So yesterday I brought home a couple of foster kitties, two gorgeous possibly pregnant cats who are a bonded pair. The shelter I foster for wanted them kept together, so even if only one is pregnant, the other will be staying with her and the kittens the whole time.
I'm thinking they are both pregnant as they both show small baby-bumps and swollen nipples. I started thinking about how their kittens will be, how they'll look, and how the moms will do.
I remember hearing of co-parenting, where two queens in a cat colony will house their babies together and nurse them together, the two litters become indistinguishable from each other.
But then, I've also heard of cats stealing each other's kittens. Where one mom hears a baby and decides to put it with her own. This sometimes means the other mom has to either fight the cat, or let her take the kitten.
I don't know how much truth these scenarios have, and both sound like extremes to me. But I'm really starting to wonder, what is normal for cats in these cases? What can I expect with these two pregnant cats?
I'm thinking they are both pregnant as they both show small baby-bumps and swollen nipples. I started thinking about how their kittens will be, how they'll look, and how the moms will do.
I remember hearing of co-parenting, where two queens in a cat colony will house their babies together and nurse them together, the two litters become indistinguishable from each other.
But then, I've also heard of cats stealing each other's kittens. Where one mom hears a baby and decides to put it with her own. This sometimes means the other mom has to either fight the cat, or let her take the kitten.
I don't know how much truth these scenarios have, and both sound like extremes to me. But I'm really starting to wonder, what is normal for cats in these cases? What can I expect with these two pregnant cats?