My neighbor and I trapped the 3rd and remaining feral kitten in a litter of 3 last Wednesday nite and I have been taking care of "Harry" in a spare room he has to himself. His littermates were trapped 6 weeks ago and adopted by a neighbor. Harry is about 14-16 weeks but looks younger to me. His father is a tom cat I love and have been taking care of for 2 years (but who will not come into my house). The first 30 hours inside, Harry cried almost non-stop and wouldn't eat or use the litter box. Then, at dawn, in despair, he allowed me to pet him, pick him up, and cuddle him. He is now very affectionate with me, eats, uses litter box, and plays. However, he really misses his parents and wants desperately to be outside, and starts crying at pre-dawn and continues crying and jumping up on the windows frantically until around 1-2pm. Then he sleeps until 9pm, I play with him, he seems fine, andhe sleeps until dawn. His parents hear him crying thru the closed window and air conditioner, and roam around my house outside looking for him. His dad always comes to my porch at dawn to be fed, and appears to be unhappy with me because he knows I have his kitten. I know it's only been 4 days that I've had Harry, but I'm feeling stressed out and wondering if he will ever calm down and stop the crying. This morning I played with the wand with him for an hour and a half and he seemed happy--but then at 5:45am, he immediately started crying and scaling the windows again. I have 2 other cats, one of whom has tried to interact with him, but Harry just hisses. I put him in the carrier and take him to other rooms in the house to get him out of the one room, but when he sense a window nearby, he gets upset. I know that it's harder to socialize a feral over 12 weeks old and I'm wondering if after I get him neutered I should just release him back outside to his parents. Does anyone know if this crying will ever stop? I know 4 days isn't a long time, but he really seems heartbroken over losing his family and freedom.