Need help bringing 2 feral females together

Hello!! You are wonderful to being caring and taking action for feral cats. Absolutely!!! Most likely Lilly and Sadie will become fast friends. Most feral cats will get along with other cats quite readily. And Lilly will help bring Sadie around quicker since Lilly is far more advanced in the socialization process than Sadie. Start scent swapping their beds. You can also put Lilly in a cat carrier (if you are at that point with her) and put her in Sadie's room for about ten minutes to start. Short sessions would be great. OR you can try to get Sadie in a large dog crate (with a carrier inside for a hideout, litter box and food dishes) and put Sadie in Lilly's room for two days. After a couple of days of them living in the same room, but separated by the crate barrier, they will already feel comfortable with one another. At that point, just leave the dog crate door wide open for Sadie to come out as she pleases. I know many people who do it this way and have great success with the cats becoming friends immediately. Also, it will be much easier on you to have them both in the same room for feeding, cleaning, socializing and playing with them together. I think it could work out just great

Great!! This will work out just fine. Just feed Sadie in that crate today and I bet tomorrow you can shut her in. That is a real good sign about Lilly sniffing the blanket first and then started making the biscuits. She wants a friend . Please do report back!! Can't wait to hear how it goes

Give it a couple more days of Sadie in the crate. This is quite normal for some cats to regress a bit with something new, especially a new cat in her room. Don't give up too quickly. Has there been any hissing or growling going on? When you decide to leave the crate door open, make sure you leave the crate in the room for quite awhile. Have two to three litter boxes available, one in that crate the way you have it now and one or two others. Keep feeding Sadie in the crate too. Keep everything in it's same spot. Also, you could take away the bed frame and put the bed on the floor so Lilly can't hide under the bed. Offer some other places for her to hide away, like a small cat carrier without the door or those small tents that Walmart sells that Velcro together. Cats love those. It really could take the girls a few weeks to feel comfy with eachother. Some cats will take to eachother quickly and others much longer. In my experience, they always work it out and become friends. Especially in this situation of them being strays, they should bond. Don't worry, Lilly will come around again after she feels safe with Sadie in her room. It takes patience on your part. They might hiss and growl the first time they meet face to face. They will get past that and become to rely on eachother for companionship in that room. Do you have any vertical space set up in that room, like a cat tree or shelves for them to climb on, or a tall dresser? You could put some blankets on the dresser to make it comfy. Hang in there, I think all will be just fine

AW Judy, I am just beaming that the two girls are becoming friends . And, yes, don't fret over Lilly hiding and such. Believe me, in the weeks to come as those two get closer, they will also become closer to you, their wonderful caretaker. Some kitties, even hand-raised, have a more shy and independent nature and some are lap cats and some never will be. They are all so different! It just takes time and just more time, lots of love and patience. You are doing a great service for these two lucky girls