Hey! My name is lizz and i am new to this website. I stumbled upon it looking for help on a sticky situation I am in. I live in a area where we have so many feral cat that you wouldn't believe it if you saw it. One cat had a litter of five little babies in my back yard before hurricane sandy hit but i noticed that she stopped taking care of them, they were loseing weight fast, sneezing, crying all day and all night long so i took it upon myself to get a box take the kittens and i was lucky enough to find a bottle feeder (they were little bitty things) and now all the kittens have been adopted off into familys. A new cat recently had 3 little ones in my yard as well, they were such friendly little things they would come out from under my deck, play with us and were very social while still scared of us. i started feeding mamma cat so that she could have the strength to take care of her little ones and not long after that her babies began to ween of her and started to eat the cat food as well. she had 2 little boys (who are twins, something i have never seen before in cats and was amazed!) and a little girl who was very small and very attached to her mommy. as the kitten started getting bigger they started to wonder off out of my yard and i would fear something horrible happening to them (hit by a car, attacked by another animal) so i started to put the word out to people that i had free kittens if they wanted to take one to give it a loving home. i was able to find one of the boys a home. i took him and his brother to a family friend and she was going to take two but only wanted to one kitten in the end. i felt horrible to put the other boy back outside after he had a taste of what it was like to be in a warm home and not have to worry about the hard life inside.. so.. i kept him. (i am currently waiting to hear from someone else who wanted the little girl) and then i plan on having mamma trapped and fixed. here is my problem... i have a cat that i adopted from a shelter (that was also born feral in someones back yard). she is a little over a year old and she is NOT liking this kitten being in the house. when she came into my room i showed her the kitten and she hissed, growled and ran upstairs. i know that it takes time for cats to adjust to new cats/kittens but i am really worried that she is going to attack this kitten. i keep him locked up in a DOG kennel while i work during the day and my other cat has free range of the house but she has been in hiding since i bought the kitten inside. also she hisses and growls at me now when i try to pick her up or love on her. (my cat sleeps in my bed with my every night and follows me around and now she wants NOTHING to do with me) it breaks my heart. anyway i keep him locked up and when i come home i shut my bedroom door and let the kitten roam around my room so that he isnt behind bars all day and night..however i am starting to notice that the kitten is "depressed" while he was outside he would run around and play and now he doesnt even want to do that. i put his food bowl in front of him and he pushed it away and curled up into a ball and hid (he has been hiding in that same spot for about 2 hrs now) i feel horrible wondering if its because he misses his mommy and she is right on the deck out front. i dont know if i should try to keep him and see if my cat will take to him or if i bit of more then i can chew and if i should return him to his mother and sister until i find him a new home. i am torn. he is such a loveable little guy and my daughter is now very attached to him. but i dont want my older cat to resent us and be hostile towards us. HELP!!!