I wrote about a week ago about finally catching a feral cat and getting him neutered...I decided with a lot of support from you all here...that I might see if I can try to get him to bond with me as I didn't want to send him back out in the cold and wet...
He has been in my spare bedroom and still on "feral time"...up all night and sleep all day but I have been going in there and talking to him and reading to him and feeding him on schedule and not making direct eye contact and blinking at him slowly at times and all the other wonderful things you all have shared with me...
This is day nine and the most amazing thing happned... I have a baby gate on the spare bedroom and my other cat Luca was in the hallway and the feral was in his hiding place...so I was talking to Luca and looking at him and all of sudden...the feral cat came and just PLOPPED on the floor in front of him and was rolling around showing me his belly and such...I about died...so I slowly reached down and pet him and he let me pet him for a good 2-3 minutes then he kinda freaked a bit and hissed and swiped me...and ran under the table...so I just waited there and started talking to my other cat and soon the feral came out and starting rubbing against the table and then again PLOPPED in right in front of me and started rolling around...
I think perhaps he had some human contact in this past and just needs to get refamiliar with humans again but I have GREAT HOPE that he, in time, will be come a member of the family...
in all seriousness if the people here hadn't told me it could be done and gave me such wonderful hope and a plan of action...I would have released him back outside and who knows what he'd be doing now....
He has been in my spare bedroom and still on "feral time"...up all night and sleep all day but I have been going in there and talking to him and reading to him and feeding him on schedule and not making direct eye contact and blinking at him slowly at times and all the other wonderful things you all have shared with me...
This is day nine and the most amazing thing happned... I have a baby gate on the spare bedroom and my other cat Luca was in the hallway and the feral was in his hiding place...so I was talking to Luca and looking at him and all of sudden...the feral cat came and just PLOPPED on the floor in front of him and was rolling around showing me his belly and such...I about died...so I slowly reached down and pet him and he let me pet him for a good 2-3 minutes then he kinda freaked a bit and hissed and swiped me...and ran under the table...so I just waited there and started talking to my other cat and soon the feral came out and starting rubbing against the table and then again PLOPPED in right in front of me and started rolling around...
I think perhaps he had some human contact in this past and just needs to get refamiliar with humans again but I have GREAT HOPE that he, in time, will be come a member of the family...
in all seriousness if the people here hadn't told me it could be done and gave me such wonderful hope and a plan of action...I would have released him back outside and who knows what he'd be doing now....