All cats need love. Some are reluctant at first to share their lives with a human. Two feral cats chose to adopt me. I have been blessed. Squeaky and Hoover have added immeasurable joy and pleasure to my life. This book is their stories. Perhaps you, too, may be chosen by a sweet feral cat. This is a playbook to bring them into your family.
Below are a few excerpts:
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“Feral cats are survivors.  They have learned to find food, shelter, and a safe haven from intruders and predators.  They possess heightened senses and elevated wariness.”

“The single lure which allows me to begin the relationship with my feral friend is food . . .  I place the food and water in a sheltered location . . .  Because survivors use the cover of darkness to stay safe, it’s at night that they prefer to come for the food. Unfortunately, raccoons and possums cruise for food at night, too. And, they love cat food.”

“When Hoover went missing for a full week in February 2014 with a heavy snow blanketing my part of Oregon, I felt tremendous sadness that circumstances had required I be gone for the weekend immediately after the storm. Fearful she had met the Grim Reaper, I vowed if I found her alive she would become an indoor cat.”

“For Squeaky I cut one side off a cardboard box, placed a soft garment in it, and located it under my travel trailer. She had comfort, warmth, and safety. I coaxed her into using it by placing her food bowl in the box. As it became a familiar place associated with food, comfort, and safety she was more inclined to linger there after the meal was finished. This had to be much better than a spider-infested dirt bed under a house or junked-out vehicle somewhere.”

Taming Step 3:  Be patient. Speak softly and lovingly, using the cat’s newly-given name, as you try to get closer to the food bowl at feeding time. The cat will set the tempo of the dance.

“It started by leaving my sliding deck door open.  Instead of placing Hoover’s food outside on the deck, I placed it just inside the door.  If she wanted to eat, Hoover had to come a short distance into the house. . . .  Once she had eaten, her curiosity took over.  Hoovo wandered around the dining and living rooms.   The door was left open so she was free to retreat when it suited her.”

“It is my theory that the ability to store fat to a greater degree than the average feline allowed both cats to survive the lean or foodless times when others perished.  Squeaky, no doubt, had litter mates.  A typical litter of kittens numbers four or five.  As far as I know, she was the only remaining survivor when she found me.” 

“I’m always curious to hear proclamations from the pope.  Pope Paul VI, who reigned from 1963 until his death in 1978, once stated “One day again we will see our animals in the eternity of Christ.”  Right on!  Surely the pope knows.  He’s the pope!”  

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