The Mother Cat Who Wasn’t

RIP Shimmer, who crossed the bridge January 10

Jennifer informed everyone that baby Blaze has joined Casper on the bridge. 🙁

Keke our beloved Rusian Blue had an exceptional loving personality with humans & kittens. Spring 1985 we adopted a very young kitten, terrified that Keke might injure Snuggles (new kitten)imagine our surprise as he lovingly hugged hugged, begin to bathe her, both falling asleep soon after. In fall of 1988 when Keke was getting Dialisis, Snuggles was right there loving him, we didn't want Keke to suffer so euthania was decided upon as painful as it was, Snuggles searched for Keke for a few days, she had lost her "Daddy".Male cats can be very loving to kittens.

Little Casper has gone to the bridge. Casper died the same way we lost our babies. Lethargic then cold then dies within hours. Vet suspects panleuk.

Our Russian Blue male cat Dakota always treated the cats who came to our house and they all came as babies, by licking them and taking care of them like a mom. It was cute. Even our Maltese Lacey looked after two of the kittens and mothered them. All of these cats are now with God in Heaven since our fire last year but it was a pleasure to own them and enjoy them as we loved them very much, there were 6 of them.

My older cat was around 6 months when he mothered 8 week old Alfie, that was of course until Alfie was a big boy and wanted no more washing or snuggling!!
If Alfie resisted my older cat would pin him down to wash him. Alfie would always find his uncle to snuggle with when he was sleepy.

Alfie himself now loves it when we have foster kittens. There's no viciousness whatsoever just playing, chasing and washing.

My older cat has become more wary where kittens are concerned however once he's used to the idea he will also welcome little unfortunates taking turns to wash and play uncle.

My boys (now 3 and 2)love having kittens to stay!!

Our Sammy was listed as a female but we noticed Greenville had wronged him when he was 2 months old. Cassie used to be Casper and we had the neutering all lined up and found he was a she. I had a cat named Spot who showed up as an adult and stayed with us. I her her shots every year. One year I mentioned to the vet how she must have been fixed as she'd never gotten pregnant. The vet looked at me and said "this is a castrated male." So it can happen.

I have a very large six-year-old male tuxedo cat who rules the house with a calm, mature demeanor. He came to my forever home from death row at a kill shelter three and a half years ago. This past July, I adopted a nine-week-old male kitten from another shelter. I had four other cats, two of them female, so I was astonished when the females shunned any contact with the new baby, while the six-year-old male cat "adopted" the kitten. That kitten is seven months old now, but the big male still grooms him, wrestles with him like an overgrown kitten himself, and they sleep together with their arms wrapped around each other. It's one of the sweetest things I've experienced in more than 20 years of sharing my home with cats. So yes, it can happen 🙂 Way to go, Blanco - you're a real father figure (and could be presented as an outstanding example to some human fathers out there).

I have a very large six-year-old male tuxedo cat who rules the house with a calm, mature demeanor. He came to my forever home from death row at a kill shelter three and a half years ago. This past July, I adopted a nine-week-old male kitten from another shelter. I had four other cats, two of them female, so I was astonished when the females shunned any contact with the new baby, while the six-year-old male cat "adopted" the kitten. That kitten is seven months old now, but the big male still grooms him, wrestles with him like an overgrown kitten himself, and they sleep together with their arms wrapped around each other. It's one of the sweetest things I've experienced in more than 20 years of sharing my home with cats. So yes, it can happen 🙂 Way to go, Blanco - you're a real father figure (and could be presented as an outstanding example to some human fathers out there).

I TOOK IN SHADOW ALONG WITH HIS LITTER MATES BACK ABOUT 12 YRS AGO FROM ANIMAL CONTROL. AT THAT TIME PERIOD WE HAD DISTEMPER GOING THRU THE TRI COUNTY AREA PALM BCH, BROWARD AND MIAMI AND WIPED OUT MOST ALL SHELTERS AND RESCUES. SHADOW SURVIVED AND HE STAYED WITH ME, IT TOOK ME 24 HOUR CARE TO KEEP HIM ALIVE AND WE FORMED A BOND THAT WE STILL AHVE TODAY. HE HAS TAKEN IN AND MOTHERED ALL KITTENS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT IN OVER THE YEARS. CLEANING, EVEN LETTING THEM NURSE ON HIM WITH NOTHING OBVIOUSLY TO NURSE ON. HE WOULD GRAB AHOLD OF THEM IF THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE AND PULL THEM IN TO MAKE SURE THEY STAYED CLOSE. I OF COURSE WOULD BE HAND FEEDING THEM AND SHADOW WOULD CLEAN THEM. ONCE THE KITTENS WERE ON THEIR OWN, HE WOULD READILY TAKE ON A NEW LITTER. I STILL HAVE SHADOW, BUT HE AND I HAVE BOTH SLOWED DOWN ON OUR RESCUE EFFORTS. BUT IF I DO TAKE KITTENS IN HE IS RIGHT THERE WAITING AND READY !!! HE STILL CLEANS AND MOTHERS MY OTHER CATS WHO SEEK HIM OUT WHEN THEY WANT ATTENTION !! SHADOW, HE IS MY BOY - GOING STRONG AS EVER ...... SO THERE ARE MALE CATS OUT THERE THAT "MOTHER" KITTENS, IT SEEMS SO NATURAL FOR HIM.

I love this story. I love this little family. Thank you for sharing their story Elisa.

PoC chipped in $20 (Your transaction ID for this payment is: 36B163229T054411M). Why? Because I hate to see animals in pain. Why must they be in pain? Nature is cruel to the vulnerable. And then there is Blanco...! Good on you man. Us men can do it, you know. Thanks for the post Elisa.

I must say that's a first for me I never known someone to get the sex of a cat wrong let alone have a male cat be so loving and caring for kittens way to go Blanco:-)