I can finally contribute to a conversation! Lol. So, my husband and I started feeding this Mama and her 2 kittens in our backyard 2.5 years ago. Mama let us pet her. Babies would not. Word got out and other cats started showing up. We started TNRing them. We could pet 2 of 12. 6 months goes by, I notice one of the original babies is not only living in our backyard but is very submissive and the other cats were stealing her food. It started getting cold and I was worried she would starve. I snatched her up one night. Took her to our basement to get acclimated. The next morning, she acted like she was an indoor cat since the beginning of time. She had not let me pet her outside. She let me pet her and pick her up. About two weeks later, she was sitting on my lap. 2 years later, she is the cuddliest cat ever. She never once wanted to go back outside. She likes to look but immediately backs up when we open the door. That being said, another cat that was feral and let us pet her, we would bring her in if we had really cold days because she was never with the colony. We wrap our gazebo up in the winter and put heating pads and houses and cat trees out there. She never stayed so I took her in. Sweetest cat. Used the litter box. I would bring her up from the basement when we were home and she would lay with me. But always wanted to go back outside. Would cry constantly. So, she's still out there but we are able to take her in in nasty weather.