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Hi, as some of you may know we have 4 cats, 1 was a stray then we adopted a cat from pet smart (humane society) and found out she was pregnant. anyways we kept her and her (2) kittens and all is well. everyone gets along very well. i was just curious if this is normal, i went to the vet and something she said got me wondering if this isn't the "norm".
the mother cat is about 2, we got her on vday last year, she had her kittens march 7th of last year, so aparently they are about a year old and she still treats them like they are babies. they will sometimes try and nurse off of her though she is dry (and all of the cats are fixed also) and a lot of the times she lets them for a little while. if she hears them cry or make any sounds she comes running, motherly instincts im sure, but i know outside cats, the mothers dont see them as their babies and what not after they are old enough to be on their own.
the vet had asked how she treats them and all so that is what sparked up my curiosity.
why does she still treat them as her babies when out in the "wild" this isnt the case, or is it in some cases. is it because they are all inside and always have been since we got them?
the mother cat is about 2, we got her on vday last year, she had her kittens march 7th of last year, so aparently they are about a year old and she still treats them like they are babies. they will sometimes try and nurse off of her though she is dry (and all of the cats are fixed also) and a lot of the times she lets them for a little while. if she hears them cry or make any sounds she comes running, motherly instincts im sure, but i know outside cats, the mothers dont see them as their babies and what not after they are old enough to be on their own.
the vet had asked how she treats them and all so that is what sparked up my curiosity.
why does she still treat them as her babies when out in the "wild" this isnt the case, or is it in some cases. is it because they are all inside and always have been since we got them?