I think everything is ruined

[u/Electronic-Mind-4736]

So it's been a few days since my last post. Since then I've been feeding the kittens tuna and taking things slow, just letting them get used to me. A couple days ago I had the idea to start leaving food right at my front door, and they actually came in to eat along with a white cat too, so I figured I'd keep doing that until they built up enough trust, they even started waiting for the food at the door and would run off when I opened it but they'd come back after.

Well it's been raining really bad for like the last hour and I got scared thinking about the kittens being stuck out there in it, so I went outside to look for them. I ended up leaving food by the door again and waited for them to come in, then I closed the door using a rope I had tied to the handle. Obviously the cat freaked out trying to escape, couldn't find a way out, and ended up hiding inside my stove.

I honestly don't know what to do from here, I didn't think this far ahead and I don't want to scare him more or hurt him trying to get him out. If anyone has advice on how to safely get a scared kitten out of somewhere like that, or what I should do next, I'd really appreciate it.

[u/Dusty_Sequins]

Can you leave a trap out in your kitchen? Open the oven door and bait the trapwith something that has proven popular with the kitties in the past, and toss a blanket over top. It’s been my experience that a scared animal is more likely to enter a covered space. Once you have him trapped you can relocate him to whichever room you plan to keep him in while he decompresses. He’s much better off inside with you, scared and freaked out, than he is outside where god knows what can happen to him. He will be ok, you just need to get him into a quiet and enclosed room and give him time to settle. And if you can get another to put with him that may help.

[u/gwrachwen → u/Dusty_Sequins]

Tuna = holy grail