Mariposa's Exciting Bathtime Adventures

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Were any of other cats formerly feral?

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Yes, Basil, Bella, Hamlet and Sienna, sort of. Basil had been trapped in 2014 at five weeks but was badly socialized and ended up on the kill list at the shelter at 14 weeks. The rescue I volunteer with got the kill list each afternoon and we shuffled for fosters for behavior and health cats, I had just lost a hospice foster and had room for Basil, me and the housepanthers settled him down. He was diagnosed with asthma at 16 months and because of potential cost and handling no one adopted him so I kept him. Bella had been trapped as a feral kitten but wasn't fully socialized before she went into a Petco adoption center, where she lost her socialization. Basil had been here three weeks and could use a buddy near his age and they became fur siblings literally the moment they met. Hamlet was trapped with his sister as feral cats but did not socialize well, went to a barn home, but didn't do well. I took them after Basil and Bella because they didn't have too many options other than more skilled socialization. Ophelia was eventually adopted and is still doing well, and while Hamlet adapted to living in a home with me and a family of felines, ate with them, hung out with all of us and even slept with me, being able to pet and then handle him has taken the past 10 years, now he loves it all. Sienna was living with a feral colony and I trapped her for her caretaker after about 8 months, but the next morning in her trap she was talking and rubbing her face on the wires so she had some socialization so I kept her for adoption. She's very affectionate and playful but was too shy to meet anyone, no one wanted a cat that shy. Of them all, only Basil will appear when people visit the house.