The first one here was a Japanese Bobtail. A really pretty cat and excellent hunter. She had a litter of five really gorgeous kittens. I mean really pretty ones.
Only one of that litter reached adulthood. Lots of predators here, eagles, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes etc. That one, my Grandchildren named, Tiger, now has five or her own.
These aren’t as pretty as the others but still cute. At least they keep the snakes and rats away. They are technically wild. They hang around and beg for food but will not let me hold them.
There is one other, a big yellow one my Grandkids named Ginger. He is actually very tame and lets me pet him at will. He only shows up maybe once every week or so. He does not get along with the others.
We also have a lot of Bobtail cats around our property. We started having such a rat problem in the barn, so I picked up the biggest and meanest feral cats I could find, so I thought.
I was told that if I kept them in a cage in the barn for a few weeks, they would consider the barn their home and not run away.
I let them out after about 3 weeks, and they ran right to my front door and wanted in the house. That was over 8 years ago, and they still live on my front porch, and run in the house every chance they get. Plus, I don’t think they ever killed a rat.
However, their offspring has, and I no longer have a rat problem.