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Somewhat explained: because they were solitary hunters before domestication, unlike dogs who hunt in groups.
by devenson 5y ago
Somewhat explained: because they were solitary hunters before domestication, unlike dogs who hunt in groups.
- wut42 5y agoIs it? There is some sociability in feral cats.
- egeozcan 5y agoFeral cat is an un-owned domestic cat
- bserge 5y agoI think "feral" here refers to cats completely unaccustomed to humans. I know from experience that they will run away or bite and scratch the shit out of you until you back off, and they have no interest in getting to know you. If you give them food, they'll wait until you're gone, then take it and run. I guess not many people have witnessed them. They're not sick, that's just how they are. They probably can get accustomed to humans after a while, but it would definitely take longer than with feral dogs.
- sitkack 5y agoI have owned, if you can call it that, a couple ex feral cats. One we only managed to pickup a couple times. And if it was feeling really social it might hang out within 2-5 meters. And it was constantly aware and would run if anything unexpected happened. In this case, I think it was both feral and treated poorly, so that made its behavior even more un housecat like. They do feel rather wild, and it is interesting to see how shallow domestication really is, even in ourselves.
- wut42 5y agoAs bserge said, it was what I was referring to. But maybe theses abandonned cats, over a couple generation, still get the "socialization" ? I have no idea to be honest. I was referring to herds of cats in Russia or some other country, saw a documentary about it a couple of years ago -- they developed quite a society.
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- nicklecompte 5y agoThe article points out that cats do clearly have some sophisticated social behavior with humans, it just does not seem to be as well-developed as it is with dogs. It makes sense that cats in the wild would be “somewhat social” for grooming / shelter / care when for kittens, and feral cats do form somewhat matriarchal colonies. But there isn’t anything like the hierarchical pack structure of feral dogs.