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Thanks Mani, I guess the hopelessness set in when, after he attacked me in my office and I was trying to stop the bleeding, he went after the other little cats in the other room; so I was hearing a lot of cat screams. He's just so aggressive. There is no brand of cat calmer that he will...

Thanks Talkingpeanut, Willow and Mani. This has been my thinking for the past year or so, after I brought in 2 strays.  There is plenty of space for my old guy to hang out away from the kittens and the other adoptees. My old guy is really meant to be a solo cat, but circumstances have...

I'm at a difficult point. And I can't believe that I'm thinking of putting down my very old cat for behavior problems, but I am. He's pretty healthy, with only some expected issues that come with age. I've invested a lot of time & money to keep him that way. I adopted him when he was 10 yrs...

Meant to also comment that I think that they're old enough for you to separate from their mother. I'll let others with more knowledge comment otherwise. From what I've learned, by 8 weeks old, they should be mostly weaned. Good luck! best, a

I totally misread your "splitting" sentence. Now I get it.  In my experience, I can trap only one cat at a time. For feral adult cats, I leave them in the trap to be vetted. I time the trapping to the appointments so that they're not stuck in the trap longer than necessary.  I put the trap up...

I'm sure someone more experienced will respond shortly. And thank you so much for rescuing these kitties. As Ondine points out so often, most people won't bother. You said "For a bit she was splitting up the litter". Did you mean spitting AT the litter?  I ask because a prior litter that I...

Thanks for all of the good advice. I apologize for my absence. I can post some photos of Tasha in my window looking for her kittens, if you wish. I'd rather not, if you don't mind. It was so heartbreaking. But the situation has improved considerably. Since my last post, Tasha (the mama) has...

She came over only for breakfast and supper today. Perhaps the situation is improving. It's amazing how much less she eats when she's not either pregnant or nursing.

I'm careful about to whom I disclose my plans, and my knowledge of where the cats are, for a wide variety of reasons. For example, if I go to someone in building management about a cat in their basement or backyard, they will do something "expedient". Or tell their staff to do something, in...

Hi MsAimee, I somehow missed your very detailed post from last evening.  Thanks so much for posting your experience. It definitely seems to resemble my situation right now. best, a

Thankfully she came over only for a few minutes today to stare into my back door window. I put out her favorite food, after which she ran out to find one of the tomcats she supervises so that he could get fed.   I hope she comes back only for supper. I can't take that face. I'll open more wine...

I don't think my mama cat, Tasha, is adoptable right now. She's quite feral and seems to run the neighborhood.  The kittens are still too feral for me to hold them right now. I'm working on that.  Thanks so much,  a

I intend to be her caretaker. I've been spending time with her outside. We sat outside together last evening in the rain: me drinking a lot of wine on the patio and her staring at me saying "give me my kittens".  And me drinking more wine.

Greetings to all of you good Cat People! I've gotten a lot of help and advice on this site, both from my own posts and those of others, when I took in two strays from my backyard last year.  Those two were both pets, probably abandoned by creeps for some reason. Since all of the help I got...

I forgot to say THANK YOU for the inspiration and for providing the details on your approach.

This is the sort of post I was looking for this evening. I have a mamma kitty outside right now (I've named her Tasha), with three kittens who are about 9-12 weeks old. I've been feeding regularly for 5 weeks. And I've put out two well-insulated shelters with some nice sweet-smelling straw...

Oh, and thanks for the reminder about the Composure, ShadowsRescue! I have 1.5 bottles left. I was giving it to Teega by dropper for awhile, but I had stopped doing so because he was getting annoyed. He doesn't eat that much, and he mostly picks his food slowly when he does, so it's hard to get...

Thanks ShadowsRescue! At this juncture I'm thinking that if it takes only a year for them to become friends, we'll all be fine around here. Good news this morning: I left the pet gate open all night and everybody was pretty calm this morning. There was a bit of my old cat Teega hissing and...

Thanks ShadowsRescue and Ondine! And everyone else who has given me such great advice. Every post in this thread has made a such difference for us. It's been a busy few weeks so I've not had time to post an update. Since that last rushed misstep, I've been keeping them separated. It's hard to...

I'm afraid we've had something of a setback last week. Maybe I tried to advance things too quickly. I left the homemade pet gate open since I was going between the office and the kitchen & living area as I was arranging some things, since I've only recently moved into this Brooklyn apartment a...