CAT PROBLEMS

obejeroshania

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So my street cat that we took in (probably a month now) gave birth yesterday (2 days till this note) and she gave birth to 5 kittens and somewhere in our yard. So we gave her food momentarily to energize her up and give off more milk to her kittens but my family is a bit worried with their state because the weather outside is so hot and we transfered her kittens inside our house somewhere dark of course and she was okay with it. So after a few hours I was lying in my room she began to bring her one of her babies inside my room (under my cabinet to be exact, the space is big there) and left the others out where my mom put her babies in (living room). Then my cat left and went to the four kittens left but the one she left in my room kept crying and she suddenly went in kind of confused she kept going back to the living room then my room then I took something near the cabinet which was my laptop and she attacked my legs so I screamed and ran under my covers. She began to milk the one with the cabinet and leave it there and went back tot he living room and when the kitten she left in my room cries she goes back and forth where to go I mean literally looking left and right. I'm scared of my cat.

So why exactly did she bring her kittens in my room and leaving one?

Why did she leave it there and attend the others

Why did she seemed confused where the crying kitten was (ma cat cray cray)

Why did she attack me

Additional Questions:

We can't give the cat a bath she runs away before we even wet her (she cray cray really)

THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HAVING CATS. WE ARE REALLY A DOG LOVING FAMILY, BUT WE JUST TOOK A CAT IN CUS IT WAS PRETTY.

THANK YOU!!!!!!
 

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mom cats will ignore a kitten if she doesn't think it will survive. 
detmut, you are right but this may not be the case here.  Cats move their babies if they feel threatened.  She may not have felt safe to go & get the last one.  I would let her pick out a spot & leave her entirely alone.  Just give her that room if you can.  She will not feel the need to move them.  If she does move & leave one behind put it with the others.  If it is going to die she will let it but try to help her out a bit here.  She attacked because she thought her babies were in danger.  Any mother would.
 

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Hi and welcome! 
 Thank you for helping this cat!

Regarding the bath, this is normal.  If it is not absolutely necessary that you bathe her for some reason I'd just let that go.

So why exactly did she bring her kittens in my room and leaving one?

I am not 100% sure I understand what is going on here, so  can you please let me know which it is? Did she bring one kitten to your room, and leave all the others where they were? Or did she bring all the kittens but one to your room, and leave one in the living room?  It is important which it is because (as the posters above show) it changes what the answer probably is.  If she took one kitten away from all the others, and left all of teh others where they were to begin with, she is probably abandoning that kitten. However, if she moved all of them but one, she may have just forgotten one or become confused (cats can't count, unfortunately) and you should just move that baby back with the others.  If she moved just one, it should still be moved to be back with the others, but unfortunately chances are good mom is going to continue to reject it and it will die.  If you are interested in trying to save it yourself, we can provide tips for that, but in all honesty if a mom cat abandons a kitten so young, it is usually because she senses something is wrong with it, and it won't survive no matter what.

Why did she leave it there and attend the others?

Basically what I said above.  Either she got confused because she can't count or she is abandoning it probably.

Why did she seemed confused where the crying kitten was (ma cat cray cray)

Why do you think she was confused? Just because she was going back and forth between the rooms? Anyway, she may have been confused, or she may have just been agitated.

Why did she attack me

Honestly, it is hard to say for sure.  My instinct is that your 'sudden' movement startled her and she lashed out.
 
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