You wouldn't believe how this one thing allowed this feral cat to trust her human! ❤️
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00:00So, I've been trying to win over this cat for over three years now.
00:04Ow!
00:04If I got too close, she would run away.
00:07Apple.
00:09I was pretty determined to win her over
00:11because I found her as a feral cat while I was living in Zimbabwe.
00:15Spooky had actually given birth to three little kittens.
00:18Chip stayed with me and the other two got adopted by friends.
00:22Spooky!
00:24Come on, Spooky!
00:26I read that you could start putting treats on the end of the oven glove
00:30and tempt her with treats, but nothing really worked.
00:34I left a piece of clothing and I found her asleep on it.
00:38Spooky!
00:41I was like, oh, that's strange.
00:43I started to think that, OK, maybe she likes my smell.
00:47Then it was one day, she started creeping very slowly towards me.
00:53She started to smell my hair.
00:56It sounds absolutely bizarre, but I think she likes to play with my hair.
01:00Let's see if this works.
01:02Spooky!
01:03She was a bit cautious at first, but she would come creeping up
01:07and then she would just go mad for my hair.
01:11So, I started doing it more and more often to try and win her over.
01:15My hair was like catnip to her.
01:17From that point on, I noticed such a huge change in Spooky.
01:20She came up and snuggled up next to me.
01:24That was a real breakthrough moment.
01:27Isn't she good?
01:29It's been a pretty incredible journey.
01:33Are you coming?
01:36Hello!
01:37I can't imagine my life without her now.