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Hello!
We found a kitten in our garage two months ago, along with her mother. After more than a month of letting the mother take care of her, we decided to take her into our home and give her a better life. It's been a couple weeks now living with her and she's been having tons of fun. We've been taking really good care of her and have her on a raw meat diet already.
Anyways, we've introduced her to our front and back yards and she loves it out there, but today she had a reunion with the mother and it didn't seem to go so well. We left the door open while we were occupied with work just inside, and we heard a weird meow. Not angry, not sad, maybe somewhere inbetween. Hard to say. So we poked our heads out and saw that the kitten was looking down from the porch at her mother! We watched quietly from inside the door and the mother saw us but didn't run immediately, although she is usually really sketched out by us. She was looking back and forth from us to her baby when she jumped up and swiped a couple times at her. I came out, clapped my hands and scared her away. But she came back and tried it again. So I really scared her away and took the kitten inside.
What is your take on this situation? Was the mother playing? Because the swipe didn't seem all that fierce. Or is there another explanation? We were really confused and disapointed by the mothers behaviour.
We found a kitten in our garage two months ago, along with her mother. After more than a month of letting the mother take care of her, we decided to take her into our home and give her a better life. It's been a couple weeks now living with her and she's been having tons of fun. We've been taking really good care of her and have her on a raw meat diet already.
Anyways, we've introduced her to our front and back yards and she loves it out there, but today she had a reunion with the mother and it didn't seem to go so well. We left the door open while we were occupied with work just inside, and we heard a weird meow. Not angry, not sad, maybe somewhere inbetween. Hard to say. So we poked our heads out and saw that the kitten was looking down from the porch at her mother! We watched quietly from inside the door and the mother saw us but didn't run immediately, although she is usually really sketched out by us. She was looking back and forth from us to her baby when she jumped up and swiped a couple times at her. I came out, clapped my hands and scared her away. But she came back and tried it again. So I really scared her away and took the kitten inside.
What is your take on this situation? Was the mother playing? Because the swipe didn't seem all that fierce. Or is there another explanation? We were really confused and disapointed by the mothers behaviour.