Feral droods, give me some input?

Hi there. Looks like feral damage posts are the main topic of convo regarding the spec. I know feral is bad, but is it supposed to be this bad?

My item level is around 330 and if I'm lucky I'm sustaining 2.5k dps in groups. Everyone else blows by me on the meters at a rather frustrating pace. Is feral just optimized for end game? Will my damage be more competitive once I've geared?

I've checked and double checked sites like icy veins, ensuring that my rotations are optimal, gear is optimized, etc. Honestly, I'm as clueless as the target dummies wondering where the feral mosquito came from.

Do my feral numbers sound normal for my item level or is there something I'm missing here? I hate to sell out for boomkin, but at this point I don't even want to run dungeons as kitteh because it's, frankly, embarrassing.