[ruesrose]

I have a reclaimed feral cat. Her mother was an abandoned Siamese and her father was certainly mixed origin.
She was 5 months old when I got her and she socialized quite willingly. But now and then the feral comes out and I have the bite marks to show for it.
She is worth it. She has many redeeming qualities and I would not trade her for a gentler cat at all.

[dancusa]

I got a grey swirl tabby feral adoptee. He bit me so hard after being wounded on the prowl. I had to go to the hospital. Animal control came to my house and issued me a ticket and fine. The hospital has to report all bites. The cat had all his shots at the time but the gov. wants your money in fines. They don't care if you paid all the money to vet and your hospital for your care and the pets.

The cat bit me because I picked him up and brought him to his food bowl without seeing that he had an oozing wound on his side when he came into the house.

The 300 dollar cat bite with a 50 dollar additional charge from animal control fine.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I have a feral rescue myself. She’s a tortoiseshell of mixed parentage, although her general build reminds me of a Siamese. Of the litters of hers I’ve seen, all but one of them produced a “tabby-point” kitten.

I think she’s probably five or six years old; she was living in our back yard when we moved here in mid-2009 and has been living in the house for the last year and a half. She’s very affectionate with us and has so far never bitten or scratched. But she will immediately duck under the bed if we have company over.