I live in the Country so my cats are city drop-offs that were either abused or unloved. It usually takes me several weeks of throwing out chicken wings, pizza, steak bones, and then water and Meow Mix for them to trust me. Hemi was easy because he was orange. Propane would come and eat and hide behind my propane grill when I went to the window. I brought them both in Hemi 6 years ago, Propane 1 1/2 years ago because I have a Hawk on my property. I have stayed at 2 but honestly as much as I love them I could have 10. They go to the races with me in the motorhome on long weekends. I almost took in another one ( Twilight because he always came to eat after midnight) but just as he was getting friendly disappeared.