contact - to the cat, they are signalling that they pose no threat. They are being polite in cat terms, so it goes to socialise with them.

Rival cats try to out-stare each other to resolve conflicts. When a cat realises it is being watched or stared at, it may stop whatever it is doing, assess the "threat" and then continue with its activity, but in a far more self-conscious way. The cat knows it is being watched and becomes uncomfortable. Only when it is no longer being watched, does it relax again. This is one reason it is hard to study cats! Slowly blinking breaks up an aggressive stare and is a reassuring signal between cats and between owners and cats. Yawning is even more reassuring! When relaxed, most cats have their eyes half-open, giving the appearance of being half-asleep.

Cats have excellent peripheral vision and tend not to stare directly at something unless they are getting a fix on a moving object in preparation for pouncing. When a cat sits day-dreaming, it appears to be not looking at anything in particular. It is actually taking in a great deal of information with its peripheral vision.
http://www.messybeast.com/cat_talk2.htm
>> Anonymous
when your not holding them and comforting them you seem fucking huge to a kitten. I'd run too lol
>> Anonymous
spending lots of time with them is all you have to do, when your not holding or cuddling them. find a piece of string or a feather(or both for maximum cat interest) and try and get them to play with you. gentle play at first to earn their trust and to lure them out of hiding. this will be helpful if they tend to run and hide when not held. this eventually will make them more interested in you for something besides food.