I'm new to Cisco and so happy to have spotted this blog post! I applaud your efforts. I too had a feral cat, I got her as a 5-week old kitten when the janitor at one of my former employers found a litter of them behind a dumpster. She passed away last October at 15 years old and was an amazing cat who moved with me back and forth to Europe and on my yearlong sabbatical in an RV last year. I still have friends at my old office that 15 years later take care of, feed, spade/neuter the cats in the field behind the building! Happy to see that you've had some great pets out of your experiences.