We have a small feral cat colony around here – as far as I can tell, no more than about 5 cats. One old timer which I rarely see, 2 newcomers who may belong to someone who lets them out to roam the neighborhood (I don’t see them all the time and they look better-fed than the others). That leaves Kit and Cassie – the resident tomcat and a spayed (TNR’d after having a litter of kittens under my neighbor’s deck 2 years ago!) tabby female. I’ve been feeding both of them for several months and am slowly earning their trust. Right now, both are at the point where if they see me outside they come to check out the dish. And I can now put food down a few feet from them without them running away – the closest I’ve ever gotten to Kit is about 4 feet, Cassie is a little more tolerant, I’ve gotten to within 2 feet of her. She rarely stops by in the daytime so I have no pictures of her yet.

This is Kit – isn’t he handsome? I’m certain he’s some relative to my ‘Bika (as is Cassie, who looks exactly like her) because he has the same face and eyes as her mother (from the same feral colony). I’m convinced that in a past life he was a spoiled housecat, because whenever it rains I usually find him up on my covered porch, fast asleep on a patio chair cushion :). Poor guy doesn’t like getting his fur wet!