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Update. After considering Stefan's sage advice, I decided that 4 days confinement was going to be enough. Luckily the beginning of the week coincided with an ongoing period of overcast, cool, sometimes wet and stormy weather. And as soon as Kulu was given permission to go out into it, she...

Thanks Stefan for your great ideas and support. I did not consider cutting back on her food since she is  self regulating, and really skinny still and lost weight at the vets. Plus having been feral for most of her very young life, she can be really anxious about food. She is still getting...

An update and question All 4 of Kulu's kittens went to new homes at the end of June at 10 weeks and are thriving. Kulu and Kriya (my male cat) finally met after almost 3 months of sniffing through a door, and in short order became excellent buddies.They spend most of the day and night...

Well, the universe got involved and it happened. This morning I just got the feeling to let her out the back door. The male is never around in the day, he seems to spend most of his time with my neighbors cats or catching critters. I let her out on the back deck and she spent a few minutes...

Well, my intentions were good but this process totally derailed. I had to stop  doing the treats on either side of the barricade because the kittens are now 5 weeks old and extremely active and they all come rushing over, which causes the male to become very stressed. So he now stays out from...

Kulu and kittens were rushed to the vets yesterday after her milk dried up and she started to vomit. The prognosis is that because of her size and malnourished state, she does not have enough milk to feed the kittens and so she cannot recover her health. The good news is that the kittens, now...

Thank you for all that great information. I have noticed that the male hisses when he is seeing the female, when she is up against the barricade and crying. It reminds me of a teenager and a little sister who is always nagging at him him because she wants to be included. And when he hisses...

We are now one week into the 'treats through the barricade' and it is going well. The male still hisses when she gets too close to him although the barricade keeps about 5 inches between them. Otherwise they just sit there and gulp treats till they run out at which point he walks away. We had a...

The cats now spend up to 5 minutes eating treats on either side of a screened barricade. There is very little hissing and no actual growling, although it is best when both are actively involved in eating. I just feed momma part of her meal since it takes her more time to eat that. When I gave...

The plot thickens........ They will now eat treats between the door with no noise ONLY if I stay away and do not check on them.If I am lurking, the male growls but it is a mumbled growl, through mouthfuls and not very threatening. At one point I was in the room with momma and babies and...

Yes, that is an adorable video and that is exactly what they were doing. Now they seem to have stopped. I appreciate the idea about feeding them at the same time but cannot seem to manage it. Both cats get organic egg yolks and raw food and high quality canned food and no dry stuff, which...

So I went ahead with the blanket/rug part first. I used a rug the momma had been sitting on and eating on and watched to see how the male reacted when his food was placed on it. No reaction at all. They have been in the same house for a month now so their smells are pretty familiar. I fed him...

Wow, what a secure set-up. That looks great. Thank you. I appreciate the reminder to go slow. I am especially mindful since there are 4 new kittens in with the momma. Thank you for the link explaining how to do the introductions, I was hoping for something like that and could not locate it. I...

Thanks for the good advice. I will check out baby gates and screens tomorrow and pick something up. They are both into treats, so I can use that as a diversion. Maybe when Kulu sees Kriya playing she will get interested in the idea. When I offer her toys and moving things she just ignores them...

Thank you for your message Callista Kriya the male was fixed about 2 months ago, at about 9 months. He was not brought into a home till 6 months. The momma just had her kittens on Friday and will not be spayed until they are weaned and her health is stable. That is not for awhile, and she...