Next week on Tuesday is the 1year anniversary of Marlow showing up in our back yard. I fed him for a few weeks then trapped, neutered and then released him. He stayed on and got very comfortable living in our yard and being fed like clockwork twice each day. We got to know each other and he slowly began to trust my wife, our cat Sasha (who he could see through the patio door) and me. He came into the house on his own when he was invited in October. He has been inside exclusively since late November.
I brought this up now because last night he slept in our bed all night. He has been in the bed before but last night and the night before he allowed me to actually pet him without bolting. During other sporadic ventures onto the bed he was either repelled by Sasha or spooked out by a movement or a reach to pet him. The last two nights Sasha, who sleeps in the bed almost every night, allowed him to stay with no resistance.
All this and it only took one year.
I brought this up now because last night he slept in our bed all night. He has been in the bed before but last night and the night before he allowed me to actually pet him without bolting. During other sporadic ventures onto the bed he was either repelled by Sasha or spooked out by a movement or a reach to pet him. The last two nights Sasha, who sleeps in the bed almost every night, allowed him to stay with no resistance.
All this and it only took one year.
what everyone else said!!! 
