okay, this has actually been going on since the day after the kittens were born but it never occured to me to ask on here
so, what she does is grab their paws(trying to get their nails) and bites till they bleed, she will actually literally pick them up off the ground by their feet. I dont understand what she is trying to do? I thought at first she was trying to trim their nails, but they were only a day old and their claws really weren't that sharp at all!
Now here is where it really confuses me, the kittens are now 5 weeks old and THEY pull at their nails like their mom did(she still does occasionally, not as much anymore)! she seems to shed her nails by pulling off the loose 'shell' with her teeth instead of scratching them off, but she also scratches on things. The kittens are doing the same thing.
is she teaching them how to do that? I've never heard of or seen any other queen do it
so, what she does is grab their paws(trying to get their nails) and bites till they bleed, she will actually literally pick them up off the ground by their feet. I dont understand what she is trying to do? I thought at first she was trying to trim their nails, but they were only a day old and their claws really weren't that sharp at all!
Now here is where it really confuses me, the kittens are now 5 weeks old and THEY pull at their nails like their mom did(she still does occasionally, not as much anymore)! she seems to shed her nails by pulling off the loose 'shell' with her teeth instead of scratching them off, but she also scratches on things. The kittens are doing the same thing.
is she teaching them how to do that? I've never heard of or seen any other queen do it