My Siamese cat Chai has been very very unpleasant. She's 7weeks pregnant with her 3rd litter, and has a very bad temper from what she use to be like. She growls at everyone and even swipes her 5 month old kitten for no reason, they use to play all the time but no she won't participate lol anymore. I feel like giving her up. She's almost a pain to have around. We have always loved her and been affectionate to her. So what shall I do?
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My angry Siamese
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Hormones and late pregnancy can make anyone crazy :lol3:. But she's had 2 litters back to back? That's very stressful for a cat, no wonder she's cranky. I think she's done her part, probably time to spay her after this litter. I hope you will not give her up after using her to make kittens for your own purposes. She deserves better than that.
How was she at the other pregnancies? sweet or angry like now? How was she with the kittens? And the stud?
If she was always was angry, do spay her. You dont want her to continue sending her bad temperament further down the river of life.
If she was always sweet, but not just now - it may be concidence with hormon changes. We had a thread with a furiously angry mom! who calmed down after our advices.
compare with this thread http://www.thecatsite.com/t/258040/this-cat-is-psychotic-how-can-i-calm-her-down-shes-pregnant
BUT it may be she has some pains somewhere. Cats in pains dont have the same patience as otherwise. And if she is openly angry to her belowed Ma - it is serious...
A vet visit for a thorough check up is in order!
Good luck!
ps. If you arent a breeder, please consider strongly to spay her anyway.
IF you are a breeder with Association, pedigree certificates and all - well, you must decide individually. Many breeders dont take more than 3 liters from even a good queen. If you take more than 3 - she must be really excellent, giving splendid contributions to the breed as a whole.
If she was always was angry, do spay her. You dont want her to continue sending her bad temperament further down the river of life.
If she was always sweet, but not just now - it may be concidence with hormon changes. We had a thread with a furiously angry mom! who calmed down after our advices.
compare with this thread http://www.thecatsite.com/t/258040/this-cat-is-psychotic-how-can-i-calm-her-down-shes-pregnant
BUT it may be she has some pains somewhere. Cats in pains dont have the same patience as otherwise. And if she is openly angry to her belowed Ma - it is serious...
A vet visit for a thorough check up is in order!
Good luck!
ps. If you arent a breeder, please consider strongly to spay her anyway.
IF you are a breeder with Association, pedigree certificates and all - well, you must decide individually. Many breeders dont take more than 3 liters from even a good queen. If you take more than 3 - she must be really excellent, giving splendid contributions to the breed as a whole.
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l have to agree with Willowy. She's 7 weeks pregnant and has 5 month old kittens. That has to be extremely stressful on her poor body, no wonder she feels lousy and temperamental.
Most excellent breeders will only have one litter per year. The more commercially-minded may take two. But having litters only a few months apart can't be good for the queen or the kittens. l wish her luck and send her vibes
Most excellent breeders will only have one litter per year. The more commercially-minded may take two. But having litters only a few months apart can't be good for the queen or the kittens. l wish her luck and send her vibes
This sounds an awful lot like Roxy.. Roxy was pregnante a few months after giving birth to a litter but she wasn't only pregnant soon after giving birth, she was taken to a new home with new animals in a foreign land where she had to worry about absolutely everything. She started attacking her older kittens as soon as they came around her and she was generally mean (almost evil) most of the time she was here until she gave birth.
I don't know a whole lot about cats but here's what I learned through Roxy and the helpful folks here. Maybe separate her and her current kitten. There's a good chance she doesn't even recognize that the kitten is hers anymore, she has to busy herself with worrying about this new batch and as far as she's concerned she's done with the other kitten. Maybe start keeping her confined to one room, somewhere she can claim, scent, and get comfy with that *only* you humans and her are allowed in. No, other animals. Since everything might be a scary threat, especially with this other kitten possibly invading her space, sealing her off might help. And be patient and keep loving her like you always have! You have the advantage over me of knowing what your kitty was like before pregnancy, so there's a lot more hope for you in seeing her calm down than there was for me. It would be very unfair for her to be given away and left feeling unloved just because she's pregnant and hormonal. If all petting does is result in angry growls and swipes just talk to her like you normally would and keep your distance. It might help!
But I'll leave the really good advice to people who know what they're talking about.
Hopefully everything is okay with your Chai. 
I don't know a whole lot about cats but here's what I learned through Roxy and the helpful folks here. Maybe separate her and her current kitten. There's a good chance she doesn't even recognize that the kitten is hers anymore, she has to busy herself with worrying about this new batch and as far as she's concerned she's done with the other kitten. Maybe start keeping her confined to one room, somewhere she can claim, scent, and get comfy with that *only* you humans and her are allowed in. No, other animals. Since everything might be a scary threat, especially with this other kitten possibly invading her space, sealing her off might help. And be patient and keep loving her like you always have! You have the advantage over me of knowing what your kitty was like before pregnancy, so there's a lot more hope for you in seeing her calm down than there was for me. It would be very unfair for her to be given away and left feeling unloved just because she's pregnant and hormonal. If all petting does is result in angry growls and swipes just talk to her like you normally would and keep your distance. It might help!
But I'll leave the really good advice to people who know what they're talking about.
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Thanks for the replies. I'm not a breeder and I should get her spayed. She use to belong to my friend who couldn't take care of her anymore.She had already had kittens there. So we said we would have her because she is so beautiful. A few weeks here and she was pregnant again. She was very affectionate and content with her other pregnancy.She had 2 kittens, 1 died, so we only have 1. It's just recently like in the last few weeks she has gone completely sideways. She would stay home with us all day when she was pregnant before, but now we only see her when she is hungry. I now understand that she has been pregnant too many times and it could be really stressful to her. To make things worse I think she is going to have a bigger litter her tummy is bigger than before. I don't want to sell her kittens to make money from her or anything like that, I will just give them to cat loving people. I just thought It was natural for cats to get pregnant alot. That's my bad and Me and my Chai are fully paying for it. I love my Chai she is the best thing that me and my family have. I hope she will go back to her precious self after this.
Well. . .it IS "natural" for cats to get pregnant a lot, but it's also "natural" for them to die young . In the wild they just need to have as many kittens as possible before dying so as to pass on their genes, and most of the kittens born in the wild die before reaching sexual maturity, so they need to have even more to make up for that. When we make them pets we really need to get them spayed so they can live longer and be healthier, and not make a lot of unwanted kittens (the cat overpopulation problem is absolutely terrible. There aren't nearly enough homes for all the kittens born, and many are killed ), since when we feed and protect them, the kittens are much more likely to survive. So, yes, if you want her to be a healthy and happy pet cat, spaying is essential! And make sure to also have the kitten spayed/neutered soon---girls can get pregnant as early as 4 months, and boys can impregnate females (including their mother!) at a young age as well.
. In the wild they just need to have as many kittens as possible before dying so as to pass on their genes, and most of the kittens born in the wild die before reaching sexual maturity, so they need to have even more to make up for that. When we make them pets we really need to get them spayed so they can live longer and be healthier, and not make a lot of unwanted kittens (the cat overpopulation problem is absolutely terrible. There aren't nearly enough homes for all the kittens born, and many are killed ), since when we feed and protect them, the kittens are much more likely to survive. So, yes, if you want her to be a healthy and happy pet cat, spaying is essential! And make sure to also have the kitten spayed/neutered soon---girls can get pregnant as early as 4 months, and boys can impregnate females (including their mother!) at a young age as well.
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Really glad you decided to get her spayed it should really help things! Also, please get her kittens fixed as well or make sure their new homes will do it. I think she may also be in pain or something because of her change in behaviour- please take her to the vet so they can check it out. If she isn't too far along the vet can also spay her now and that may be the right thing to do if this pregnancy is causing her so many problems.
