Petting the feral
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
September 20, 2016 8:02pm CST
My friends know I have a lot of cats, including 3 feral ones and a semi-feral one.
Tonight I went into the kitchen and saw Elmer, one of the feral cats, sound asleep, cuddled up next to Taj, my oldest cat.
I quietly reached over and gently started massaging Elmer's side. He continued sleeping.
I got in like 8 or so massages when Taj got up, because he wanted me to pet him.
Elmer groggily opened his eyes, then looked over to see who was touching him.
His eyes shot open with an "OH SH!T!" look and he scrambled away.
I started laughing and slamming my hand against the fridge, it was SO funny.
The roomie wanted to know what was so funny. When I breathlessly told her, she agreed that it was THAT funny!
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Yes, it is funny, not for Elmer, poor cat.
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
21 Sep 16
No, he's not that old, he's just an inside feral cat. He's not been outside since we trapped him about 6 weeks old. I say "not outside" but we do have a catio, but that isn't that different from being safe inside since nothing can get him. So, he's never had to be as alert as a feral cat outside. And, remember, he was cuddled up with another cat. I had been quiet coming into the room, so he didn't have my normal noise level to alert him a human was nearby.
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@rebelann (117240)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Sep 16
I hope so @ElicBxn it would be nice to be able to actually hold her and brush her, she gets those awful clumps in her fur which I want to cut out and has actually allowed me a few minutes to do that once in a while. She has extremely silky fine fur that mats up all the time.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
21 Sep 16
@Hatley Tardar, or "Grumpy Cat" looks upset because she just looks that way, Elmer has this glare he reserves for us "two legs." He doesn't give that look to other cats, he's fine with other cats. In fact, when he was waking up, he was fine and when he realized it was me, it wasn't his glare, it was pure alarm. I'm sure when I see him next, that glare will be back.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
21 Sep 16
He seemed to be unthankful to your petting him.How long it will take to tame a feral cat?
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Sep 16
lol they are so funny and such great entertainment.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
21 Sep 16
@ElicBxn lol some cats are like that! I have one that I took in that a neighbour threw out and he is so full of personality. I have never had a cat like him before.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
22 Sep 16
@Happy2BeMe Elmer is so feral but he is also food obsessed. He won't come close but is always on the lookout for food.
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