We Own A Feral Cat

The injuries to his face suggest he ran into a parked car while running at high speeds, possibly because he was spooked by a dog, or a person yelling at him. Ever since he has problems with his face and won't let us touch it.

Kathleen.

G'day Kathleen and Gingi! I'm in Australia too. =)

That's one handsome boy you've got there, though, I think his aggressive behaviour is caused by his past, perhaps he was abused as a kitten, that would explain his random attacks. Still, it's great that you rescued a feral, many people are reluctant to adopt a cat that was feral.

When you say he ran into a moving car, are you sure the moving car didn't run into him? There are many cat haters about, who won't hesitate to go out of their way to run over a cat. I've been unfortunate enough to see a cat who was left on the road due to such selfishness.

To me Gingi doesn't look like any certain breed, he looks like a big beautiful domestic long hair, a ginger tabby as you say.

Love that story, Kathleen. She really cares about Gingi after all. 🙂

Haha, that's okay. He can be quite mean to her sometimes.
Mum told me today how weird our two cats really are. They can't stand being around each other, but as soon as one goes missing, the other is fretful and looks out for them. We had that happen the other night, where my cat Quin went outside to find Gingi because he had escaped. We generally keep our cats indoors as soon as it gets dark, and neither of them know how to use the cat flap, so we can leave the glass doors open just incase they are desperate to get out. He got out. She got upset. For a cat who despises him so much, she really worries about him when he's gone.

Kathleen.

Hi Kathleen. Gingi has a good sound to it and is just the right name for a beautiful ginger cat like him.
I did not mean to imply that he was to blame for the conflicts with your other cat. My wife and I too aim at always having two cats in the house to keep each other company, but our old Milly definitely does not share that view. When shelter cat Snow White arrived a year and a half ago, we were faced with having two dominant Alpha females hissing at each other.
Well, actually Milly did most of the hissing, while Snow White just looked at her. She is twice Milly's size, so she can afford that. It took almost a year before Milly could walk past her without hissing. She still is very careful not to do so, when Snow White is in play mode, because then Milly will be the mouse...
They will never be bosom friends, but at least now they follow each other around the house and also allow smelling at each other. So somehow they do enjoy each others company. 🙂

His name is Gingi (after the Shrek character). That was my very original name for this orange flame of a furball.

Kathleen.

Well, we aren't sure what he is, only that he is ginger tabby, huge, big feet and a small head. He's sick at the moment and is currently lying under my bed.
It's not him that has anything against my other cat, she does. We think her first home was an abusive one, as she is scared of men, excluding dad, and doesn't like new people in her house. She will run away and hide. She abhors being 1 out of two cats. she wants to be 1 out of 1 cat in the house, but because mum and I are avid cat people, we always have two cats - one for her and one for me.
And he can be quite loving. Just every time I pet him, he tries to rip my arm off.

Thanks,
Kathleen

He looks very confident lying there as if he doesn't give two hoots about anyone or anything!

He's a lovely handsome boy with a beautiful coat.

I think you're great taking on a lad with such challenging behaviour! I bet he has some loving characteristics though too!

Hi Kathleen. I don't see much Persian in him and being a feral how would anybody know? To me his semi-longhaired fur looks more like that of Turkish Angora or Van, but there could be a number of other explanations. Whatever it is, he is a great looking tabby - I'm glad you saved him. What's his name btw.? 😉
Attacking humans and other cats sometimes can be part of playing, but of course it is a bad habbit that becomes more of a problem as the cat grows up. The article 'Please help my cat is aggressive, is it too late?' offers come of good advice on that.
As to getting along with your other cat, you could try serving them special treats together. If it's done on opposite sides of the same plate, they might forget the hostilities for a while and get more used to each other.

My cat Furby was a feral. My daughter gave him a bath on day 1 and he proceeded to bite her and not let go. He was about 6 weeks old and almost starved. Check out his video page at http://www.furbytheferalfeline.shutterfly.com and watch the tug of war one. He really shows his feral side there. Also when he eats.

He's learned to play bite instead of real biting. I hope you'll stay with us here at pictures-of-cats. We're all like a big family. You have a beautiful baby. I love tabby's

I forgot to say. I like receiving contributions from Australia. Australia is an important country in the cat world.