Hi,
I've never owned a cat but 2 months ago my son had to work abroad for a couple of months and asked me to look after his 2 year old male and female cats. I agreed. Turns out she was pregnant and had 4 kittens. One was dead. The other 3, one female and 2 males are now nearly 8 weeks old and absolutely lovely. The mum is brilliant with them and still feeding them. I have a problem though. The male cat for a few weeks is constantly harrassing the female and trying to mate with her quite aggressively. The main problem though which can be quite scary sometimes is that he keeps going after the female kitten and biting her on the neck pinning her down. I've been told this means he wants to mate with her which I find a bit odd given the age of the kitten. He is also quite aggressive with all the kittens and they are afraid of him. He's got quite a feral personality anyway and my 15 year old son was bitten in the face by him the other day. I phoned my son and he said its all normal. I disagree. I think the kittens are in danger from this cat and I know the cat is not neutered and i have demanded my son do so as soon as he comes back.
I've shut him in a different bedroom which is quite large. We try to spend some time with him each day and he will sometimes let us smooth him but to be honest we're nervous around him as he just turns on us for no reason. Another problem is he can open doors himself so i'm forever running up trying to get him back in and he hisses etc.
I'm at a loss as to what to do as they're not my cats. I'm worried about when my son takes them back soon and fear for the kittens safety. I am thinking about keeping the kittens myself. Initially i thought the two males as they would be indoor cats and would get them neutered as soon as possible. But now i'm considering also having the female too.
My questions are why is the male behaving like this? Am i right to separate him or is it cruel? Also if i keep all three kittens and make sure they're neutered etc will 2 males and one female live together happily in the future without the constant harrassment towards females i see this male giving? Any advice would be appreciated and sorry for the long post.
I've never owned a cat but 2 months ago my son had to work abroad for a couple of months and asked me to look after his 2 year old male and female cats. I agreed. Turns out she was pregnant and had 4 kittens. One was dead. The other 3, one female and 2 males are now nearly 8 weeks old and absolutely lovely. The mum is brilliant with them and still feeding them. I have a problem though. The male cat for a few weeks is constantly harrassing the female and trying to mate with her quite aggressively. The main problem though which can be quite scary sometimes is that he keeps going after the female kitten and biting her on the neck pinning her down. I've been told this means he wants to mate with her which I find a bit odd given the age of the kitten. He is also quite aggressive with all the kittens and they are afraid of him. He's got quite a feral personality anyway and my 15 year old son was bitten in the face by him the other day. I phoned my son and he said its all normal. I disagree. I think the kittens are in danger from this cat and I know the cat is not neutered and i have demanded my son do so as soon as he comes back.
I've shut him in a different bedroom which is quite large. We try to spend some time with him each day and he will sometimes let us smooth him but to be honest we're nervous around him as he just turns on us for no reason. Another problem is he can open doors himself so i'm forever running up trying to get him back in and he hisses etc.
I'm at a loss as to what to do as they're not my cats. I'm worried about when my son takes them back soon and fear for the kittens safety. I am thinking about keeping the kittens myself. Initially i thought the two males as they would be indoor cats and would get them neutered as soon as possible. But now i'm considering also having the female too.
My questions are why is the male behaving like this? Am i right to separate him or is it cruel? Also if i keep all three kittens and make sure they're neutered etc will 2 males and one female live together happily in the future without the constant harrassment towards females i see this male giving? Any advice would be appreciated and sorry for the long post.
