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I live in a small townhouse with 3 other humans and 3 cats. I started joining in the feeding of a TNR colony of about 50 cats near my home. One has followed me home and is quite friendly. I noticed a rash on his belly and loss of fur, and I decided I would bring him to the vet and keep him. I trapped him and brought him into the house. This is his fourth night. He can tolerate the other cats from a distance and I intervene if things get heated. He responds to petting and head-rubbing (I have spent several weeks developing a relationship with him). The problem occurs at night, when he meows incessantly, jumping from window to door, obviously wanting to get out. I have spent two nights sleeping on the floor of the bedroom, keeping him segregated from other other cats, and last night and tonight, on the couch to be near him. He really responds to human contact and the vet thought he was once a house cat but the one who started feeding the colony 11 years ago said he was definitely born outside. How should I handle the crying when I can't attend to him as I must get some sleep and go to work? If I segregate him in the bedroom, he gets stir crazy, frantic, and wants out, but if i let him go in the main area with the other cats, I'm afraid there will be a problem and I won't be there to handle things. I want him to be an indoor cat because it's safer and healthier for him, but am I torturing him by making him adjust to the indoors? I'm sorry if this has been answered already, but it's after 2 AM, I have to get up in less than 5 hours for work, and I'm too exhausted to research other threads. Thanks!