Advice - First time feral

A month ago I brought in a male young feral cat.  I got him fixed and all his shots.  He was in a large dog cage for a month.  I decided to let him out of the cage Sunday evening.  He ran and hid under the bed in my spare bedroom.  Yesterday morning he comes out and pees in my dogs bed right in front of the dog and myself.  He then ran back in to the bedroom where he is now shut in.  I  have his litter box, kitty house and food and water in there.  He didn't eat yesterday at all.  I went in the bedroom last night and sat on the floor and was watching tv.  He comes out from under the bed, eats a little and jumps on top of his house.  He was cleaning himself.  Then all of a sudden he tries to jump out of the window.  There is no ledge so he hung on for dear life and then fell off and ran back under the bed.  I put a night light in the room and went to bed.  Sometime during the night he must have tried to jump out the window again cause stuff was knocked down. 

Is he trying to tell me he wants back outside or is this normal behavior?  When he was outside he would sit outside the screen door and just stare in the house.  He even came in a few times and then ran back outside.  I have two dogs and another cat.  I am just afraid he is going to pee again somewhere he shouldn't and I don't want my housecat to start acting up.  I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing.  Help! 

It actually sounds pretty normal.  First the crate was "home base" and now he has all this room.  He may not be sure what to do with it all.  The peeing is normal, too.  He's decided he likes this place and is telling everyone "THIS IS MINE!"

He may very well pee on anything that smells of the dogs or the other cat, so keeping him in the room for a bit more is best.  He will calm down soon enough.  If possible, I would clear the room of anything that can be knocked down, broken or otherwise damaged.  If you can, block off under any bureaus and put the bed down flat on the floor (take it off the frame for a little while).

Sitting with him is an excellent idea.   He sounds like he still needs some time to adjust.

Thank you for your response.  I will take the stuff off the bed.  Unfortunately I can't put it flat on the floor cause it is a bunk bed on a metal frame.  I will remove everything else that isn't kitty related from the room.  I bought him a scratching post at lunch.  I'll spray some Zero Odor around the floor to take away the other animal smells.  I will sit with him every night when I can.  He likes interaction and he loves my male dog.  They would kiss each other often.  The female dog he likes, but you can tell not as much.  That is who's bed he peed in.  My other cat who is a female is a dominant cat.  She is not happy that he is around at all.  She hisses at him every time she went up to the cage.  He has no reaction to her what so ever.  He don't hiss back nor does he act scared.  Just looks at her.  I will keep working at it.  But he better cut the peeing.  I am not having a house that smells like cat pee.  Gross.  And I only let him out of the crate cause he seemed like he was getting antsy.  There is no getting him back in now.  (rolling my eyes)

1. I clean cat pee on the floor* with (a) washing up liquid + water. Let dry. Mop with water and some cider vinegar, after a while sprinkle bicarbonate over. When dry, brush in. Leave for a day or two and sweep up. Also works for vomit, bile, etc.

* we have nice parquet floors, risk of getting smell stuck there forever, but this works OK. For cloth, upholstery, more or less the same, in the washing machine, or in situ.

2. We've had a few "acquisitions", some rescued, some dumped by what I call reverse cat burglars. First few days can be dodgy, just keep feeding, water, toilet, let them adjust gradually and they will. Two of ours just walked in and started purring. Others needed some treatment. One, the son of our siamese, took ages to recover from being bullied by his brother and over a period of *months* you could see him gradually meeting his challenges and overcoming them one by one.

So, I would suggest, give new cat his own protected space (he knows the others are there now but he does not know their territorial claims) and just take it easy. Cleaning up is not a big job if you use what I suggest. Our first two males had a peeing competition just before they had a surprise visit to the doctor...

Our last feral was rescued from a rooftop, extremely weak and broke her hip, four months later is all over the place and just one of the crowd.

Hope this helps.. cats are worth it.
David

PS our two definitely feral race cats have the most wonderfully expressive voices!