What constitutes "feral"?

[K & L]

Feral means "gone wild." Feral cats can be the offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats who have reverted to a wild state. They can also be the offspring of feral cats who have lived in a wild state for some generations. Finally, they can be domestic cats that have run off, or have been abandoned, or have "gone feral" meaning "gone wild." Sometimes a domesticated cat seems feral until it learns to trust you.

[Jessika]

Feral means "gone wild." Feral cats can be the offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats who have reverted to a wild state. They can also be the offspring of feral cats who have lived in a wild state for some generations. Finally, they can be domestic cats that have run off, or have been abandoned, or have "gone feral" meaning "gone wild." Sometimes a domesticated cat seems feral until it learns to trust you.

Also they have had extremely little to NO human contact their entire lives. Some have never even SEEN a human before.. right?

[catmandu]

You have to be careful,as there are Feral Cats who come up and eat,and there are Cats that techically are someones,but are let loose to roam.
Or leave the House when things get too noisy,and cant stand thier people.
I would leave food,for the Curl,just in case he truly needs the food,and is an abandoned Pet.

[Catsnclay]

I can't believe someone would let a Pedigree cat roam wild But then again "some people....."

My understanding of "feral" meant they were born in the wild (or in a park, abandon house, etc.) and have had little or no human contact.

Now, as we all know from Lisa on this board, not all feral's are *wild* and afraid of humans And not everyone knows this, sometimes at shelters if a cat is tagged "feral" they usually give up on them and are put down because they are feral.

Hope this answers your question.

If this were me, I would find a way to trap this guy and make him my own!!