when to start handling my 5-6 weeks kittens?

Question

i got 2 kittens almost a month back. they were with their mother cat. unfortunately cat was mudered by dogs after 2-3days and the kittens are in our stairs from that time and we feed them there. they like to play with us. we are able to touch them only when they are eating boiled egg. we wanna handle them but dont know the right time for it. i m afraid if u handle them without their wish they might ran away.
they are comfortable with us enjoy the food v give. reply when v talk to them. come from far away when they are called. we let them enter our house for almost 2-3hours a day. but now they are spraying urine on our cousines and bed so from a day we didn't allow them to come inside.

please suggest what to do?
how to and when to handle them or pick them?
and whether to allow them inside or not?

Answer 1

They should have been handled when you first found them. If you do not bring them in the house now and confine to one room and start handling them, you won't be able to touch them by the time they are 3 months old. Plus the kittens need to have shots started at 8 weeks old and be neutered/spayed by 3-4 months old.



Confine them and train them to be using the litter pan - they are not "spraying" - they are peeing on things cause they have no training. If you don't want to deal with all the training, then turn the kittens over to a shelter where they can be fostered.

Answer 2

They can be handled from now, especially without their mum around they should really have been getting bottle fed. Have you had a vet check them over? Handling them early gets them more tame, leave them without handling and they stay wild.



They also need to be spayed/neutered when they're old enough to stop more accidental litters being born feral! Leaving them out there without any vet attention means they could easily get very sick from any number of things, they may even contract FIV (the feline equivalent of HIV) from fighting with other feral cats!



I recommend bringing them inside, keep them contained to a room with a litter tray or two - it will take time for them to litter train as they are such tiny babies though so expect a few accidents. Find a local vet to get them checked over and their health assessed.

Answer 3

That's about the right age and there mother isn't around but u need to carefully pick them up because u might frighten them and it's Ok to leave them outside because they need exercise just make sure they are getting there shot and being wormed because cars tend to want to catch flie, rats, birds and ect.

Answer 4

If you don't start handling them then they will become wild and you will never catch them