She is a dependent feral and definitely not tame. I located her in my back garage when she was probably about 4 months old. She wouldn't come near me so I made a barricade where she could eat and drink without having the other outdoor cats I had at the time get to her. She thrived but I have never touched her. After all these years, she runs off from people and even though she will meow at me, she won't come near - so I leave her food out and once I'm inside she will come up to eat.
I did trap her and have her spayed and I should have kept her in the cage to try to tame her but I didn't so she remains a wild cat that knows where to come for food, water, shelter.
Her name is Gizzie and she is a gorgeous black and white long hair.
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OnanTheBarbarian (13204)
a year ago
That's odd that she remains feral. I mean humans domesticated cats in the first place because like dogs, they are amenable to living with humans.
When I was a kid, like I said my dad was old school, and we never spayed or neutered our cats. The females would have litters so we did have a lot of cats.
Occasionally my sisters would bring a feral home and they'd blend in with the other cats and become domesticated.
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102000 (6352)
a year ago
I do volunteer work for a cat rescue organization and we take care of feral cat colonies - we provide food and shelter, but the cats won't come near us. True ferals really don't socialize with people and are almost always afraid of them. Feral kittens can be hissy and very difficult/impossible to pick up.
Strays are different - at some point they have had human interactions and can be picked up. I imagine your sister picked up a stray cat or kitten that had be abandoned rather than a true feral.
Glad your sister brought home cats/kittens so they would have a home.
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OnanTheBarbarian (13204)
a year ago
Okay, good point. These cats my sisters brought home were most likely abandoned.
True feral cats are something I don't think I've ever encountered.
It's amazing how abandoned cats will desperately try to attach themselves to people. One time I was out and about, we were approached by a stray kitten, and it literally jumped into my arms. I was so freaked out I whacked it off me.
And because my family had so many cats, occasionally a stray would show up in our yard looking for shelter.
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102000 (6352)
a year ago
LOL - I used to think I had an invisible sign in my yard that only cats could see telling them to stop here to be taken care of.
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