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I will try to make this brief. A mother cat came to our home about 2 1/2 years ago with 4 starving kittens. We began feeding them and her outdoors. We trapped the females and had them spayed. The mother cat had another litter which she brought to our deck. In the meantime, my husband found a kitten on a side road which he brought home. She was spayed. We caught the second litter of kittens and raised them until they were 3 months out in our garage. We brought 2 of them to the Humane Society and brought 2 of them inside they gave been spayed. The mother and one of the first females have stayed on our back deck with us feeding them and building them a cat house with a heating pad. Mother is much more wild than the daughter. I have had the younger cat eat from my hand and she will meow to me when I come out with food, although she is still cautious. We are moving and leaving the province in 2 months. Do I slowly stop feeding them and get them to be more independent from me, preparing them to fend for themselves? They are excellent hunters as evidenced by the feathers, squirrel tails, rabbit fur I keep finding. Or, do I try to bring them in and take them with us?