DON’T give up & here’s why! We started feeding a stray adult feral about 5 or 6 years ago. She finally got to the point where we could pet her. We have a work table in the carport. We put an insulated doghouse on it filled with quilts & fleece throws. We have 2 dogs& a cat indoors. This winter was brutally cold. No matter how my h we tried luring our feral in she wouldn’t come even though it was obvious she so wanted to. Finally, over Thanksgiving break my husband kidnapped her one cold night & brought her in. She was tentative & skittish, but we kept doing it & one evening we found her curled up on the bed looking like a queen! She now comes in all the time & sleeps inside at night. She gets on my chest & purrs & rubs & we take weekend naps.
This happened just last year, SO never give up hope. To us it is pretty much a miracle come true. I’ll think good thoughts about you & your feral.
That is a great story!
Kudos to you.
Wow .. good for you, very good to know!
I don’t want to give up on him, but I don’t have years. This is a house we’ve been renting out for the past 14 years, but now we’re getting it ready to sell, so we’ll be going back home pretty soon.
Thank you for your encouragement though. I don’t want to give up on him. I’ve thought about contacting one of those trap and release groups in order to at least get him neutered and rabies vaccine.
He’s come a long way in just 6 weeks. He used to run whenever I looked out the window. Now, he sits about 2 feet away while I take care of water and food. I have a large scaffold next to the porch, and he’s taken to sleeping there.
I’ve also noticed him sitting on the scaffold or the porch rail, just watching me as I’m at the computer. Whenever I glance up, he stretches and yawns...which I take as a cat cue that he doesn’t feel threatened and maybe trusts me a little.