Ray, My former feral cat (Bronco) also kept trying to get out of the windows. He clawed the drywall all around the windows (it needed painted anyway - he's forgiven!). That obsessive ritual has since faded.
It's been about 6 months since Bronco would first let me pet him. You should have seen the alarm in his eyes the first month of petting him! He was 1.5 years old and had never been petted before!
Then, I wanted him to get used to being picked up (for his own safety). So I picked him up every day, until he started to like it.
He liked it so much that had to be on my shoulders. Now he demands to be on my shoulders ALL THE TIME.
Crazy Cat Gentleman -
So that I don't hi-jack this thread, I will start a new one on my shoulder cat, and what I did to deal with his obsessiveness with being on my shoulders.
For some reason, rescues and/or ferals (once tamed) seem to have an affinity for the shoulders......hmmmm.......interesting.
Deb
It's been about 6 months since Bronco would first let me pet him. You should have seen the alarm in his eyes the first month of petting him! He was 1.5 years old and had never been petted before!
Then, I wanted him to get used to being picked up (for his own safety). So I picked him up every day, until he started to like it.
He liked it so much that had to be on my shoulders. Now he demands to be on my shoulders ALL THE TIME.
Crazy Cat Gentleman -
So that I don't hi-jack this thread, I will start a new one on my shoulder cat, and what I did to deal with his obsessiveness with being on my shoulders.
For some reason, rescues and/or ferals (once tamed) seem to have an affinity for the shoulders......hmmmm.......interesting.
Deb