I saved a little feral kitten that was living in a neglected public garbage can (it wasn’t emptied very often.) A car had run over her foot and she barely survived on whatever food people had been throwing away. At first she hissed at me when I walked up to her, but I pet her and then turned around to walk away.

Then I looked back to see her following (limping) behind me. She was so hungry, hurt and afraid that (even being feral) she had no choice but to trust me. I picked her up and she was extremely lethargic, within about 2 minutes she fell asleep in my arms.

She immediately came back to life and started moving around once I took her home and fed her some wet food. Got her all taken care of and her foot healed normally. Despite still having a “wild” or feral mind, she has actually become very affectionate.

When she plays with my fingers, her claws are always in the retracted position. She play-bites very gently and with perfect restraint when you get her all riled up. The only catch is that she is severely autistic (I’m not joking- I didn’t even know cats could actually have autism.) Her big eyes are devoid of emotion and NOTHING scares her. Most cats will run when you shoo them away or startle them…she doesn’t even react.

She’s a Natural Born Killer, too- she impulsively jumps like a predator towards every single movement, whether you’re wiggling your fingers or your hair gets blown by a fan. Not a moment of hesitation. Probably was eating bugs when she had the opportunity (to survive starvation.)

She misses NOTHING, not a single detail, and is an unusually intelligent cat. I’m truly impressed by her intelligence, and I say that as someone who has had a lot of amazing cats in my lifetime. She knows her name and comes when I call her- and if I tell her not to do something, she’ll vocally fuss with me in protest.