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Last winter a scrawny, dull coated little black cat sat on my porch railing glaring at me while I was standing at the kitchen sink. I felt so sorry for this skinny little thing that I put food out for him. He ran the minute I opened the door but once I left he came back and devoured the food down to the last crumb. He'd even wrap his paws around the food dish and growl the whole time he was eating like he was afraid another cat would eat it. He's ear tipped and I think he was part of a neighborhood colony. Eventually he'd allow me to be on the porch while I put down his food but he was always on alert and he'd stay a safe distance away.
Fast forward to this summer. He's getting fat and his black coat is beautiful and shiny. He/she, I'm not sure is being fed in my back yard so there's no other cats around. He'll eat half and feel secure enough to leave the rest for later. He'll lay in sun in my back yard and doesn't move when I go out there. If I don't feed him right away in the morning, he'll peer in my screen door and meow to remind me to feed him. If the screen door is shut, he comes to kitchen screen door and stands on his hind legs to look in the screen and then meows to get my attention. He's so funny that way. He lets me get within a foot of him when I feed him, but he's doing something new now. When I sit outside at night he comes and sits under the chair next to me. I talk gently to him but I haven't made any move to touch him or anything. I'm really amazed at the progress that he's made so far. Can I have your opinions or suggestions? How do I go about getting close enough to pet him? Should I even try? I'd like to get him/her inside eventually.
But until then, I'm in the process of creating weatherproof warm oustide cat house for him so hopefully he'll stay in my yard over the winter.
Fast forward to this summer. He's getting fat and his black coat is beautiful and shiny. He/she, I'm not sure is being fed in my back yard so there's no other cats around. He'll eat half and feel secure enough to leave the rest for later. He'll lay in sun in my back yard and doesn't move when I go out there. If I don't feed him right away in the morning, he'll peer in my screen door and meow to remind me to feed him. If the screen door is shut, he comes to kitchen screen door and stands on his hind legs to look in the screen and then meows to get my attention. He's so funny that way. He lets me get within a foot of him when I feed him, but he's doing something new now. When I sit outside at night he comes and sits under the chair next to me. I talk gently to him but I haven't made any move to touch him or anything. I'm really amazed at the progress that he's made so far. Can I have your opinions or suggestions? How do I go about getting close enough to pet him? Should I even try? I'd like to get him/her inside eventually.
But until then, I'm in the process of creating weatherproof warm oustide cat house for him so hopefully he'll stay in my yard over the winter.