tele_mark says:
Still feral as all heck. Still hisses at me, still hides under the couch until the house is empty. But at least when he's in his tent, I can pet him now without his ears flattening and him shaking, and -- big breakthrough - he will start eating in my presence while I'm petting him. Security camera shows him acting like a normal house cat when there's only cats in the house. And his nose is almost healed.
tele_mark says:
These two are just about the same size, but Storm has put on on a little more winter fat, but there's little size difference between them.
tele_mark says:
His nose is better, it is filling in, but he did screw it up in the cage. He's better -- if I corner him in a room, he'll hiss and carry on, but seems to like being pet -- at least he stops shaking like a leaf after being pet for awhile. I think there's hope for him, but I'm changing my strategy from waiting for him to approach me to taking his hiding places away in the spare room once a day and spending at least 20 minutes petting him. I think he'll tame eventually.
tele_mark says:
He's 8.1 pounds tonite. He's gaining a very constant 1 pound per month. He looks bigger in some of these pictures than he really is, because he's got a very big spirit/presence, and it projects. Next to the big cats in person he is quite a bit smaller than them. Not sure how much his brother weights now, I'm not brave enough to try to pick him up, let alone put him on the scale!