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A year ago my family and I started feeding a feral cat, she was very scared of us and wouldn't take a step towards us for over a year. We set up a dish and water cup outside in our covered front porch for her (I believe its a girl based on her tortoiseshell coloring).
About a month ago she started walking towards me when i went outside to feed her, she would slowly walk to me as i was opening the wet food can while hissing and growling. Since I saw slight progress in her while she ate from the can i stayed by her (the can would move towards me within a good 2 inches from my feet, she would follow the can, occasionally growling at me to put me in my place), I never tried to touch her and when the can got to close to me I would step back when I saw her get upset. She sits and naps on our porch as well.
Recently shes been getting very aggressive when I or my father go out there to feed her. She walks towards us while growing/nasty meowing, and hissing occasionally. I cant even get the food into her dish because she seems very defensive acting as if we will take the food away. I actually just fed her and had to drop the can and run back into the door cause she honestly looks like she was wanting to attack me if I did not drop that can on the ground.
Any advise for me to at least stop her from being so defensive? I know its extremely hard to get a feral cat to accept humans and probably impossible. I'm not looking to make her a house cat, I just want to be able to feed her without fearing for my life lol.
About a month ago she started walking towards me when i went outside to feed her, she would slowly walk to me as i was opening the wet food can while hissing and growling. Since I saw slight progress in her while she ate from the can i stayed by her (the can would move towards me within a good 2 inches from my feet, she would follow the can, occasionally growling at me to put me in my place), I never tried to touch her and when the can got to close to me I would step back when I saw her get upset. She sits and naps on our porch as well.
Recently shes been getting very aggressive when I or my father go out there to feed her. She walks towards us while growing/nasty meowing, and hissing occasionally. I cant even get the food into her dish because she seems very defensive acting as if we will take the food away. I actually just fed her and had to drop the can and run back into the door cause she honestly looks like she was wanting to attack me if I did not drop that can on the ground.
Any advise for me to at least stop her from being so defensive? I know its extremely hard to get a feral cat to accept humans and probably impossible. I'm not looking to make her a house cat, I just want to be able to feed her without fearing for my life lol.
