01-02-2009, 08:23 PM
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Re: semi-feral cat
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Originally Posted by little_miss_kitty
I'm looking after a kitten for a friend for a few months. He found without his mother when he was tiny living behind a shed with his sister and was taken to the cats protection. He's always been a very nervous cat and not sure of humans although he did get comfortable being picked up and cuddled by his owners eventually.
He's been with us about 2 weeks now and gets more confident around us each day (i think having Winston here helps as he tends to copy what he does). He'll now eat in front of us, eat food from my hand and let me stroke him when he is sleepy but my question is...can a semi-feral cat (one who has had no human contact or lived in a home for the first 8 weeks of his life) ever become a confident adult cat?
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Most definitely yes, they can become confident adult cats. My Gizmo was found in a barn with just a sibling and no mum. I've had him since he was six weeks old. He is now a 5year old, adorable lump of black fur! He is still only friendly on his own terms and doesn't like to be in very much but my two sons can do what they like with him. He isn't a lap cat but he will come to us for a rub when he wants one. Mai Tai adores him and follows him round the house but he still hisses at her to leave him alone when he's had enough of her.
Good luck with looking after this kitten. it must be hard for him if he has been moved from home to home in his short life. |