Cats

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Just put food out. The cat WILL SURVIVE. If you build a shelter and feed it expect a dozen plus in the next few years if it's a female. Not a bad thing if you like cats that won't make you sneeze and catch mice.
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[Dick Durand]

We have a 19 1/2 year old cat, roughly 93 years old in human years. While she's still healthy, I don't imagine she's long for this world. On the other hand, there has been a cat roaming our neighborhood for the last three years or so and managing to survive. At one point I suspect (due to its friendliness) that she was someone's pet, perhaps belonging to a college student living in the area that abandoned it.

[Fly Rod]

No problems with cats around Cape Ann, they make a nice breakfast snack for the coyotes...there has been an explosion of rabbits here since the coyotes have been around....now a days we see a lot of lost cat signs on telephone poles lately....one lady that moved into the neigborhood recently lost her cat that she would let roam.

[Raven]

our cat "was" a WILD Maine coon

he would arch his back and Hiss at us even growling if we ventured too close OUT IN THE BARN.

Over time as we fed him whole chicken or turkey carcasses to feast on he became more and more civilized and less fearful then eventually moved in and has become the greatest cat we have ever had hands down.

it pays to not STAND and to squat when the feeding ritual begins (less threatening posture)
always being careful to move very slowly and repeat the same salutations with never a change so they learn to be trusting of you.

this cat sleeps on our bed now each night and can catch mice like no tomorrow. Mice are not as harmful as is their droppings and or fleas they may carry which can Carry bubonic plague (at least out west)
so it pays to eliminate them ANY way you can ESPECIALLY when your sleeping when they (THE MICE) think the coast is clear.

it took about a year and half to domesticate and train the cat .

You can buy a plastic enclosed electric heating pad at the big box stores and set it up to warm a bed in a protective sheltered area for the winter. If that sounds dangerous then buy an enclosed in plastic round bale of fiberglass insulation for him to sleep on.