Every time I see her, I ask you the breed. You kindly remind me. Then I forget until I see Kacie’s photo and ask again. There is a reason for my inquiry…since the loss of my dog, I have searched for a good choice. Thank you again. And again.
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@7NoteScale more than happy to share 
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My daughter owns “Dexter”, Grand National Champ. He has been a wonderful boy but requires a lot of exercise. Boomer was a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier.
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This was Boomer. He was the best…not bright…could not learn…did not really recognize me…did not seem to learn his name…but he was a gentle soul.
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I think I’ve posted something similar before.
I have two 2 legged brothers, but these were my 4 legged brothers and sisters as well.
Poppy
Dino
Robbie
Chips
Peggy
Bess
Griff
Dudley
Sam
Katie
Jess
Dusty
Thomas
Boris
Garfield
RIP brothers and sisters 
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The more you describe Nom Nom, the more I think about a BBC documentary on cats and dogs PBS aired a few months ago. According to the cat behaviorists interviewed in the cat documentary, cats develop human-attracted social skills incredibly early in their development, something like a few weeks to just a few months. If they lack human social interaction, or develop a fear of humans, during that period, that behavior just does not develop and they revert to more of the ancestral wild/feral behaviors. This is partly why feral cats do not develop into social animals around us, according to the BBC experts.
Maybe Nom Nom is just a good cat that does not understand people and does not see a need for us.
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That is my thinking as well. I believe that he was trapped and neutered which entrenched his fear/avoidance of humans, yet multiple times per day…indeed just now…he comes by…backs away as I come out…approaches cautiously after I put out his food, but we are 13 months in, and there is no change. So our role remains clear: care for him as best we can for as long as it lasts. The remaining mystery is where he went for five weeks and who trapped him in the past to neuter and release.
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Interesting about the trapping and neutering. The same documentary showed some veterinarians and shelters in the St. Louis area (I believe) doing just that to try to tame the feral cat population; they capture, neuter, ensure the cat is healthy, and re-release in the same neighborhood it was trapped. Maybe it was a similar type of organizaiton your neighborhood.
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Still a cutie, very piercing eyes.
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They would never have lunch during summer and they have lost between 600 and 1200 gramm since spring. From the second on when it get’s slightly cold, they’re very hungry.
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ABBI
ADA
AVA
CALIRE
SARAH
WINSTON
WHITNEY
DORIS
SALLY
LUQUE
SINFUL
FRANCLIN
ALEXANDER
CARLY
PHOENIX
ALICE
TILLY
CLARA
CICI
ISLA
SHAMELESS
MARY-GRACE
NAPOLI
NECHUNG
CHANGRI
COTTON
CHASE
and others that I cna’t recall right now.
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I have two burmese kitties that eat us out of house and home this time of year…
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Wow. What a fun few days. With my upcoming divorce and my mothers recent brain surgery, I have had little joy in my life. Looks like he may have one blue and one green eye. This guy is such an amazing little guy. So happy he is with me. Mom also came through as well as could be expected. Hopefully she will have her strength back in a month or so.
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I have to ask about Sinful and Shameless, these are implying a lot.
Glad to hear everything is settling down. That second picture shows how happy he is.
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He looks great on that picture, shiny coat, not skinny, self confident.
It took years to build trust with our stray and he still behaves differently from a cat that socialized early on with humans. We know him for 8 years now and only recently he started to show some playful behaviour. The first two or three years there was no way to touch him without being bitten. The first of two times I brought him to the veterinary (he was seriously injured from a fight and we asked to vet to care for the wound, neuter him and vaccinate him) I had to put on full motorcycle gear including helmet just to put him into the transport box. The second time (fighting injury again) we got one of those boxes that they use to catch feral animals.
Today he is a rather peaceful fellow, you can pet him (but not too much please) and sometimes he’ll seek close contact and sleep next to me or my wife. His idea of playful behaviour still involves claws and teeth, because he never learned different. Most importantly he gets along well with our other cats and is a known defender of the territory around our place as far as third party cats are concerned. He also loves to go for a walk around his territory with us, where he eloquently “explains” various dangers and borders to other territories to us.
So yeah, it can take ages to get close to a cat that wasn’t socialized at young age. But given that you only have rescues, you very likely have more experience in that department than I do, so there should be hope.
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Thank you for the discussion.
We learned yesterday that there is a woman in our area who has caught, neutered/spayed, a feral colony of 20 cats.
Non (no) Nom (name) may be part of that colony. He has increasing interest in me. He will allow me to stand in the foyer with the door open, and if I simply walk to his food bowl, he will watch me but less commonly dashes away.
Two evenings ago, I sat on the porch, and did the eye-closing routine which he emulated.
We have two rescues, one of the children has three rescues, two have two rescues each, one of the children has five rescues. I have a patient who has an LLC (non-profit business) to care for, and place, litters that are brought to her. She has cat food sponsors.
We no longer have dogs since we would not be available to him/her during office hours. If we were forced into retirement, we would search for another dog.
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You are a great family who obviously really do what you can to help these furry folks. You should be proud that your children have also taken this to heart in how they are living away from home.
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