Cat As A Man's Best Friend

Learn How Cats Can Be a Man's Best Friend!

Feral cats are different from stray cats. Stray cats often result from a person’s irresponsibility. This irresponsibility can manifest in two primary ways: abandoning a cat to fend for itself and neglecting to spay and neuter their pets. While stray cats can be timid, they are often easily tamed. In contrast, feral cats are usually born to wild parents and are wild themselves. These cats have had no human interaction and are very difficult to tame.

Due to the difficulty in taming feral cats, making them less desirable as indoor pets, many rescue organizations focus on trapping, spaying, and neutering feral cat colonies. Typically, these organizations trap the cats, sterilize them, and then release them near their original location. They also dedicate efforts to providing food for these colonies.

Feral cats are found everywhere, including rural areas, farms, abandoned buildings, parks, and alleyways. You might catch a glimpse of them, but they are challenging to capture due to their lack of human contact. If you have feral cats in your neighborhood, you might wonder if these animals can be kept as pets.

Taming a feral cat is challenging due to their lack of human interaction. Depending on their level of interaction with humans, cats can be classified as semi-feral, fully feral, or even converted feral cats. Your potential success in socializing the cat largely depends on this classification. Additionally, taming these cats requires significant time, love, and patience.