Hi there,
Just dropping by to say hello to everybody. I arrived here while looking for some information about feral or stray cat behavior since around the apartment complex where I live there are a few feral/stray cats and I know very little about the little guys.
Let me give you a little background story, hopefully somebody here will enlighten me.
My wife and I have fed some of them and we keep seeing different cats from time to time, there is this yellow eyed black cat I fell in love with, all black except for a white little spot on it's chest (still don't know if it's a boy or girl, I like to call it a girl).
She meows kinda weird, not a normal meow sound, I've fed her a few times and gained some trust, just today she let me pet her. When I was feeding her some turkey sausage, she stopped eating and started rubbing at me then she let me pet her fully and she was loving it because she was purring.
Unfortunately I feel like all the trust just went to hell because after petting her for quite a while, I went to look for her partner I fed yesterday, another female pregnant cat that I'm worried about because she looked like she was about to have the kittens, I wanted to take her home and have her checked by a vet, take her to a shelter and maybe adopt some kittens. Unfortunately I couldn't find her around the complex, I saw some kids playing outside and I thought maybe she was scared to come out.
Anyway while I was looking her, the black cat was walking with me very close and I accidentally stepped on her, she meowed in pain and I took my foot as fast as I could, fortunately I didn't hurt her, she could still walk normally but she went to hide and looked me from distance, I crouched and talked to her that I was sorry and try to call her to come to me but she didn't. yet she was still following me but from a distance.
Then I came back to my apartment and she wouldn't come close again, I sat at my doorstep just like when I was petting her then after a bit she let me pet her but just for a bit and being very cautions. Then she left.
It breaks my heart that all my work of trust just went to the trash, I've read that cats remember and I'm truly scared that she will never trust me again.
Will she ever trust me? What can I do?
Thanks
-G
Just dropping by to say hello to everybody. I arrived here while looking for some information about feral or stray cat behavior since around the apartment complex where I live there are a few feral/stray cats and I know very little about the little guys.
Let me give you a little background story, hopefully somebody here will enlighten me.
My wife and I have fed some of them and we keep seeing different cats from time to time, there is this yellow eyed black cat I fell in love with, all black except for a white little spot on it's chest (still don't know if it's a boy or girl, I like to call it a girl).
She meows kinda weird, not a normal meow sound, I've fed her a few times and gained some trust, just today she let me pet her. When I was feeding her some turkey sausage, she stopped eating and started rubbing at me then she let me pet her fully and she was loving it because she was purring.
Unfortunately I feel like all the trust just went to hell because after petting her for quite a while, I went to look for her partner I fed yesterday, another female pregnant cat that I'm worried about because she looked like she was about to have the kittens, I wanted to take her home and have her checked by a vet, take her to a shelter and maybe adopt some kittens. Unfortunately I couldn't find her around the complex, I saw some kids playing outside and I thought maybe she was scared to come out.
Anyway while I was looking her, the black cat was walking with me very close and I accidentally stepped on her, she meowed in pain and I took my foot as fast as I could, fortunately I didn't hurt her, she could still walk normally but she went to hide and looked me from distance, I crouched and talked to her that I was sorry and try to call her to come to me but she didn't. yet she was still following me but from a distance.
Then I came back to my apartment and she wouldn't come close again, I sat at my doorstep just like when I was petting her then after a bit she let me pet her but just for a bit and being very cautions. Then she left.
It breaks my heart that all my work of trust just went to the trash, I've read that cats remember and I'm truly scared that she will never trust me again.
Will she ever trust me? What can I do?
Thanks
-G