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There is a feral cat clowder that lives up by my work. They fish in trash cans, get fed by customers and people who live in the trailer park behind the store, and someone has taken almost all of the adults up to the shelter to be TNR'd. (I know because the shelter here notches the ears of the strays they've fixed and there are only one or two of the adults that don't have the ear notches.) There are also a few kittens (probably born before the cats were rounded up) and one of the kittens seems to be interested in me. When I'm working by a door (the only section with floor to ceiling windows) the kitten will sit there and watch me work, and will move between doors (there's one on each side of the building) to try and keep me in sight. Now, this is a feral cat--it will not let humans (any humans, not even me) near it. This is not a domesticated animal. That said, when I leave work it paces me to the car (keeping half of the parking lot between it and me) and then will dart around the car (after I get in--I wait a minute to let it get past) and then watches me leave.
Here's my question: is there something I'm supposed to do here? I can't take it home (even if it was tame) because I have five cats at home. (Rose, Princess, Ra, Spot, and Asia.) But at the same time, I feel like the kitten is trying to reach out to me for--something. (I've only had cats for a couple of years and my experience with them previous to that was primarily in getting attacked by cats, so this is all new to me.) I'm sorry if that sounds like a stupid question.
Here's my question: is there something I'm supposed to do here? I can't take it home (even if it was tame) because I have five cats at home. (Rose, Princess, Ra, Spot, and Asia.) But at the same time, I feel like the kitten is trying to reach out to me for--something. (I've only had cats for a couple of years and my experience with them previous to that was primarily in getting attacked by cats, so this is all new to me.) I'm sorry if that sounds like a stupid question.