(No I didn’t mis-file something about agility under “Cats”)

As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, I feed a very small colony of feral cats. These are “hard strays” – you can’t get near them. One of them, “Cassie” is a little bolder around me than the others. She’s very cute – when she’s hungry she’ll hang out someplace near the house where I can see her (and where she can keep an eye on the dish where I feed them) but crouch down very small and slow-blink her eyes to little slits if I look at her.

For the last several weeks, I’ve been teaching her to take fish treats off a glove that I put on the ground. If I crouch down, stay VERY still and don’t look at her, she’ll cautiously approach and take it. (She always sniffs the glove a lot afterwards – don’t know if she’s investigating the scents on the glove or just making sure she didn’t miss anything.) I’ve been moving closer and closer to the glove …

Last night we had a big breakthrough – she took the treat from the glove while it was ON MY HAND!!! I could feel her little nose through the fingers of the glove. It’s the first time I’ve made actual contact with any of these guys – I almost cried!

I don’t know if I will ever make any progress with “Kit” or “Hat” but maybe … just maybe … there’s some hope for this one!