Irratic pregnant cat behavior

Hello....we have 2 pregnant calico's mated by the same male. The females are inseparable right now. We had to put the male out last night as he is spraying in the house. Now they are growling and hissing at each other through the glass door. One of the pregnant girls bit the owner while this strange behavior was going on. Can you please tell us what you think?

catlady7 said:

 
Hello....we have 2 pregnant calico's mated by the same male. The females are inseparable right now. We had to put the male out last night as he is spraying in the house. Now they are growling and hissing at each other through the glass door. One of the pregnant girls bit the owner while this strange behavior was going on. Can you please tell us what you think?

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Are the girls otherwise good friends with the male?

Anyways, what happened now when they saw him through the glass door, they got angry at him / see him as a potenial threat.   And not being able to chase him away, and being sky high with adrenaline, happened to bite the owner.   A sort of redirected aggression.  It drops quicker with friendlly, kind toms.

Just to let them calm down, it shouldnt repeat.

Good luck!

ps.

And unless you arent a breeder, or by otherwise see it as important to have more litters, please spay them.  Begin with the male.  Observe, he will be fertile at least a whole week after the neutering, maybe even several weeks.   The hormnonal leveus will begin to drop after one week, but may take several months too.  It depends on how dominant and territorial he is.

Here is btw another mechanism possible.  Many cat moms gets more cozy and loving when the delivery nears.  But some go into more defensive - aggressive mode, with all the hormones surging etc.  And eager to defend themselves and their kittens.  Mother Nature is wise.

Such cats can sometimes overdo and teach lessons even to their otherwise beloved Ma!

Here added up be the tension situation where they were angry in waint to this male outside, yes.

The riddle is perhaps, why HE was angry on them.   Perhaps he didnt recognized them properly, behind the glass door, and being male is also territorial.   Whoa, two wild eyed females of suspicious ancestry  inside the home? But but my wifes are in there, locked in together with these horrible "ladies"!   I must at least try to scare them off, that is the least I can do for my wifes...

Something like that?

Thank you so much for your help and suggestions. The male has now gone away, nowhere to be found. The 2 pregnant females are still acting very erratic. They follow us through the house under our feet and nip and bite at us for attention. It's really kind of creepy.

I would greatly appreciate some more input on this subject! Help!

You say you seperated the male and the female pregnant cats, correct? The male is outside, the 2 girls are together and doing well. The male can be seen through a glass door.

You have 2 pregnant cats, who will do anything to protect their babies and/or nesting place. As they see your male cat through a glass door, they can't smell him and probably don't recognize him. To them, he is treatening their safety. They are being protective, which seems completely normal to me.

If you want to re-introduce them (you can't really keep the male outside forever) I would suggest taking him inside and put him in another room away from the girls. That way, they can smell him through the door and probably get used to his scent soon enough. When they have, you can open the door inbetween and put them together. Keep a good eye on them when you do just in case. If you don't trust it, seperate them when you aren;t in the room (but keep them indoors so no completely closed doors and different scents)