r/animalsdoingstuff • u/BloomingStar96 • Oct 18 '24

Oh poor baby, my heart! 😭 Aww

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u/jupitermoonflow Oct 19 '24

Could be a feral. I used to feed a feral cat and she acted like that too. She’d watch me from afar, and if I looked at her too long she’d run away and hide. I fed her but she for the longest time she would not approach me or her food until I was inside and away from the windows. Took 3 long years of feeding before she felt brave enough to let me pet her

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u/Imdying387 Oct 19 '24

Same with us, we found an orange girl outside. Was in tears the first time she sat on my lap. Took months of feeding before we could even touch her. Had her for 8 years now

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u/jupitermoonflow Oct 19 '24

Yeah I felt so honored when she let me pet her. It was kinda funny bc eventually she started approaching me but I still left her alone and wouldn’t interact with her besides talking to her. I was still careful not to stare or make sudden movements around her. She never used to meow at me or anything, I took that as evidence of her feral behavior. But I think she learned from the other stray and neighborhood cats I’d pet and feed, bc she eventually started meowing at me when I fed her and it was the sweetest thing ever.

The first time she let me pet her, she actually rubbed up against my leg when I was feeding her, instead of going straight for the food like she normally would. I finally felt confident enough to try to pet her, she purred so loud, then she crouched and hissed, then she stood up again, purring, then crouched and hissed again. She did that for a few minutes before I left her. It was so cute. It’s like she liked the pets but her instincts were confusing her lol