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Will a stray cat that I fed and petted still remember me after a year?
I go to Russia every summer and last year I met this wonderful darling cat that I just fell in love with. It is a girl and she was pregnant when I met her. One day when I was walking with my mom the cat was meowing so I petted her for around five minutes and then I asked my mom if we could get her some food. We gave her food and she was very thankful! So then we ended up feeding her everyday. I begged my mom if we could bring her back home but she said no because it would be too expensive and we already have a cat but he's mean! So my question is, will she remember me? I even gave her a name! Kisa! And whenever I called her she came running even if she was all the way down on another block!! I miss her bunches and I want to know if she'll still come when I call her and if she'll be happy? Thanks
I understand why we could not bring her. It would indeed be expensive, but sadly I am so sentimental in that way
yes I know touching a stray was potentially dangerous but I did it, and now what is done is done
the idea of being forgotten by anyone I made a connection with, even a cat, makes me sad.
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Cats are remarkably intelligent and strays can have a huge 'territory' and cover great distances of a night. They tend to remember people who have shown them kindness, and stay well away from places where they've found the opposite. I'm sure she'll remember you. Stray dogs tend to be rounded-up, or become very thin and die living wild. Cats are far more properly wild. They can live, look after and feed themselves. By 'scrounging' and real hunting (they'll commonly catch and eat birds or mice). They don't generally live into their mid to even late teens like pampered pets. It's a harder life but six to eight years is not unusual, barring accidents or serious illness. Again, unlike a stray dog which quickly becomes very dejected, sorry for itself and pathetic, I'm inclined to believe the solitray, self-sufficient cat actually enjoys a life of freedom, with no master. They seem to anyway. They'll respond to a bit of fuss, love an unexpected meal or milk and will scamper about and play with you if you pull a bit of string or something, looking quite happy. Bit like 'barn cats' who you see, they live around outbuildings but you don't ever own them. And they just don't dare come in the house. I'm sure little Kisa was thankful and will remember your fondly. And in that 'catty' way, she's probably pretty happy doing her own thing.
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Animals can be more human like than we give them credit for. Whether this cat will remember you depends on the individual cat. I have known strays that have their rounds and go to each place they know they can get some food and attention. It isn't often in life that people and animals make connections that are real close. I am sorry you dont have that with the cat at home.
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