Yesterday morning the mother tried moving the kittens under my bed. I put the kittens back in the closet nest before she could get all of them under the bed. The mother gave up and stayed with them in the closet nest.
Well, sometime last night while I was sleeping the mother moved 3 of the kittens to under the bed and left the other 4 in the closet. The 4 in the closet were sleeping peacefullly but mom was under the bed nursing and cooing to the 3 she had moved.
Do you think she did this because the 3 were weaker and needed more feeding time? Do queens instinctively try to save weaker ones?
I put them back in the closet nest but now I'm wondering if I should have just left it alone. They are all trying to feed (and all appear to be feeding) but they fight and struggle a great deal and some of them compete for the same nipple.
Of the 3 that she moved, 2 of them appear to be smaller and skinnier, 1 of them was fairly fat and stronger appearing. Nevertheless, they all appear to be vigorous and vocal, but 2 of them are kind of small and scrawny.
Well, sometime last night while I was sleeping the mother moved 3 of the kittens to under the bed and left the other 4 in the closet. The 4 in the closet were sleeping peacefullly but mom was under the bed nursing and cooing to the 3 she had moved.
Do you think she did this because the 3 were weaker and needed more feeding time? Do queens instinctively try to save weaker ones?
I put them back in the closet nest but now I'm wondering if I should have just left it alone. They are all trying to feed (and all appear to be feeding) but they fight and struggle a great deal and some of them compete for the same nipple.
Of the 3 that she moved, 2 of them appear to be smaller and skinnier, 1 of them was fairly fat and stronger appearing. Nevertheless, they all appear to be vigorous and vocal, but 2 of them are kind of small and scrawny.