One of them (Whiskers) is very (very) friendly, the black one (unnamed as of yet) is very cautious, and the third (Collie) is like a phantom; disappears as soon as I look at him. I can ocassionally touch the black one, but not Collie, unless I corner him. I have noticed that he will come out of hiding more when I'm in the room, but will run away as soon as he thinks I'm heading his way. I do try to pick all of them up and pet them once a day, whether they like it or not. Do you think that Collie will become less afraid with time?


>I do the same. The only problem with that is that if any one of them is an ex-stray (or an ex-feral), he/she can gain considerable weight.
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>If the cats are used to always having food around, you shouldn't have a problem.
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>>I just leave food out all the time for the 3 of them. Should I be feeding them at set times?
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>>>I've witnessed the bad attitude first hand. Luckily it wasn't expressed vocally. Once I got the cats I stopped going to the gym at nite. So I was typically home by 7pm at the latest.
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>>>One nite I went to a user group meeting. Had to leave straight from work. I didn't get home till 10pm that day. Wilshire was meowing like crazy, but once I fed him, all was normal as far as he was concerned. But Korkie, on the other hand.....After eating his late dinner he ignored me completely. I sat down on a chair close to where he was sitting on the floor. He kept on attacking my ankles, teeth and claws extended. He didn't sleep on the bed that nite and didn't come into the bedroom at all, even after he woke up. It took till the next nite for him to calm down.