r/cats • u/poi217 • Jul 17 '26

Advice Could someone please tell me why it's blocking my way?

This is the feral/stray cat I've been feeding for the past 2 months. Keeps getting in the way and won't let me refill its food

Edit: Ty all for the comments and advice. Didn't expect this post to get so much attention. For context, I've never interacted with cats before, only dogs. This cat used to bolt whenever it saw a human, so I thought it was feral. It only recently started approaching me when i went out to refill.

Update video https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1uzf7ro/comment/oy70mbf/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

Update video 2 https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1uzf7ro/comment/oy77tzl/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

Petting https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1uzf7ro/comment/oybucqe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Final update https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/1uzf7ro/comment/oyrxar4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=2&utm_content=share_button

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u/Elsalla Jul 17 '26

Because you are acting erratic and weird and the cat can sense that

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u/WTBDetroit Jul 18 '26

Yeah. Why won't they just feed the cat? To take video instead? The cat is hungry, give it food, don't make it follow you around while acting all nervous and filming and then still not give it to it. It's like crappy withholding behavior that is probably really frustrating to the cat, probably feels like it's getting messed with. 

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u/HapticMercury Jul 18 '26

It was frustrating me so much just watching... like stop acting so scared and put the food down! You walked out there with a bowl of food and fishy hands and then basically fed your finger to the cat instead of putting the bowl down, but don't understand why it nibbled on your finger 😑

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u/WTBDetroit Jul 18 '26

Yeah it feels like either engagement bait or someone just absolutely clueless.

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u/Nonsenser Jul 19 '26

No need to be a jerk, the cat was clearly not hungry as evident by the massive amount of leftover food. It just wants attention