Male and female rural domestic cats behave somewhat like lions
A couple of scientific reports indicate to me that when the domestic cat is left to their own devices such as in rural locations e.g. as barn cats, their behaviour is very similar to...
Category: infanticide
Is it true that male domestic cats kill kittens?
To answer the question, you have to break it down into categories which I’ve done. There’s a difference between the behaviour of the wildcat ancestor which is the same species as the domestic cat...
Do male domestic cats kill kittens?
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...
5 reasons why a male domestic cat might bite and kill kittens
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...
Do male feral cats kill kittens?
Yes, sometimes male feral cats (and unowned domestic cats) do kill kittens normally for the same reasons that male lions commit infanticide. I’m going to rely on two sources for the information. The first...
Cat species that commit infanticide
There are five cat species which commit infanticide which is defined as the ‘intentional killing of infants’. On this page I am referring to the adults of cat species who kill their infants (filicide)...
WARNING UNPLEASANT: Video of adult cat eating kitten head first
This is unpleasant, yes, but it is natural. I don’t know where it is as Google can’t detect and translate the language. It looks like the Far East to me. And the cat is...
Do male cats kill and eat kittens?
Do male cats kill and eat kittens? I think you have to answer this question in two parts but a study has found that males do kill but not eat kittens sometimes – please...
Female Cat Eats Sickly Offspring
Sometimes, female cats eat one or more of their offspring if they are sick or carry a genetic defect. Eva made this comment recently and it got me thinking: A cat gave birth near...
Mother cat decapitates her four kittens
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...
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