The mother cat’s owner, Lauren, says on TikTok: “She brings her kittens to Toby when she needs a little break”. A colleague of mine is not quite so sure and thinks that the mother might be taking her kittens to … 
The question is specific in that it refers to ‘domestic cats’. This is quite a complicated question because there are a wide range of circumstances which may lead to a male cat killing a kitten. But the first point to …
I’m referring to male domestic cats and community cats. The best answer for this comes from Dr. Desmond Morris (Catwatching) and Sarah Hartwell (messybeast.com), both cat experts. They would probably provide at least two reasons as to why a male …
With reference to domestic and feral cats, mothers do not abandon their newborn kittens if you touch them. But the question opens the door to a much bigger topic and before I address that topic, I will expand on the …
This is another one of those extraordinary interspecies relationship and in this instance a mother hen is incubating three kittens just as if they were her eggs. It’s quite remarkable to see. The hen is completely unfazed by it. As …
Although the news media are having fun with this video in describing a female domestic cat’s behaviour as stealing another female’s kittens, this is normal behaviour for group-living females. It might look odd to some observers but when you think …
Kittens have sharp claws. They are not worn down and rounded off. They are fresh and pinprick sharp. They climb up her right leg like a group of mountaineering tourists climbing Mount Everest. They are chasing that precious goal: food, …
There are several possible reasons why a mother cat might eat her newborn kitten. I cover the reasons on this page.
Do male cats recognise their own kittens? I am referring to domestic cats because I’m sure the question is about domestic cats. It’s impossible to find a clean and direct answer to the question and therefore it is a good …
Kittens acquire roundworms via their mother’s milk and tapeworms by eating a cat flea.
This must be the ultimate cat-trapped-in-car-engine-compartment story. You know how cats like to crawl into the engine compartment of a car to keep warm and sometimes they are injured. Well, in this instance three tabby kittens living in Holland climbed …
Perhaps it is not surprising that in a recent study scientists came to the conclusion that male cats were less sensitive to variations in the cries of kittens in isolation than female cats. We know that as a species male …
I am probably being far too cynical and un-trusting. In the video below you will hear the story of three, tiny, 13 ounce, new-born American bobcat kittens who were brought into a veterinarian’s clinic with a request to the vet …
A mother cat (a queen) bites the heads off her four kittens – an act of infanticide. Why? Dee, a regular contributor to PoC and a very experienced cat caretaker, has experienced something sad and unsettling. This is what she …
This is the story of Anna, a sweet Golden Retriever currently living at the Sydney Dogs and Cats Home in southwest Sydney. The nursing dog had just finished weaning her litter of puppies, and now has a brand new family …
