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[darkvoodoo]

If he was actually feral, you cant tame him. Sounds like he is just a stray or long lost pet....

[.Middy.]

I don't know why I said feral, I meant wild.

I don't think he will be too hard to tame down, he seems to love wet cat food (that's what I used to coax him to me to grab him) and didn't seem too freaked when I grabbed him up.

[Mako.]

We adopted this little butt from the shelter about a month ago! Her name is Mariah, she's a year old, and she's an angel and a devil at the same time <3

Linked for size!

[.Middy.]

I think once Ive got him tamed down, I'm gonna try doing some clicker training with him to make him more adoptable! Maybe even harness train him? Idk yet!

[.muse.]

Question, since I'm not a huge feline fan and the only ones I've ever 'owned' were my mothers and my grandmothers, hopefully someone here can give me some ideas.

Is there any sort of natural concoction I can make to spray my property perimeter with that would make it less appealing to stray/feral cats? None of the store bought stuff works from past experience trying to keep them out of my cactus garden.

One of my neighbors, still trying to find out which danged one, is feeding the strays and they spend way to much time in my yard.
They weren't that big of a problem when we first moved in, the dogs do a pretty good job of scaring them off when we let them out, but at night they poop in our yard. In the morning my two idiots either stomp through it, roll in it, or eat it. I'm getting really sick and tired of cleaning this god awful smelling poop off of them and would like cat owners ideas on what helps keep cats at bay.

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Day 5 on raw.
Milo and Sterling are loving it now! Doing very good and eating their meals fast. Sterling seems to be starving all the time now, even more than before. Is this normal?
Sahara is almost switched to full canned.

[Angel's Whisper.]

Day 5 on raw.
Milo and Sterling are loving it now! Doing very good and eating their meals fast. Sterling seems to be starving all the time now, even more than before. Is this normal?
Sahara is almost switched to full canned.

Most of the sites I've read say that cats [not sure about dogs] should eat about 3 meals a day.

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Day 5 on raw.
Milo and Sterling are loving it now! Doing very good and eating their meals fast. Sterling seems to be starving all the time now, even more than before. Is this normal?
Sahara is almost switched to full canned.

Most of the sites I've read say that cats [not sure about dogs] should eat about 3 meals a day.

I think I might switch them to two possibly.

[Angel's Whisper.]

If you were to feed raw, how long could you leave out the bones/meat/organs out for? [in case the cat doesn't finish it quickly.]

[fairytale.]

If you feed raw, cats should have a set dinner time. Switch off of free feeding before going to raw. That way, the cat learns to eat it all in one sitting. People recommend not leaving it out for more than fifteen minutes. If my cat doesn't eat his whole meal (which is rare), I just put it back in the fridge and he gets it at the next meal time.