For the past 6 to 8 months we’ve had a little gray feral cat coming in our backyard on occasions. I started setting food out because it is so thin, but could never even get close to it. If it saw us even look out the window, it was gone. WELL last night I went outside with some wet food on a paper plate. The cat I dubbed “Yardley” was back there and started to dart. I called it and all of a sudden it turned around and cautiously came to the plate! I stayed there very still and kept holding on to the plate of food until it started eating. I began petting it and OMG, it didn’t run and actually started rubbing on my legs! I see that “Yardley” is a she and we have an appointment next Monday to have her spay. Now I just hope she continues to let me pet her so I don’t have to trap her.