My cat had a litter of four kittens, 6 weeks ago. The kittens have all been eating solid food and every now and then mother cat will still nurse them.
I heard that the mother will sometimes go out and bring back prey they have caught for their babies to feed on. Welp, this morning - to my surprise - my cat jumped in through our bedroom window with a live bird flapping it's wings in her mouth! I screamed and picked her up and immediately put her back outside with the bird still in her mouth. (Now, I had just woken up and my husband leaves the window open when it's hot out but we have a screen on the window. Except it looks like mother cat has created a hole in the screen so she can get out!)
From what I could see, the head of the bird was in her mouth and I did see some blood. She has now hid the body of the bird and is scratching at the window and meowing. She looks frantic and I know she wants to be with her kittens but I am afraid to let her back in! If she is still nursing the kittens, I do not want them to be tainted!
What I am asking is, what do I do? Anyone else experience this??
I heard that the mother will sometimes go out and bring back prey they have caught for their babies to feed on. Welp, this morning - to my surprise - my cat jumped in through our bedroom window with a live bird flapping it's wings in her mouth! I screamed and picked her up and immediately put her back outside with the bird still in her mouth. (Now, I had just woken up and my husband leaves the window open when it's hot out but we have a screen on the window. Except it looks like mother cat has created a hole in the screen so she can get out!)
From what I could see, the head of the bird was in her mouth and I did see some blood. She has now hid the body of the bird and is scratching at the window and meowing. She looks frantic and I know she wants to be with her kittens but I am afraid to let her back in! If she is still nursing the kittens, I do not want them to be tainted!
What I am asking is, what do I do? Anyone else experience this??