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​Now THAT is what I call a real Shoulder Cat!  WOW, what big paws! So then, do you think it's true that feral cats and other wild cats (like Basscat's Bob Cat) are typically Shoulder Cats? A friend told me that feral cats are like to climb on shoulders.  Could it be the former wild nature of...

​Lavish - Cats can be trained to be Shoulder Cats, I have heard.   I might try that with one of my non-shoulder cats, since I have the equipment now (Shoulder Cat Pet Perch). So interesting to hear the names - Atticus (love it!!).   Do you have another one named Scout? ShoulderCats

​What a talented cat, that Indy!   How cool !  It is interesting that habits and ritual are so engrained (just like people!). Deb  

​I have heard that Shoulder Cats will tend to outgrow shoulder climbing behavior.   My Bronco is still young and still climbs..... ALL....THE....TIME...... Deb

How sweet!   Once a shoulder cat, always a shoulder cat!  They just love it there!

"Hiding from people 24/7"....  My former feral used to live inside my sleeper sofa.   Not under the sleeper sofa, but INSIDE it.    When I would walk into the room,  I could hear him clawing his way up into the sleeper sofa.  On the back side of it, I could see a bump half way up where he would...

My former feral cat got used to me by just watching me from a distance while I worked.  I would open the door to his room while I worked in the adjacent room with my back turned to him.  After a few months of that, he warmed up to me a bit.  At least he didn't run when I came around.   That was...

Do you have a Shoulder Cat?   The kind of cat that demands to live on your shoulders?  Meet Bronco, the Colorado shoulder cat!  He spends soooo much time on my shoulders that I had to create a device, kind of like a backpack, but it's not a backpack.  It's a Shoulder Cat Pet Perch.  He loves it...

Sweet.   My Bronco, former feral cat, would also blink at me (before he would ever let me pet him).  He would sit, half hidden by the edge of the couch and slowly blink at me.  That's when I knew that he was tame-able.  I would blink back.  That was our only interaction for 2 or 3 months. Now...

Glad to hear she is adjusting, although very gradually.  It took my feral cat, Bronco 5 months before he would eat of my hand.....VERY reluctantly.  And yes, I also contemplated letting him go, since he was still so wild after many months...... But, I just couldn't bring myself to do that.   I...

Ray,   My former feral cat (Bronco) also kept trying to get out of the windows.  He clawed the drywall all around the windows (it needed painted anyway - he's forgiven!).  That obsessive ritual has since faded.   It's been about 6 months since Bronco would first let me pet him.  You should have...

Taz is a beautiful shoulder cat !   Do you use anything to help support Taz on your shoulders? Deb

Keeping the cats separated until they become more accustomed to each other is the key.  At least that worked for my 4 cats, two of which are former ferals and can be quite fierce when defending their territory.   One of the of the other four cats was not a former feral, so she tended to get beat...