Instead of catching it, you try to give it more attention.
Giving it treats and nuzzling it often makes the Kronsit want to be around you more. It gravitates to you day after day. Soon, it greets you at your door when you wake up in the morning. You craft a home for it next to your craft and find that it likes to stay there a couple nights each week.
You’ve now got a Kronsit pet, but it’s not going to be a food source as you’ve grown too fond of it to hurt it.