Advice with handling this wild cat

rosehill — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:52:23 GMT

This question is related to the other post here entitled "Help with catching a wild cat". Well, we have this cat in a large metal dog pen. She has already bitten me once and my hand is just starting to look like a human hand again (it was extremely swollen and red). We are afraid of her, as she is hissing and lunging toward us.

We are having a few problems with her. She ate a little yesterday and the day before but today is not touching her food. We did not know how to get her out of the pet transport container, so we opened the door a little bit and placed her inside the dog pen.
She did come out, and now is sitting on the top of the pet transport container. There is a very small litter pan inside the transport container, and we need to get that container out and we need to put a much larger litter pan in there. The problem is- she is very angry and afraid, still, and I don't want anyone else injured.

I am going into our utility room 10-12 times a day and talking to her very sweetly, and she is closing her eyes a little. She has been on her own in the wild, so this is going to be a very slow and laborious process. But she will be in there for at least 6 weeks after her kittens are born, so we have lots of time. My goal is to get her aclimated to humans so that I can get her fixed and find a home for her. I do not want to get her fixed and send her back outside, as the life span for wild cats is painfully short.

I am worried that she is not eating. Could she be that traumatized?

If anyone can figure out how I can get the pet transport container out without us getting bitten or scratched, I would appreciate it. Needless to say, I am afraid of her. My son said he could try, but I don't want his hands injured either. He owns a lab and needs to be able to get latex gloves on for his work every day.

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