I am not sophisticated enough to post pictures.
Today...I have an ancient black lab with a white face, creaky joints and fading mind. No need to post a pic..old black labs all look the same. lol
I also have a feral outdoor kitty gal. How did you get a feral to be an indoor kitty? I worry about her and would love to bring her inside. She has no interest in being inside. Suggestions?
She was an aging feral cat who would come to my door everyday and I would put some food and water out for her.
I’m not much of a cat person but I love animals so I continued to feed her for years but it wasn’t long before other strays in the neighborhood appeared on my porch to eat her food.
She would fight them but she was getting old and usually was driven off.
One day when I put food out she came on the porch, she was very thin and disheveled, she looked at me with fear in her eyes and dashed inside and stayed inside.
Slowly, she adapted to her surroundings and now she’s acting like kitten, rolling on the floor and playing with toys I bought for her.
The only tip I could give you is patience but you could try one thing, try luring her inside with food, like tuna, just inside the door, once she see’s that she is not in danger her fear will diminish.
It didn’t work for me but it might work for a younger cat because the fear of humans are not as deep seated yet.
Best of luck.
One of my cats, Patch, is a domesticated feral. She was already living on our property when we moved into our house a few years ago. I began putting food out for her after she had a litter of kittens in our back yard (actually in hopes of getting the kittens so we could find them homes). Gradually, she got used to us. I realized she was beginning to trust us when I was on the back porch firing up the grill and instead of running away she walked up to within a few feet of me and sat under the table watching me set the grill up.
Eventually she started letting us pet her, and would occasionally come into the house to eat Apple's food. My wife would usually leave the door open when Apple wanted to go outside, which is how Patch would get in. Being a feral cat, she would typically eat every last crumb in the dish! Finally, one day my wife came home and found Patch on our bed.
She's now grown used to being a house cat, and at least with the two of us she is very affectionate. She's still a little skittish around other people though.
