[Marcia]

Not much. You are very kind to show this cat love. Keep doing what you are doing. You will eventually win his trust enough to be able to take baby steps towards getting closer. May take a good long time. Poor thing is just trying to survive at this point and humans perhaps have not been kind to him/her.

I had a neighbor that fed a cat for years and the best he could get out of her was for her to step into his kitchen - just a few feet from where he fed her outside. She was always timid and almost never let him even touch her. Bless you for this kindness.

 

[Marcia]

This is how it all started with me and my feral Arwen.

What a sweet exercise in patience. One of the things cats teach us is patience and unconditional love. I think the most hard won kitties are some of my favorites.

Our Abby was a seal point himmy that was rescued on the streets. Declawed, she was left after someone moved out to fend for herself. She was terrified and after 2 weeks a Good Samaritan found her cowering under a car and weighing only about 1 pound. He nursed her back to health and rehomed her to me due to allergies. It took her a year before she warmed up to me! A year of cajoling, cooing, light touches and much love. A year before she rolled onto her back and let me rub her belly. I knew I had arrived into her heart at that point. A year.

I cried like a baby for weeks after she died another year later. I'll never forget my Abby Cakes.