We have 4 cats, two are half siamese littermates, brother and sister. The other 2 are half brothers, same mother and who knows who dads were. The half brothers were both born in a feral cat colony, one is 5 years old and the other is 4.
The older of the two was about 10 weeks old when I rescued him, he has never behaved feral in his life. The younger one has always had a feral streak in him. He lived for the most part in our bedroom and was slowly overcoming his fears. Two months ago he went on a planeride with my stepdaughter to live with her in California. He spent most of his time there hiding behind the couch but would come out to spend time with her. Then she had to go away for three weeks and asked a neighbor to spend time with him and feed him. Since then he would only come out at night to eat and hissed everytime she tried to pick him up.
Today she came back home and brought the little guy back with her. To keep him from running and hiding under the bed I have put him in a large dog crate with food, water and litterbox in the livingroom, I have also covered the crate with a blanket.
The rest of our cats are not sure what to make of having him back as they never really liked him.
So my questions re these, what else can I do to help him to regain his confidence and trust in us? What else can I do help him to longer be an indoor feral cat? How long should I keep him confined and away from the other cats?
The older of the two was about 10 weeks old when I rescued him, he has never behaved feral in his life. The younger one has always had a feral streak in him. He lived for the most part in our bedroom and was slowly overcoming his fears. Two months ago he went on a planeride with my stepdaughter to live with her in California. He spent most of his time there hiding behind the couch but would come out to spend time with her. Then she had to go away for three weeks and asked a neighbor to spend time with him and feed him. Since then he would only come out at night to eat and hissed everytime she tried to pick him up.
Today she came back home and brought the little guy back with her. To keep him from running and hiding under the bed I have put him in a large dog crate with food, water and litterbox in the livingroom, I have also covered the crate with a blanket.
The rest of our cats are not sure what to make of having him back as they never really liked him.
So my questions re these, what else can I do to help him to regain his confidence and trust in us? What else can I do help him to longer be an indoor feral cat? How long should I keep him confined and away from the other cats?
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