My neighbor has a littler of kitten that are now ours since I kind of started feeding them. I was wondering how to tame them enough to allow me to hold them and make them less wild for their new families.
Usually persistence and food. When they get used to you feeding them, they will come up for that and then once they start eating, they tend to be less freaked out by you touching them. Stick to rubbing the tops of their heads at first. Doesn't always work, but usually works more often than not in my experience. Usually the mother has conditioned them to be scared of people as a survival thing so you have to break that conditioning that makes them afraid of people. My brother will just pick them up hissing and pawing and just pet them and then they get used to him that way, but I prefer to be a little less traumatic.
Its a tough one, three ideas. Add toys Kittens are curious if they feel humans equals fun times its good. Feed them and let them decide how much you can tough them even local feral cats know humans can be good for food but they must learn to trust you then some will let you stroke them. Lastly don't rush they will come around cats trained us humans well to be their loyal sources of comfort and food and might even learn to love us like the pets we are.
That's time consuming, but being held, cuddled, petted - just the gentle human touch will eventually calm them and take the feral out of them. Before you know it, you'll have kittens cuddled on your lap....... BUT they're still kittens and will climb up your curtains, race around the house, leap up on the counters, sit on your plants, hang from your chandilier, leap into your frig when you open the door.....kitties are fun. I luv 'em..........
