Our cat is acting weird...

Hope this is the right spot. One of our cats (lil bit)just had babies. But before that another ( Athena) was pregnant and lost hers. Found out her aunt was small like her and kept having miscarriages. She is scheduled to get fixed. Before lil bit had her babies Athena was playing with our other one Rowdy and Lil bit. They were best buddies. Now that lil bit has had her babies Athena is hissing at the other two cats and at my son who she loves...aje has took to him guest you could say made him her human. Could it be she is depressed about losing the babies? That lil bit having hers brought it up? She didn't act like this till after...she still loves on me buy only me hisses at everyone else.

I could be wrong, but it sounds more like she's just stressed out by the new arrivals. I've heard of cats feeling down after losing their babies, but you'd have seen it in Athena before Lil Bit had hers. Seeing another cat with kittens and feeling like it's unfair or she's missed out is a really complex emotion, and I'm not sure cats are psychologically capable of feeling that way. But who knows? Maybe someone else will comment that they've seen it before too. I think she's probably uncomfortable with the new unfamiliar cats in the house and she's getting upset with your son because she smells them on him or is just redirecting her aggression toward the person who's around her the most. It would probably be best to keep her and the kittens separated for a while and introduce them to each other slowly.

I would say it is more the strange new smells on everybody from the new kittens. Or stress from hearing the kittens and feeling the 'change' in the household.  Either way she should be OK after a while, you might want to introduce her slowly to the kittens so she starts to get used to them. There are some Feliway collars to calm cat nerves, and calming 'treats' on Amazon you might want to check into. Just give her lots of love and attention, she'll come around.

That is why its weird..the kids don't handle the kittens they are just over a week old. I handle them she has no prob with me...I can see the stress tho. She was my cat then took to my son more. She don't go near the kittens...our male hisses at them so we keep him away too. When Lil bit was in labor Athena tried her best to get in the room with her.