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I would like to talk about behavior of female strays/ferals because I don't think many of us ever consider a female to be dominant.
In the past my first feral was a white with black female. At first she came around with other cats, male and female. Eventually I found out she had become pregnant when I saw her being chased by 4 males and witnessed one mating with her. Once she became pregnant no females came by anymore, and this female would run up to males and bite them to ensure she ate even though plenty of food was around.
After her first litter I noticed other females came by and were nursing her babies helping, yet these other females never had kittens, so perhaps in cat society only dominant females are allowed to mate? It was the oddest thing I ever saw, unless this cat killed the others kittens to force them to help raise her kittens, clearly this female was very healthy and strong, and so were all her kittens. Her first litter were 2 males, one male became the dominant male in the area even after he was neutered.
Her next litter was 2 girls, one boy. She always favored the female kittens more, one looked like a twin of her and matched her characteristics and personality exactly, with the exception she was used to people. One of her female kittens died unexpectedly, the male vanished, and I was left with the dominant female kitten. At one point her older brother from last generation was friendly with her and that's who she stayed near, her mother and her avoided eachother once she was spayed.
3 rd and final litter came, 2 females 1 male. Again one female died, the male lived and acted more female than male, very docile, and the other female was always chased away, by all other cats, especially the older, dominant sister from last year.
Finally mom got spayed and was the last "new" female to show up she chased away new females while the males chased off new males.
Eventually mom tragically was hit by a car and died, so only 2 females were left. The lower female vanished, and to this day it's just the dominant female "kitten" who looked like mom. She chases males away, has survived very well, and is tough for a girl cat, she definetly takes after her mom and is queen here!
In relation, in the past I adopted a former stray female, she was always chased by males but never became pregnant, she would attack all other cats and was 11 pounds, no lightweight and extremely healthy for a 2 year old stray with no vet care or food! Eventually she was spayed and adopted, but back then she was the only female in our yard and only her got attention from the males, so I do believe females can be dominant and more manly than normal to be queen cat!
My cat sees the friendly female stray from inside, they hate eachother probably because they both were dominant in the area, but they are evenly as tough so they seem to know that and just stare eachother down into retreat.
In the past my first feral was a white with black female. At first she came around with other cats, male and female. Eventually I found out she had become pregnant when I saw her being chased by 4 males and witnessed one mating with her. Once she became pregnant no females came by anymore, and this female would run up to males and bite them to ensure she ate even though plenty of food was around.
After her first litter I noticed other females came by and were nursing her babies helping, yet these other females never had kittens, so perhaps in cat society only dominant females are allowed to mate? It was the oddest thing I ever saw, unless this cat killed the others kittens to force them to help raise her kittens, clearly this female was very healthy and strong, and so were all her kittens. Her first litter were 2 males, one male became the dominant male in the area even after he was neutered.
Her next litter was 2 girls, one boy. She always favored the female kittens more, one looked like a twin of her and matched her characteristics and personality exactly, with the exception she was used to people. One of her female kittens died unexpectedly, the male vanished, and I was left with the dominant female kitten. At one point her older brother from last generation was friendly with her and that's who she stayed near, her mother and her avoided eachother once she was spayed.
3 rd and final litter came, 2 females 1 male. Again one female died, the male lived and acted more female than male, very docile, and the other female was always chased away, by all other cats, especially the older, dominant sister from last year.
Finally mom got spayed and was the last "new" female to show up she chased away new females while the males chased off new males.
Eventually mom tragically was hit by a car and died, so only 2 females were left. The lower female vanished, and to this day it's just the dominant female "kitten" who looked like mom. She chases males away, has survived very well, and is tough for a girl cat, she definetly takes after her mom and is queen here!
In relation, in the past I adopted a former stray female, she was always chased by males but never became pregnant, she would attack all other cats and was 11 pounds, no lightweight and extremely healthy for a 2 year old stray with no vet care or food! Eventually she was spayed and adopted, but back then she was the only female in our yard and only her got attention from the males, so I do believe females can be dominant and more manly than normal to be queen cat!
My cat sees the friendly female stray from inside, they hate eachother probably because they both were dominant in the area, but they are evenly as tough so they seem to know that and just stare eachother down into retreat.
