We have already tried to turn him into an indoor cat when we first captured him. He was miserable indoors and wouldn't come out of hiding when anyone was in the room. In the end we let him "escape". I thought we would never see him again, but a couple of days later, there he was on the deck sniffing at his bowl. He's been to the vet, got all his shots, and a clean bill of health. We don't know how old he is. I would hate to transport a stray cat from NJ to NC and then lose him anyway. Our other cat just turned 19. There is a picture of the two of them on shutterfly. To see it follow the link "my favorite Pictures" on my home page at williamvoss.com.