Hi All, This might be a long post but I want to try and give you all the information.
We have a kitty who we found as a stray when it was a baby. She is now 2. She had a litter of kittens the first week of April. All but 1 kitten was adopted to friends of the family. Around 8 weeks after the kittens were born, my boyfriend’s son let the momma out and unfortunately she is now pregnant again. I am sorry to say that I did not realize she was pregnant again till last week. I already have plans to get her and her babies fixed 8 weeks after birth through a program called Mom’s Last Litter.
My question or concern at this time is, just recently, as of yesterday, momma kitty will not let the boy kitten from her last litter anywhere near her. Last week she would still let him breast feed, which was weird to me but I am not a cat. But she hisses and attacks him anytime he gets near her. It’s sad because they were always together and laying together and she was still very protective of him around the dogs. I do not understand why she wants nothing to do with him now. There is plenty of food for them. But since I am the main caretaker for them they both follow me around, in addition to my dog, almost everywhere I go when I am home, and so the baby kitty keeps trying to get close to his mom and the mom is not having it.
I do not want the mom to feel she has lost her security with me and the house, but I don’t want the baby to feel left out either. I want him to feel he is loved and is safe at home too. I know cats do not have the same feelings we do exactly but I can tell a difference in each of them since this has been happening.
Any advice would be much appreciated and any explanation to why this is happening too. Thank you all for your help.
We have a kitty who we found as a stray when it was a baby. She is now 2. She had a litter of kittens the first week of April. All but 1 kitten was adopted to friends of the family. Around 8 weeks after the kittens were born, my boyfriend’s son let the momma out and unfortunately she is now pregnant again. I am sorry to say that I did not realize she was pregnant again till last week. I already have plans to get her and her babies fixed 8 weeks after birth through a program called Mom’s Last Litter.
My question or concern at this time is, just recently, as of yesterday, momma kitty will not let the boy kitten from her last litter anywhere near her. Last week she would still let him breast feed, which was weird to me but I am not a cat. But she hisses and attacks him anytime he gets near her. It’s sad because they were always together and laying together and she was still very protective of him around the dogs. I do not understand why she wants nothing to do with him now. There is plenty of food for them. But since I am the main caretaker for them they both follow me around, in addition to my dog, almost everywhere I go when I am home, and so the baby kitty keeps trying to get close to his mom and the mom is not having it.
I do not want the mom to feel she has lost her security with me and the house, but I don’t want the baby to feel left out either. I want him to feel he is loved and is safe at home too. I know cats do not have the same feelings we do exactly but I can tell a difference in each of them since this has been happening.
Any advice would be much appreciated and any explanation to why this is happening too. Thank you all for your help.