That was one of the otherOriginally posted by LDG
For outside ferals, it never helped us to have other cats see us with other cats... we used the food method Princess Purr described. But once we introduced new kitties (ferals) to our home, they became more comfortable after seeing us interact with the other cats.
Are you sure your cat is a feral? Maybe it's a stray that's "gone feral" - meaning it used to live with people, but now lives on its own?
It could be. My cat, Ivo, was a stray (when I took her to get spayed, it ended up she had already been spayed so she had lived with humans at some point) and it has taken her some time to become fully comfortable with me. For the first few days after I took her in, she laid in my lap and slept with me (I think she missed being safe). That stopped, but now she's becoming more relaxed. She'll let me pick her up (only when I'm petting her and only for a short time), she'll stand on my lap when I pet her, and she's started sleeping with me again. Give it some time, take it slow and I'm sure this cat will learn to trust you (Ivo now lets me pet her stomach-that's the biggest sign of trust I could ever ask from her).Originally posted by Finola
That was one of the other
questions I had asked before.
Cause to me he seems like
a cat that was abandoned and became feral.
And I think his abandonment
is what is making him so cautious.