Thanks guys. I'm not exactly beating myself up but I am still thinking I failed him. If I could somehow have gotten him to spend a little time in the yard it may have turned out better. He didn't act all that feral. I've trapped a totally feral cat and seen others in trap cages. They get pretty crazy. I was able to touch Ollie while he was in the cage. He may have been a pet at one time. I think he wanted to trust... maybe wanted to be petted. But he couldn't overcome instincts and I'm sure those instincts helped him to survive to adulthood. A lot of abandoned cats will lose trust in humans and rightly so. The Colonel is still a little leery of feet/shoes and brooms or sticks. It doesn't take much thought to know why. That's the only upside I see. He definitely wasn't an alpha tom so in addition to not being able to add to the overpopulation problem it might keep him safe from any alpha tom he may run into if he survived all the other dangers.