'This tough guy has turned into a big ol baby': Terrified Feral Cat Who Wouldn’t Let Anyone Touch Him Melts After a Year of Patience and Many, Many Snacks

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Dec 10, 2024 9:00 AM EST

When it comes to feral cats getting rescued… you know from the get-go that getting them adjusted to their new life is going to be a tough mission. These cats usually have to spend their entire lives outside, fending for themselves, looking for food, fighting for survival. It's unsurprising that it usually takes feral cats a while to warm up to humans. You don't know what they went through out there. It would probably take us a while too.

So, it also makes sense that a lot of people tend to give up on finding feral cats furrever homes, because it simply takes them too long to get ready. That doesn't mean we like that it happens, and it does mean that when people really put in the time and effort - like the rescuer in today's story - we are all the more grateful. Because we know where these cats start, and to see their transformations… it's amazing. 

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    haley @feederofcats well I have some developments to share for anyone who remembers Boots, the misleadingly friend-shaped feral guy I TNR'd last year and have been feeding and begging to let me touch him this whole time to no avail 3:24 PM ⚫ Dec 5, 2024 8.8M Views 784 7.7K 152K 9K
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    He might have started as the misleadingly friend-shaped feral guy, but after all the love and kindness that you have shown him this past year, he has truly turned into a friend-shaped no-longer-feral adorable cutie. 

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    And with a face like that, we have no doubt that this guy is going to get adopted and have his chubby cheeks pinched for the rest of his life very, very soon. Hey, if we were anywhere nearby, we know that we wouldn't have been able to resist getting him, but someone else is going to have that honor. 

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    haley @feederofcats he got his butt kicked in a fight and wasn't bouncing back in the timely manner he was allotted, just seemed weak and feeling crummy, so I trapped him again to get him some vet care this past weekend 3:24 PM ⚫ Dec 5, 2024 515K Views 14 1214 17K ☐ 104
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    haley @feederofcats *some* cats are too smart to go into a trap at all. *most* cats are too smart to be trapped twice. and then of course we have our dear Boots. anyway 3:24 PM Dec 5, 2024 518.8K Views > 51 1599 25K ☐ 229
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    haley @feederofcats now that I had him again and he seemed somewhat tamer after being balless for the past year and a half, it was my destiny to get this guy to like me given that he tried to kill everyone so hard that he broke his own teeth last year, I started with gentle pets with a stick 3:24 PM • Dec 5, 2024 496.7K Views • 25 17298 19K 179 ↑
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    haley @feederofcats then we discovered our love of churu
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    haley Follow @feederofcats gonna skip some steps here but in short, I've been working with him for a few days and this tough guy has turned into a big ol baby he's nervous but it's obvious that he wants to trust humans and is longing for comfort
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    haley @feederofcats Follow Boots had an abscess from a cat fight on his shoulder which was causing a lot of pain, that's been fixed up. Labwork showed he's pretty anemic which explains why he was looking extra crummy that. and he's also FIV+. so I'm working on 3:25 PM. Dec 5, 2024 · 468.4K Views 26 17155 17K ☐ 90 <]
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    haley @feederofcats Follow I'm so glad that Boots is ready to turn in his feral card, and being able to finally pet his big head, comfort him, and hear him purr after feeding him and loving him from afar for the past couple years is such a good feeling 3:25 PM. Dec 5, 2024 457.1K Views > 34 17 188 21K ☐ 74 企
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    haley @feederofcats If anyone is interested in adopting or even fostering this ridiculous baby man, please contact me at friendsofbearcatrescue.org/contact 3:25 PM. Dec 5, 2024 524.9K Views → 179 1.2K 26K ☐ 224 <]
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    haley @feederofcats wow this tweet is already making its rounds! We're located in the SF Bay Area, CA if anyone is interested in this ham of a man also, if you'd like to support our mission to help cats like this, you can donate here: friendsofbearcatrescue.org/donate or venmo: friendsofbear friends friendsofbearcatrescue.org cat res Donate Friends of Bear Cat Rescue 6:52 PM Dec 5, 2024 387.4K Views
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