What affects us affects cats
I believe that the answer to the question is dependent upon how well the cat knows the person who is touching her kittens. The veterinarian’s response to the question is that: “..most queens (female cat mothers) display anxiety when their very young kittens are constantly handled by unknown people or if unfamiliar pets or …
There are several possible reasons why a mother cat might eat her newborn kitten. I cover the reasons on this page.
This is something that happens quite a lot. Mother cats who are related frequently share nursing the young of their respective relatives. The question in the title, however, does not imply that the two mothers are related. If the mon cats were, the answer is as above, but if they are not then it …
This calico (tortie-and-white) mother cat, watched by her owner (a bit irritating), tries to rescue her kitten from a tree but fails. She failed because she decided that she was unable to get a sufficiently good bite on the scruff of the neck of her kitten. I think she decided that her kitten was …
I don’t need words for this one. It is all in the video. It’s nice to see this grumpy, geriatric male feral cat warm up emotionally when he found himself around some orphaned domestic kittens. Both get a lot out of the relationship. Grumpy grandpa soften and became excited to play with the kittens …
A “freaky habit” of Savannah cat suckling on Dalmatian’s teats is normal under these circumstances… The video shows a tabby cat, Mini, nuzzling up to her dog companion, a Dalmatian, Lola. They were adopted three months apart in late 2016. They are very close friends and often play together. They are clearly best buddies …
This is a very short, repetitive (apologies), video (actually an animated .gif) of a mother carrying her kitten by the scruff. It is pretty plain but it has one quality: it shows the behaviour very clearly and it is sort of cute. When the mother grasps her kitten in her mouth by the loose …
Mother moves her kittens to a new nest. Why? It usually happens when the kittens are between 30 and 40 days old. We have all see it; mother picks up each kitten by the scruff of their necks and purposefully carries them off to a fresh location. In the video she takes them to …
