My youngest cat, Juno, is a 9 mo. old feral. She has had a very subdued attitude. All she ever did is lay around and run and hide when someone came into the house. I've had her 5 months and we're making progress. She now plays and somewhat does kitty things. Her latest is playing with a pull tab from a vitamin bottle and a yellow ring from a milk jug. No other colored one will do, just the yellow. The last few days she had been dropping them deliberately in her water bowl. She'll fish them out and drop them in again immediately. I have seen her shake the water off her paw and change to the other dry paw. She also loves the turbo scratcher. She'll drop one of the above toys into the ring, push the ball and when it hits the toy, she'll push the ball in the other direction. I don't understand the water bowl behavior. She is such a sweet kitty and I'm thrilled she is making progress.