Feral Cat vs Stray Cat

Starring: See below for feral description
Taz- X-feral, now semi-File
Tanji - Found sick stray,

For those who had comments, Taz, (gray) was feral. It took 3 years to get him to this point. He does NOT let me pick him up. I am not sure if a feral will ever allow you to pick them up. My stray, (orange) was found dirty, no whiskers, some black stuff on him and sick as a dog. They are both fixed thanks to Fixnation.org. Ferals can be semi tamed and possibly tamed with years of patience.

Yes they are buddies, that took about 6 months, the feral came first. The orange came later, after meeting through a window I left the window open and the feral came in briefly, when he saw me he took off. But as you can see this is 3 years later.

Feral Cat: descended from domestic cats but are born and live without human contact. They are not to be confused with wild cats or stray cats (alley cats). Wild cats are descendants of wild species. Stray cats are homeless descendants of domestic cats, but unlike feral cats, have had prior contact with humans and therefore exhibit temperament similar to that of a domestic cat.

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[98LuverCat]

Is this just a game between them two ? Cause it doesn't look as if theyr'e fighting in anger, but for fun xD Cool music ;P

[mealanakila]

@98LuverCat yes it took at least a year + for the feral to come around, this video was about 3 years in the making. He use to run when I would get close but eventually he realized I was not going to harm him. The feral jumps out the window when he gets tired of the orange chasing him. He will hiss at him time to time but the orange does not get it and keeps harassing him

[98LuverCat]

@mealanakila Oh, :) Funny though :D My grand mother took in a wild cat (an orange on) who ran and stuff like that and now he's comfortable with them but not anybody else ;P He's cute though :3

[mealanakila]

@98LuverCat Yes, exactly, he is the best cat ever and I've had a lot of them in the past but I am really the only one that can really enjoy who he is and I am the only one he trust. I was teaching him slowing to be picked up and got scratches everywhere. I started at the sitting down position and put him in my lap (more thicker clothes) after I was squatting so it is a process for every little step. I know your grandmother just absolutely loves him.

[MopsusHears]

I admire your dedication to getting these cats domesticated and playing together.

[mealanakila]

@MopsusHears I think it is worth the years. I was lucky this feral wasn't a bully like I've seen out there. I think the most difficult case may be the ferals that do NOT meow, just hiss and spit. These ferals come from ferals (do not meow as well) and so on. Ferals that meow either were domestic at one time or came from at least one domestic parents (generations). This other feral did not meow and when he was fixed, he never came back. see Youtube qy8eBo9YtGs TNR

[derfo20]

Tanjis butt first approach is an interesting tactic...and funny to watch. Thanks for posting.

[ktyfiend]

That's just so cute :3 Im taking care of a slightly feral cat of my own, it took about 5 months for her to trust me enough to let me pet her <3

[rentwest]

@smyth94Isles4eva While taking the video I didnt' think anything of it until I watched it and really enjoyed the teasing going on.

[rentwest]

@mashhh If you watch their back paws, this is where all their power is. They typically can scratch open the stomach of the other cat. I was lucky enough the feral (after being neutered) didn't mind the stray. The feral didn't like humans at the time we met.