My name is Toby!

Toby was born to a feral mother on my property. Operation Snip trapped the mom and the litter, but decided they wouldn't foster the mom. Instead they would turn her out as a community cat on my property. I felt that she wasn't totally feral and decided to keep her and one kitten. Unfortunately, she taught the kitten, Toby, to be fearful of everyone but me. After a year and a half, she left and never came back. Toby is still with me and can be very loving. He does all of the things a typical cat will do ... rub up against me, talk with me, sleep on my bed, get in my lap, play, go outside for a few hours each day. However, when it comes to strangers and loud, unexpected noises, dogs, etc., he's very afraid.

He has gotten so that he will stay out (not run to his safe place) sometimes when people visit and he's even let a few people pet him. But he will need a lot of patience and extra care to learn to be in a new home. He doesn't like noisy, loud people or environments.