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After reading so many posts, i know i'm lucky. I never thought this hissing/fearful cat would one day decide to climb over my lap, curl into a ball and start purring. Not to mention the kisses. I was so shocked, i froze, even when my legs were cramping up... i didn't move! She's still fearful of...

Thank you. :hyper:

Yes. Completely. She's so funny. She makes me laugh every day!

***UPDATE*** Hello everyone. I just wanted to share some great news. After 9 months of love, patience and some more love, Lily has transformed into a beautiful house cat and total lap cat. She is just lovely, and funny, thinks she's a dog, and VERY affectionate. Gives me kisses every day...

Hey everyone. Here are some pictures of Lily. She keeps moving, so unfortunately some of the pics are blurry. I'll try to get better ones later. She was playing with her mouse on 'her' bed :)

Hihi. She's sleeping now, i'll try to get a nice picture of her later today. I'll try to post more pictures regularly :)

Things are going great. Lily now has decided to come and smell my face each time i give her a treat or her food. So cute. She has stopped shoveling all her food in her mouth at once, and is taking her time with it. I think she realized that she gets food every day so she doesn't have to swallow...

Hihi. She's such a lovely cat, and so smart and playful. She can own me anytime :biggrin:

It's very encouraging! :hyper:

Hihi. I thought about that. Thank you. I will definitely try it the next time she shows interest in my face. Hopefully tonight.

***Lily Update*** Things are moving smoothly with my little Lily. We had family over for Christmas, so Lily hid most of the time, but now she is back to her usual routine. Just last night, when i was sitting and giving Lily some treats something extraordinary happened. She came over and...

I do have a cat tree that she uses. But my windows all have thick enough ledges that she used them all the time. She likes to spy on me and the dogs when we're outside. I look up and there's Lily, sitting at the window looking down at us. She's so cute.

I'm sure you are right. I don't want to jeopardize what we've already built. I think she'll need at least a year (like yours) maybe more, to get comfortable. I don't think pushing her is going to work either. I'm going to continue working with her at her own pace and stick to what has worked...

The funny thing with Lily, is that the third day after i caught her, she ate from my fingers... not my hand. I would pinch a piece of turkey between my index finger and my thumb and she would come up and take it. She still does this, right up to my face when i'm sitting on the floor. But if i...

That's so true. She's very different from my Siamese who hated 'not' being on my lap or around my neck. I'm happy knowing that i saved her from a horrible short life outdoors. The day before i caught her, i saw her crossing the busy road. If the cars didn't kill her, the the coyotes or the...

She might not come on my lap tonight, but i'm going to keep trying. She is still pretty frightened of me, the big human, but hopefully one day she'll come. Seeing it through her eyes, this is still very new, and i seriously doubt she'd ever had real human contact before me. And if she did, it...

You are not interrupting this thread at all, i need and appreciate to hear from experiences like yours with feral cats. It makes me realize that i'm not alone in this and that it can be done. We all want the best for our kitties :D

Yeah. I'm going to try feeding her on my lap later today. See how that goes. Such great advice from everyone here. I'm so grateful :)

Yeah. I totally agree. I don't have any experience with ferals, this is my first time. She's really a lovely cat, very frightened, but lovely. When i'm done with my work later this evening, i think i'll have a glass of wine and read your thread. ;)

Thank you for the great advice! Lily is playing on her own right now, she sounds very happy! I'll leave a brush for her, and I will definitely try feeding her from my lap, never thought of that, and see if she comes. I've left some dirty clothes on the floor for her, and she likes to lay in...