Murphy’s Journey: From feral colony to happy housecat

March 21, 2015

By Karen Harrison Binette

This is Murphy! He was part of a TnR colony near my mom's work. He was 6 months old when we brought him home. He was absolutely terrified of people but we decided to take him in anyways. — This is Murphy! He was part of a TnR colony near my mom’s work. He was 6 months old when we brought him home. He was absolutely terrified of people but we decided to take him in anyways.

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Cat lover and Reddit user caesareansalad posted this photo album that shows how a kitten from a feral colony has become a happy, welladjusted house cat.

Caesareansalad introduced the album saying: “2 years ago, we took in a feral kitten. We were told he would probably never be socialized. He’s doing just fine now.”

The captions tell the story.
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He hid under the bed for a week straight and we were fairly certain he would never be socialized. — He hid under the bed for a week straight and we were fairly certain he would never be socialized.

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Bowser helped him come out of his shell and taught him to be a cat. — Bowser helped him come out of his shell and taught him to be a cat.

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Bowser still kind of hates him, but he hates everything so that's okay. — Bowser still kind of hates him, but he hates everything so that’s okay.

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Finally sitting on the bed, not under it! — Finally sitting on the bed, not under it!

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And here he is two years later! Aside from the notch in his ear, you would never know he was once in a feral colony. — And here he is two years later! Aside from the notch in his ear, you would never know he was once in a feral colony.

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RZi3dGe — No idea how he got a banana under the tree, but he’s proud of himself.

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He absolutely loves forced cuddles. — He absolutely loves forced cuddles.

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View the images in their Imgur photo album slideshow here:

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