new feral kitten

Question
I'm currently in South Korea, and a momma cat decided to have a kitten in my tent at work, I tried to catch it the first day I saw it, but no such luck. About a week or so later I found the kitten in a drained pool with no momma in sight, so I grabbed the kitten. I estimate it to be about 6-7 weeks old, the problem is this, I know that she is scared, however she will not eat or drink anything. I have mixed canned food with water, warmed it up and have force fed her, the problem is that she bites (and bites hard) she has broken skin and has managed to caused bruising on my finger nail. When she bites, I put her in the bathroom with food and water and shut the door for about 30 mins. The thing is I dont think that is working, she has become very attatched to a blanket of mine (in the 12 hours I have had her) and I feel bad taking that away from her, but should I take it away when she bites? She does not scratch which I find odd, is it normal for kittens just to bite and not use their claws? The other thing I am not sure about is she just lays around, no real moment, if her blanket is there she will just lay on it and not move, when she is on my bed with the blanket she just stares at me and tries so very hard not to sleep. How can I make her eat, stop biting me when I make her eat, and any good advice on helping her adjust? I have taken her to a vet how said she's healthy and very clean for a feral kitten, she does have some gunk in her eye but she is getting all her shots on sunday. Any help would be wonderful right now, I am so afraid she wont adapt.

-Amanda

Answer
Feral kittens can take quite awhile to get used to people, if they ever do.  If she is comfortable with the blanket, I wouldn't take it away from her.  Anything you can do to make her more comfortable is a good thing. She is not going to understand that you are taking the blanket away to punish her for biting, which I don't think you should necessarily do anyway since she is biting to protect herself to her way of thinking. I'm not surprised she's trying to bite you when you try to force feed her.  I say this just so you can kind of put yourself in her position, but you would probably bite if someone was trying to force food down your throat too.  We know that it is in her best interest to eat and you're only trying to help but she doesn't.  If she's not wanting to eat on her own, try offering her a variety of foods and see which one she likes best.  Switching foods can cause diarrhea, but at this point it's more important to find out what she will eat.  If she still is refusing to eat then I would definitely take her back to the vet since cats can't go that long without eating or they develop more serious health issues. If she is not eating, that could definitely explain why she is just laying around - she doesn't have much energy and she is probably still terrified.  Ultimately you may have to find a safe place for her to go and be on her own in the wild.  I don't know if it's possible where you are, but here in the states you can sometimes find feral colonies where you can put such a cat.  I'm not saying that she will never warm up, but even as young as 6-7 weeks is, it is already old for a cat in terms of socialization, which usually occurs between 3-7 weeks.  During that time is where they learn to trust or not trust humans so she may or may not eventually adjust to living with you.  I hope everything works out.

Amanda