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We are taking care of a feral cat that is less than 1 year old and FIV positive. We also have 2 17 yr and 2 10 yr old females completely indoors. Ivy (feral) is now quite tame, litter trained, and she is staying outside during the day and brought in at night and crated. We're trying to get her used to being in the room outside of the crate. She cries, she will pull on the door and cry to get out or gets on the windowsill and paces anxiously. Two of our inside cats do not get along all that well, 1 of them is the 17 yr old who we believe to be the alpha and may have started out as a feral cat before we got her from the shelter; the other is a 10 yr old calico who wants to be in control. We are concerned about bringing Ivy into this situation, especially given her FIV, but we feel she deserves a good home as she is a wonderful cat, very loving and affectionate. Our vet and someone else who works with ferals are advising us against socializing her with our cats. I would appreciate some input on this.