We adopted an 8 year old tom cat in Sept. He spent the first month inside. For two weeks he hid under the spare bed but by the end of the month he was friendly and was sitting on our laps and so on.
We let him out after a month and he disappeared for 11 days. He then reappeared in the garden and we managed to coax him into the house and shut the door before he could escape.
Again he was friendly and seemed happy to sit on our laps and be aorund us. After another 2 weeks we let him out again. He then disappeared for 2 weeks. This Thursday he reappeared but is skitish. I've been leaving food out for him and he has been coming to eat it. Sometimes he sits and looks at me from the garden but as soon as I try to open the door he runs off.
My plan is to continue to feed him and I'm hoping that gradually he will start to trust us enough to come back into the house.
Has anyone got any ideas of how I can get him to come into the house voluntarily?
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cece · 24/11/2012 19:07
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