There are some good videos on YouTube about taming feral kittens. Not that Darcy counts as feral - she is obviously used to some human contact. But the information is very helpful as she hasn't been used to being picked up, or sitting on anyone's knee or even stroked before now.
The videos recommend getting right in with the kittens and then using food as a means of getting them to accept contact. The new pen is a great help in this. It is about 4 feet long, so just about large enough for me to get into.
I decided to try it out on Friday evening. There was no-one home so in I went, and sat with the food whilst Darcy, after watching with some interest from inside her bed, came out and clambered up my knee to reach the dish of meat. As I was sitting there, hunched up, my daughter came home with a friend. It was at this point that I wondered what her friend would think, finding me cooped up in a kitten pen, with my feet virtually in the litter tray. They popped their heads round the sitting room.
"Oh hello," they said, "would you like a cup of tea?" It did make me wonder what sort of household this is, where a regular visitor takes it perfectly for granted that I might be apparently spending the evening sitting in a cat cage.
There is snow forecast for tomorrow and its freezing cold outside. Time to light the fire and snuggle up. On the sofa, like any normal human being.
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