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Ondine, I used to be a "dog" person until Shadow the Cat. So I learned from her, that's the only experience I've got.  The number one lesson I learned from her (and sorry the fist of friendship isn't working yet Raywalsh) -- is, Shadow does things only when she's ready and figured it out in her...

Thanks Ondine -- lol, the quoted part in the above post is  from a post I made in 2013 about my previous feral Shadow -- she's a very sweet kitty now, tame for me but shy with everyone else. I posted a video of her earlier in this thread, hoping to show the progress that can be made with ferals...

Someone may have mentioned this already but the "fist of friendship" and slow blinking are both good ways to interact. Just hold your fist out and allow the cat to come up to it and rub against (like against another cat's head). For slow blinking, when she looks at you, close your eyes for a...

LOL, Boris, my Shadow found my lap a few months ago (much warmer than our cold floor) -- if Seal is anything like Shadow, he'll want that warm lap all the time! I have trouble convincing her I have to get up and get things done. :)

A few things I didn't mention about Shadow (the video kitty) -- she allows my husband to pet her but is wary, and hides when anyone comes to the house. If only one visitor is here and they are quiet and patient, she might come out and sniff an outstretched finger, but no touch allowed. When the...

heated houses, pretty good luck for those ferals! thank you all for taking care of God's critters. :)

Thanks Kieka and ShadowsRescue, good advice.  I did set up 2 separate dishes of food this morning, both have been well fed. Guess we should provide 2 more permanent shelters, one (for Hobo) is in the un attached garage, nice insulated tub with straw -- the temp shelter for Johanne is simply a...

My girl Shadow was a feral that had kittens in our garage a few years ago.  I trapped her and got her spayed, and a friend socialized the babies (5 weeks old) and adopted them out.  We kept Shadow in a spare room for a few days, hoping to keep her as a pet. She hid behind everything, only...

We have an indoor girl that was previously a feral (my buddy now!) Ferals rock! About a year ago, a male showed up, very similar to our indoor tabby (brother?) -- we've been feeding and sheltering him in our garage, husband made him a nice insulated tub/shelter with staw -- we had trapped &...

Sounds like you have received a lot of good advice!  Bless you for being so concerned about your kitty friend. Perhaps you could convince your sister to feel compassion for this kitty, that would really help with the patience she'll need to bond with the cat.  We went through the process of...

Hi all,  I'm sorry for such a late update, but here it is 1 year later. . . Our "feral", now named Shadow, has had quite the adventure with us. I began this thread when she growled & hissed at me when I startled her by opening the door to "her" room, after we trapped her & had her spayed. I...

thanks again! your reply is making me possibly reconsider keeping instead of releasing her. . .have to admit getting growled at unnerved me, I realized for the first time her actions might be unpredictable and if she feels threatened she could even attack. She has never lunged though. I made a...

thanks KatLuver, appreciate the info! If you have time to reply a bit more, how do you think a feral would be acting vs stray? I'm not sure she came out of hiding as much as maybe got caught in a part of the room and didn't want to try to get back to her corner.

Hi, My husband and I had a female -- probably feral -- living in our garage with 3 kittens, about 5-6 weeks old. We trapped the kittens and a friend is socializing them, that's going pretty well. we also trapped the female with the intent to spay and release her, and she seemed fairly quiet so...