There was a cat in my neighborhood who was just as standoffish. We'd been feeding him for a few months and It got too cold even for him one day and he ran in the house and still hasn't left. He has 3 heating pads just for him and he was sleeping on my head earlier today.

He looks like he's made out of parkas. I hope he's warm enough.

Keep feeding him and he might get used to you.

Is there a warm nest or box nearby for him? If not, you could try to give him a cozy place to stay warm for the winter.

If you are patients, by next winter he may be used to you enough that he will come indoors. :)

It took months for one of the local feral cats to warm up to my wife and I. He would run away as soon as he saw us. We call him Bojangles because he's chicken.

Great job 👏

Mr. Cheeks

Please make a little shelter for him! Just an old storage bin and some...straw? I think? (as opposed to hay, which gets wet more easily). He's super cute.

Had a friend out in super rural Nebraska like that back when I was a diesel mechanic. Only visited when we had a fire going and food ready for her. Named her kitten. Decidedly an outdoor cat but did take a liking to us.