What everyone should know about Ferals

Ferals are rarely cats who ran away. These cats were often dumped by their owners and left to fend for themselves. These cats are normally not aggressive, or really a threat to anyone.

How to tell a Feral from a house pet

If you have trapped a cat, maybe there was one loose in your basement or some such, and you want to know if the cat is feral or perhaps has an owner the differences are easy to see. When you remove the cover from the cage, a feral will almost always try to get away from you, or act defensive. Normally they are terrified of you. A normal house cat will normally act fairly calm, and literally wait to be let out, as they are used to this strange human treatment. Some will even be friendly enough to purr or rub against the cage sides.

If the feral is loose, they will often flee much more violently than a house cat. A house cat might hurry away from you, but it will not normally knock things over in its haste, or move as fast as it is capable. Ferals will try anything to get as far away from people as they can.

Can Ferals be house pets?

Feral cats can become house cats once more. They need a lot of socialization and calm care though. Even with this care they might never be as calm or as demonstrative as a cat that has never experienced being feral.

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