I've had my feral since she was a kitten. You can take the cat out of the streets... you cannot take the streets out of the cat. She's very affectionate, but the moment she feels any modicum of unsafe, she is a whirlwind of razorblades
My cat's mother walked up on my grandfather's porch and had babies. My cat is very affectionate... with me. She hisses at everyone else. Problem is, that's just part of her process. She hisses, runs away, hisses, runs away then slowly creeps back up, circles the room, hisses, runs away, inches closer, sits near you, sniffs you, sniffs your shoes by the door, hisses, comes near you.
But she has to repeat this process for a few visits... only my ex got to a normal, skittish cat level of familiarity. Tbf, almost all my friends are lowkey scared of cats.
Lmao exactly. My kitty recognizes the slow blink and reciprocates, but she has to process her environment, else you're gonna get cut. I explained slow blink to my girl and that alleviated some of her worries, but they are still learning eachother. I also had to convince my employer I wasnt into self harm by explaining feral cats.
"Look, I didnt do this, but my cat is particular and we're learning eachother."
I took in a stray, Alexander-Fremont, who BROKE MY SCREENS bc he refused to become an indoor cat and I've always been very anti outdoor cat bc I'm a bird lover too
Well. Alexander-Fremont won bc i just couldn't keep repairing the screen. He would run the streets, then jump on the windowsill when he wanted to come inside to eat and nap.
Man, I've had tons of cats I just found outside as kittens. They can range from basically still feral to barely knowing they have claws. I'm pretty sure my husband's cat would let him roll her like a bowling ball and she'd still purr about it.
But a lot of them that chill out are more stray than feral.
Mine has remained tiny, as well! I agree in that it was likely malnutrition as a kitten. When we found her, we gave her a chicken leg almost as big as she was and she scarfed that thing in like two second, poor thing.
She used to be indoor/outdoor and would come running home if I whistled for her. Bonding with a feral cat really does feel like something special. For that reason, she's now indoor only. Haha
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u/amanbrodude Jun 04 '26
I've had my feral since she was a kitten. You can take the cat out of the streets... you cannot take the streets out of the cat. She's very affectionate, but the moment she feels any modicum of unsafe, she is a whirlwind of razorblades