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We recently bought a house adjacent to a public park. Several feral cats frequent the house because the previous owners used to feed them. Although one of these cats looks like a large kitten herself, she recently gave birth to at least one baby. After several attempts, we caught the baby yesterday and are keeping "Rocco" in the house. The baby is very well behaved and pretty social considering it was a wild cat less than a day ago. Rocco is potty trained, eating a lot of kitten chow, drinking water and we are managing his flea problem. My only problem is I feel bad for the mom. She has been out crying in the spot from where we stole the kitten. Rather strangely, the kitten hears the mom and has no visible reaction. We have been feeding the mom and have tried to socialize her several times since we moved in two months ago. One time I trapped her in the garage but I had to let her go after a few hours because her reaction was so violent. I would love to bring the mom to a no-kill shelter but I do not think we have them in Hawaii. I do not want to bring her to the humane society because there is no chance anyone could adopt her. I need some advice on how to absolve this guilty feeling without having to return my kitten to the wild.
We recently bought a house adjacent to a public park. Several feral cats frequent the house because the previous owners used to feed them. Although one of these cats looks like a large kitten herself, she recently gave birth to at least one baby. After several attempts, we caught the baby yesterday and are keeping "Rocco" in the house. The baby is very well behaved and pretty social considering it was a wild cat less than a day ago. Rocco is potty trained, eating a lot of kitten chow, drinking water and we are managing his flea problem. My only problem is I feel bad for the mom. She has been out crying in the spot from where we stole the kitten. Rather strangely, the kitten hears the mom and has no visible reaction. We have been feeding the mom and have tried to socialize her several times since we moved in two months ago. One time I trapped her in the garage but I had to let her go after a few hours because her reaction was so violent. I would love to bring the mom to a no-kill shelter but I do not think we have them in Hawaii. I do not want to bring her to the humane society because there is no chance anyone could adopt her. I need some advice on how to absolve this guilty feeling without having to return my kitten to the wild.