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My last question regarding this situation is:  Do you think having the mama loose around her now tame kittens will make them revert to being afraid of us?  If they see she is never near us, will they copy her behaviors?  I have worked hard to make loving, purring little sweeties out of the...

One old lady accepts them grudgingly, she even played with the new kitten toys I brought in today, she has an inner kitten in her!  The other one hisses when they come close, but the little guys have learned to keep their distance.  We have the master bedroom/bath set up as the "senior center"...

Thanks for the advice!  My husband wants to try everything before we give up and release her.  We lives in a forest with many predators, it is amazing that she was able to raise her family for the 1st 6 weeks before they showed up in our driveway.  She had them in a culvert down the street.  She...

Hi,  On June 1st, we came home to a family of feral kittens and their mama in our driveway.  With lots of effort, we have completely domesticated the 3 kittens, and they are part of the family.  Mama is another story.  We had her spayed, I wanted to release her, my husband wanted to keep her, so...

Hi, From what I have read, and from my experience, she should be in a room with a window, not a dark close.  Feral kittens are most active at dawn and dusk, when their mamas allow them those 2 safest times from predators when in the wild. Sherry

Mama should be caged and fixed right away, she could get pregnant again once she has stopped nursing.  In our case, we have too many wild animals around and letting them stay outside would be a death sentence, maybe you have a safer environment.  Babies can be neutered after they are 2 lbs or...

Thanks for the great hints Ferlvr, I will stop by vet's office tomorrow for the A/D food.    Love the cubes from Walmart as well.  I sewed up a cat bed that looks like a teepee with a small circular entrance for her, but so far she has preferred her hisding place behind the toilet.  I am going...

Help!  mama has not eaten all day and very little the last couple of days. Today she had her choice between wet and  dry kitten food,  foods she has eaten well in the past.  She only weighs 4 lbs and is small due to being malnourished and having kittens at such a young age so she really doesn't...

Thanks, that is a great link.  Yes, I have been pulling her out to pet her and hold her, I'll back off.  I just feel so bad for her hiding behind the toilet all day for a couple of weeks now, even though she has a towel back there.   She does leap up into the sink where we put a towel and...

I brought 3 feral kittens in at about 8 weeks.  It has been a month of working with them so far.  They will crawl up on my lap for breakfast, (I put a dish of wet food on my lap every morning.)  They will crawl on me and play with a toy on a string.  I can hold one at a time and pet and they...

Hi all, I have adopted a mama feral and her 3 kittens.  All shots, deworming, blood tests, neutering done, (except neutering kittens, they're still too young, but have appts for next month). Mama and kittens are in separate areas of the house. I am doing well with the kittens, but does anyone...

Yes!  Test was negative, I am so relieved.      

Thank you all for the tips, especially testing mom for feline leukemia, we have an appt for tomorrow for testing.If mama is positive, does that mean babies will have it too?   Our indoor cats are so old and have been indoors only for so many years, I had forgotten about all the hazards out there...

Hi, I need advice.  A couple of weeks ago we trapped mama and her 3 kittens which were about 6 weeks old.  We had mama spayed and we are trying to tame her as well as the kittens.  We have separated mama from her kittens which are about 3 months old now.  Kittens are doing well, purr and sleep...