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Effie's Mummy · #4 (**permalink**) 20-10-2009, 04:46 PM

Aw bless her she sounds sweet, she obviously loves them lots and wants to care for them.

I like Spearmint's idea of rewarding her when she is gentle with them; reinforcing the good may be more encouraging than always highlighting the bad. Of course, the bad should still be pointed out, but rewarding the good will make her feel good and let her know she's on the right track.

It sounds like you're doing the right things though really, as you say she isn't used to fragile pets so it's going to take some time for her to get used to it. And I'm sure as the kitties get older and braver they will start to let her know what they do and don't like her doing.

Maybe you could try getting her to sit still with the kitties playing around her, and let them come to her without her actually picking them up. She could get used to touching them gently whilst they sit on her knee and investigate her. Then as she gets better you could allow her to start picking them up or handling them more and more.