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> real rescued animals are often quite distrusting Will confirm, we have a feral cat living in the garden. We have provided it with shelter (a cat kennel at th
by Crosseye_Jack 6y ago
> real rescued animals are often quite distrusting
Will confirm, we have a feral cat living in the garden. We have provided it with shelter (a cat kennel at the top of the garden) he will use during bad weather, we provide him food so he isn’t reliant on hunting and the little bugger will often take a swipe at me while I’m giving him his food. It’s not like I’m cornering him with, he comes running over to me now expecting me to have food.
- HideousKojima 6y agoMy wife and I feed some feral cats in our neighborhood, and it took months of fairly regular visits for them to get brave enough to get within 10 feet of us
- Crosseye_Jack 6y agoYeah same, this ginger cat has been floating around for a few years now. A while ago if he was at the top of the garden he would be ok with me being in the bottom half of the garden, but once I crossed into the top half he would dart off. Its only been in the past couple of months he has got brave enough to run over to me when I bring food out. I find it a bit funny because he still doesn't fully trust me, so while he will come running over to me while I'm putting his food out he will hiss at me while running over to me. It was only a couple months ago I would have to put the food out and return indoors before he would walk over to it and have something to eat. Little steps I guess.
- omgwtfbyobbq 6y agoEven feral kittens take a while (a couple weeks) to become comfortable enough to be held after being caught. You can usually pet them at that point, but will still hiss as they see your hand moving towards them, and end up doing this weird combination of hiss(sees hand)/purr(gets petted).