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I wanted to share my experience. I have been feeding two feral cats for the past month. One boy I usually only see during the day, but the other (Drexl) only came at night. I would talk to him every night as he hid in my bushes, and he would cry pitifully. On Thursday night, I trapped him and took him into the Texas Coalition for Animals in the morning. I found out he already was neutered and ear tipped in 2018 when he was about one year old. He was TNR'D and released 24 hours later, and had been living the past four years on his own. When I brought him home after his vaccines and SNAP test (he was negative for FIV and FLV) and set him up in his safe room, I was so filled with self doubt. I wondered if I did the right thing.
Later that same evening, he completely transformed from total feral to happy housecat. He is the most loving mama's boy, always purring and giving kisses. He is so ecstatic to be here. While some have speculated that perhaps he was once in a home, I really believe that is not true. Everything is completely new to him; the simplest human technology is strange and marvelous to this boy. I think that when the energy and environment is right, those domestic instincts kick in even for feral cats. Drexl is the third feral cat I've tamed. The other two I worked with outside and tamed completely before I brought in. It took months for Nite and almost a year for Fright Nite. But Drexl, brought inside before tame, six hours.
I am so thrilled that I took the advice of others in this forum and trapped him. My heart is so full. My next step is to trap the other boy. This other one is for sure NOT yet neutered. I am working on trapping him this week!
Later that same evening, he completely transformed from total feral to happy housecat. He is the most loving mama's boy, always purring and giving kisses. He is so ecstatic to be here. While some have speculated that perhaps he was once in a home, I really believe that is not true. Everything is completely new to him; the simplest human technology is strange and marvelous to this boy. I think that when the energy and environment is right, those domestic instincts kick in even for feral cats. Drexl is the third feral cat I've tamed. The other two I worked with outside and tamed completely before I brought in. It took months for Nite and almost a year for Fright Nite. But Drexl, brought inside before tame, six hours.
I am so thrilled that I took the advice of others in this forum and trapped him. My heart is so full. My next step is to trap the other boy. This other one is for sure NOT yet neutered. I am working on trapping him this week!
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