I 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

I 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.