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Hi, I'm not allowed to have cats at home so I became very obsessed with ever single cat on the street. However, there are almost no stray cats in my neighborhood that I can pet, feed and spend some quality time, they are all feral. Which is ok, I still feel happy when I put some food for the feral and watch them from far away. They are about 5 or 6 cats, one of them is a real loud badass and all cats are afraid of him/her (he sniffed my hand once.. uwu). I'm not really a feral expert, they all look chubby and healthy. But hey, I wear glasses and I only see them at night so I might be wrong.
It's been my 5th day in row and today putting food for them and I felt scared for a second. When I was putting the food on the ground for them they all came close to me and start to growl, hiss and fight with each other, It was kinda a cat WWE. Two of these cats performed the best growling cat symphony I've ever heard that went for a while although I divided the food to different places for each cat, they just choose to fight for a single food area.
During these seconds they ran fast around me, shout at each other loudly, nearly bouncing on the bag I place the food from. their alpha during these chaotic moments hit his/her head hard to my hand and I froze for a second thought it will attack me, I quickly emptied what's left on the bag and stepped away. I've never been afraid from cats up until this moment, I don't expect them to be cuddly and be pals with me but didn't expect either to be afraid of them. my dream goal was that they recognize I'm the creepy food guy that loves watching us.
Also, while I watch them from far away I see a 2 months kitten keeping its distance from the adult cats to get some food. I never knew yet if it ever gets to eat or not. I thought this experience might fill (a bit) my need for cat companionship but up until now it's kinda stressful for me.
A side thing to worry about, I have a little brother that is afraid of cats and he comes and goes a lot. I told him to just walk and they won't approach you but after tonight I'm a bit worried that might be aggressive, especially when he is afraid he runs quickly and screams which might make them more aggressive towards him.
If you have any comments or similar experiences that might help please share it with me.
TNR is unfortunately is not a thing where I live, people consider it cruelty. I don't agree with that and shelters doesn't have the financial power to do a sweeping TNR across the country.
I have nothing in my power to do. I'm still in college and can't just do TNR to shelters, both financially and mentally. The good news is cats look healthy as mentioned.
It's been my 5th day in row and today putting food for them and I felt scared for a second. When I was putting the food on the ground for them they all came close to me and start to growl, hiss and fight with each other, It was kinda a cat WWE. Two of these cats performed the best growling cat symphony I've ever heard that went for a while although I divided the food to different places for each cat, they just choose to fight for a single food area.
During these seconds they ran fast around me, shout at each other loudly, nearly bouncing on the bag I place the food from. their alpha during these chaotic moments hit his/her head hard to my hand and I froze for a second thought it will attack me, I quickly emptied what's left on the bag and stepped away. I've never been afraid from cats up until this moment, I don't expect them to be cuddly and be pals with me but didn't expect either to be afraid of them. my dream goal was that they recognize I'm the creepy food guy that loves watching us.
Also, while I watch them from far away I see a 2 months kitten keeping its distance from the adult cats to get some food. I never knew yet if it ever gets to eat or not. I thought this experience might fill (a bit) my need for cat companionship but up until now it's kinda stressful for me.
A side thing to worry about, I have a little brother that is afraid of cats and he comes and goes a lot. I told him to just walk and they won't approach you but after tonight I'm a bit worried that might be aggressive, especially when he is afraid he runs quickly and screams which might make them more aggressive towards him.
If you have any comments or similar experiences that might help please share it with me.
TNR is unfortunately is not a thing where I live, people consider it cruelty. I don't agree with that and shelters doesn't have the financial power to do a sweeping TNR across the country.
I have nothing in my power to do. I'm still in college and can't just do TNR to shelters, both financially and mentally. The good news is cats look healthy as mentioned.