I've fostered quite a few mom/kitten sets in the past, and this is the second time this particular situation has happened.
Someone surrendered four kittens and their mom to an animal control about two weeks ago. My rescue organization pulled them and they were transported to us a couple days ago. The kittens are about 3 months old-- they are very scared and need some socialization, but they're mostly healthy (slight URI, one needs eye meds). I left the mom at the vet to get spayed and just brought her home today. She is acting like she's never seen the kittens before, and she's growling/hissing at them. I'm sure she's scared, but she's been walking around the room and accepted attention from me. Three kittens have not moved from their place on the cat tree. The fourth has been keeping his distance from his "mother." Typically, in the past, I would see the kittens run to their mom for attention, and the mom being affectionate to her kittens. Is this always the case? I'm just wondering if this is the mom to these kittens.
Someone surrendered four kittens and their mom to an animal control about two weeks ago. My rescue organization pulled them and they were transported to us a couple days ago. The kittens are about 3 months old-- they are very scared and need some socialization, but they're mostly healthy (slight URI, one needs eye meds). I left the mom at the vet to get spayed and just brought her home today. She is acting like she's never seen the kittens before, and she's growling/hissing at them. I'm sure she's scared, but she's been walking around the room and accepted attention from me. Three kittens have not moved from their place on the cat tree. The fourth has been keeping his distance from his "mother." Typically, in the past, I would see the kittens run to their mom for attention, and the mom being affectionate to her kittens. Is this always the case? I'm just wondering if this is the mom to these kittens.