How do i get kittens to come out from underneath my house?
Legacy G asked:
You see my Aunt was walking by our house looking at plants and looked under the house and saw two kittens. They look about 5 weeks old. We have tried everything and they just won’t come out.
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You see my Aunt was walking by our house looking at plants and looked under the house and saw two kittens. They look about 5 weeks old. We have tried everything and they just won’t come out.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Can you reach under with something? Maybe a fish net with a long handle. Also, a humane trap baited with food might work. Shelters will often loan them out. Cat goes in, door comes down behind them. Good luck.danl747
September 27th, 2009 at 1:53 am
you might try putting food out. don’t worry they will come out. we just recently had a litter of 4 under our house. now they’re about 6 weeks old and running around everywhere! they’re SO cute!Lilypie99
September 27th, 2009 at 11:33 am
If they wont come out to you by calling or coaxing them, try getting a humane/live trap…Put some tuna, or canned cat food in it and I bet by the next morning you’ll have caught at least one of the kittens…We had to do that at my moms house, except it wasn’t to catch kittens…It was to catch baby raccoons…Hope it works….Good lucklil_goober232007
September 30th, 2009 at 4:22 am
Try putting some milk in a bowl &wait for them to come out.Just make sure your really still and they don’t see your feet.Justine J
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:00 pm
attach a stronge string to a tennis ball roll the ball under the house while holding the string then when it gets there attention pull it out slowly.nargi
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
shake a can of cat treats the noise should make them come out.Kellie_in_CA
October 5th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
DO NOT try to force the kitties out. Do they have a mom? If not, set out some kitten chow and water for them. If they do, set out some ‘adult’ cat food after the kitties eat.
Put down the food and walk away. Let them eat undisturbed.
Every day put the food slightly closer to where you sit, so they get used to your prescense. When they are done eating and ‘washing up’, then you can try to touch them gently.
They will have to go to the vet eventually - feral cats are at risk for a lot more diseases than house cats - so don’t fall in love with them yet!Nurse Susan
October 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
did you try real fresh can tuna just open it and put it near them.. or try meowing like a cat they might think your the momma cat. i had that problem and it worked for me.Boeafitness.com
October 6th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
1. bribe them out with fish
2. remove the floorboards
3. call a firemanboris t
October 7th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
I really really really liked nurse Susan’s ansewer. Born wild means wild, means scared. You have to gain their trust and take the time to be able to handle them. When they are all eating what you’ve put out, after they are used to you being around you can try to pet them. After several times you may be able to handle them. In Georgia, we fed stray kittens constently and used this method as soon as we realized there was a new litter. The mother was usually impossible to catch, and all the kittens that we caught were given to a humane society that didn’t put the kittens to sleep. If this exists in your state it would be the best option. If you don’t catch them there is a possiblity they can get very sick and stay sick… there are a variety of diseases but some of ours died from some kind of cat flu that could have been easily treated if we could have only caught them. The ones that we caught lived and were adopted out. Good Luck!snoepje
October 8th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
If the mother put them there to protect them they will not come out as they wait for her to bring them food. If she has been killed and cannot get back to them they will come out with a food lure eventually. Hopefully they are old enough to be at least partially weaned. Put out some KMR milk in a small saucer during the day, early morning or before dusk and see if they will come for that. Since you can’t know their age exactly a little canned meat mushed up with the special meat might lure them out too.
When they get used to your providing food for them they will come out and be very easy to pick up. Just go very slowly with it. They will most likely be safe under the house from most predators if their mother is not around to protect them.old cat lady
October 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
i have to cats of my own and if one of my cats wont come out we try treats food water try snappping calling it and if it doent come maybe its injured or give it some time to adjust id try it every dayhannah b
October 15th, 2009 at 1:36 am
If they are 5 weeks old they should be walking out on their own soon.Hottie