I’ve been working on befriending a local feral for two years. We’re working on “gentle paws please.” She’s gotten good at puncture free play fighting with my hands, she’ll be all happy-drooling and purring, but if she gets too into it she’ll forget herself and bloody me.

She also has a bad habit of grabbing my hands or feet/ankles as I’m leaving if she’s not done with scritches time. Those are usually bloody grabs. I’m like, dude, I’m just going to get your dinner! I scream and hiss when she does it, but we haven’t made much progress on that issue. And how can I be mad? She just wants more love.

But it’s definitely not because she’s bored, she’s still semi feral and spends as much time as she wants murdering gophers and field mice and bullying her still-fully-feral litter mate.