We Petted Alfie, a Pahrump Rescued Feral Cat

Alfie, the one and only Kitty Motel lobby cat who wouldn't let none of us touch him since he was rescued and came to Kitty Motel from Pahrump, NV, four years ago. He has to get an arthritis medicine twice a day. Of course, we cannot hold him and give it to him, we usually put it into a small amount of baby food in a bowl. But giving the little bowl was even a challenge for many of us at first because if you look at him in the eye and get closer than two feet, he'd run. I used to look the other way and pretended I wasn't looking at him. Then slowly gave his bowl near him. Of course, none of us can pet him. Well, except these days, we're trying to give him a less than a second of "accidental" touch here and there. Alfie is great with other cats. He's Wolfie's snuggle buddy and sometimes he snuggles with Montana too. Linda who was helping out at Kitty Motel gave out some treats when Tiger Tim, Jessica and Alfie came to eat. While Alfie's face was down chowing his treats right next to Tiger Tim, Linda pet him. He must have thought it was Tiger Tim who was touching him first. Then he soon realized it was Linda. Linda gently stroke his back again. Alfie turned around quickly and swatted her hand few times and walked off but because of the power of treats or Linda's magic, he came right back in front of her. Linda pet him again. Alfie turned around and swatted her hand again. They did this over and over. "Alfie! Who's been giving you the special Fancy Feast every night?! Yes. Me ...