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Originally Posted by dreadnaught
It's generally not a good idea to approach or pet feral cats, especially if you have a cat at home. They carry all kinds of diseases and one bad scratch can leave you with a wicked infection, not to mention what you're bringing home to your pet. Although I'm not one to talk, I'll do it occasionally, but only if the cat seems friendly enough and I'm not heading directly back home to my puss.
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There are a lot of feral cats in my neighborhood and there's no way I'd ever pet one. As you say, I don't want to bring diseases back to my cats at home. Plus, the feral cats in my area are very wary of people, I don't think any of them would react well to me trying to touch them.