“Taming a feral kitten can be hit or miss.”
In 2011 we took in three ferals who were three months old (per the vet). We’d never done it before. We contacted a group, “Feral Friends”, and they said, “You’ll never tame them; they’re too old.” Well, they’re way more loving and clingy than the others.
A year later we brought in their mother (we had done TNR on her after bringing in the kittens). She loves being petted, and she snuggles up to you — but don’t even think about picking her up. When we moved to a new house in 2016 it was quite the circus trying to get her into a carrier.
Not true. I'm with you on that one.
I just finished feeding my six feral cats in the garage, 5 a.m. here and three below zero.
I haven't yet fed my biggest and (at 12 years) oldest feral, who lives in the house and out, and is my best pal.
The "garage kitties," as they are known, are more or less tame, depending on which one, and they all have distinct personalities and singular patterns and routines.
One of them wants desperately to live in the house--she is the queen of the ferals--but of course some of that pipe dream would go up in smoke after a week or two relative confinement. Plus she triggers the hell out of my allergies.
Some of my ferals are shy, not to say paranoid, but most will at least stand a petting. What is remarkable about all of them is just how they do, after some time of being treated well, grow into decent and friendly sentient creatures.