Hi my mother has copd and was told to get rid of her cats. The one I was asked to take is about 2 years old and she seems to act like a feral cat. I am not sure how to get her to become a sweet cat. I have her in my bathroom away from my other two cats. She will not let me touch her, she growls, spits, and smacks when I approach her. It's very hard to even get to her food bowls without possibly getting scratched or even bitten. I noticed she hardly eats. I bring in wet food each day while I talk to her but the rest of the day she has her dry food and water bowl. I've only been able to get her to eat from my hand once and when I go to touch her she becomes afraid and starts shaking. I keep going in at times and sit on the bathroom floor in hopes she will start to come around but no luck. She stays hidden under my sink so I've made sure to move everything out of there and now have her litter box and food under sink with her. What's weird is at my moms there was a day that she jumped on bed and was just allowing me to pet her non stop and wanting attention but now it's back to the hissing, spitting and stay away attitude. She's very pretty and would love to see a sweet cat. Can't throw a towel over her to capture her as I've tried and it frightens her too much and makes her worse. I really need some help with taming her and calming her down. She's been with me since Christmas Day. Not sure if fixing her will help but the vet refuses to touch her out of fear of being injured by her. Can anyone tell me what I can do to tame her and get her to socialize with me.