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I am feeding a colony of ferals and I have been now for a few months. since I started I have made tremendous progress and I can see evidence of that every day. They all eat within 10 feet, some closer some futrther away. One of the cats (my avatar) is the one of the kitties that eats close to me...however out of all the cats that eat that close she is the only one I have pet/touched with her permission. She has been eating next to me for about a month now and she is gettimg more and more used to me being around her. When I started she would flee at the sight of me form 30 feet away.
Heres what I've started to do to get her used to me
Oh and I know that the BIGGEST thing is Time
1) Sit next to her while she eats
2) Put my shirt down under her food bowl to get her used to my smell
3) Lay my hand down next to her food bowl to get her used to seeing my hand close to her
4) talk gently to her/other cats
5) she sees me pet/hold/scratch other cats near here which I think is a big reason why she has warmed up to me so fast
The reason why I am posting this thread is to see what I'm doing right
and what I'm doing wrong.
If you guys could give me some advice to getting her more used to me and to let me pet her I would appreciate it!
Heres what I've started to do to get her used to me
Oh and I know that the BIGGEST thing is Time
1) Sit next to her while she eats
2) Put my shirt down under her food bowl to get her used to my smell
3) Lay my hand down next to her food bowl to get her used to seeing my hand close to her
4) talk gently to her/other cats
5) she sees me pet/hold/scratch other cats near here which I think is a big reason why she has warmed up to me so fast
The reason why I am posting this thread is to see what I'm doing right
If you guys could give me some advice to getting her more used to me and to let me pet her I would appreciate it!
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