Sorry I am a little late with this update but my wildlife photography photoshoots have cut into my time a lot. A month ago I came home to find a little black cat sitting in the driveway waiting for me. She rolled over on her back and let me stroke her belly, then snuggled up against me. I thought she was a neighborhood cat since she was so friendly towards me so I canvassed the area looking for an owner. I finally found out she was a "barn cat" who was feral with no contact with humans before me. I took her in and fed her, then took her to the vet. She is about 8 months old and was in the very early stage of pregnancy at that time. We had no room for more cats, not even really for her, so we had her spayed. She was dewormed and had shots. At that point I decided she would be a new member of our home, hopefully the last for awhile since we now have 13 indoor cats. Several are geriatric.
I named her Laila, which means 'dark beauty', and have been working to tame her since then. She has come a long ways but still has some issues here with a couple of the other cats here. They try to bully her because of her newness and small size so we have to watch for that. She is very affectionate to humans and getting her over her shyness towards the other cats has been the main impetus here. This is a photo of our little Laila.
Ken Albin