I have had cats and dogs all my life. I grew up in Tullahoma, went to college at UT, and have lived in Nashville since 2002.
I have 3 cats. All rescues. I have a cat client who lives behind Ellington Park. She loves cats and would leave food out for a feral cat. The cat started to come by every night. Spring came and she had a couple of kittens. After they were weaned she brought them with her. They were truly feral, but I adopted them anyway. It took a while and lots of patients, but they adapted. They are 4 years old now and couldn’t be happier!
I recently adopted a semi-feral kitten from the Cat Shoppe. He was nine months old. His parents were probably domesticated cats. He had been hanging out around the restaurants in Hillsboro Village until he was brought to the Cat Shoppe. I instantly fell for him. He was very shy and not very trusting at first, but he quickly warmed up to us. His name is Belcourt and doing great