'Feral no more': After 2 years of gaining a cat's trust, this person rescues the sweet feline who got injured badly, and now, the kitty is happy and safe in his new forever home

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Feb 10, 2025 9:00 AM EST

Gaining a feral cat's trust is a difficult thing to do. Not every street cat is as cute as those ones who run up to you and thank you for every bit of attention. Some of them are tougher cookies. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. It's a good thing we're crazy cat people though. We don't have to explain to our ICHC audience that they should try to pet every street cat that they see, because y'all already do it. So you know that some cats take longer to trust humans, and you know why it's worth it to gain their trust anyway. It's because moments like these can happen. 

Two years it took for this cat to let this human pet it. Two whole years. And it was worth every moment of it. Because when this cat needed help - when he needed someone to save it, he knew exactly who to go to. He knew who was kind to him and who was not. And because of that - because of all the hard work that was put in to gain this cat's trust, now, he has a loving, warm home to live in. 

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    "Feral no more. Moo has a home"

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    Was the work homie, and now part of the family. Took a little over two years to be able to pet him, but he quickly became addicted to attention and pets. Came in to work the other night to find him and limping, so got him home and to a vet. Was probably the fight that would have dethroned him from the territory, as he had some pretty serious gashes that were starting to get infected by the time I got him to the vet.
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    Anyway, he's stitched up, medicated, and absolutely in love with his home base". Taking him to get the trouble puffs taken care of in about 5 hours, and there hasn't been much aggression at the door between him and the two resident cats; a few hisses from all and a couple tail poofings from the resident guy, but otherwise they mostly ignore what's on the other side of the door. CDS always hits when you least expect it. Third time within the last 6 years that it's delivered to me at this job lol
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    ladymorgahnna Bless you! He's a keeper!
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  • It was time. It was simply time for this kitty to come home, and he simply did not know it yet. The CDS works in mysterious ways, and it seems that some cats don't expect it to choose them just as much as some humans don't. No more life on the street, it's time to be pampered at home. 

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    SdVeau OP Been a weird road with this one and how his socialization process went, but it wound up with a bond, and the universe forced the situation to change lol
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    Kinghxnnx What was he infected with?
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    SdVeau OP Not sure, but the injuries were from a catfight. Just looked like the wound behind his ear was more swollen and red than it should be, and the vet concurred, so she got him with a convenia injection. Wound site is looking much better than it was the other day, so guess it either worked, or wasn't necessary in the first place lol
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  • Even though he did not expect or plan on being adopted, he is so obviously happy in his new home. He looks healthy, he looks content, he looks like he commits crimes and does shenanigans on a daily basis and is loving every second of it, and we are so, so happy for him. 

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