I have a semi-feral cat Fluffs (not very original I know but she is -). She has an eleven week old kitten that was born in our house.
Before she had the kitten we had been feeding her on and off for a year but regularly for about 3 months. It a long time to earn her trust but she came round and now really enjoys being stroked although she won't tolerate being picked up. Up until she had the kitten she didn't really spend much time in the house, just to be fed and occasionally for longer if it was cold (we live in Greece so the weather is quite kind here).
After she had the kitten she was in most of the time apart from bathroom breaks because she wouldn't use the litter tray. Then she started to disappear for up to 2 days at a time and after posting on here people said she was probably on heat and that I should keep her in. I did manage to keep her in for a week but it seems to have seriously affected her personality. She was so stressed about being kept in, she constantly cried, scratched at the door and the screens, was terribly restless pacing up and down and wouldn't let the kitten nurse. Eventually we gave in and let her out.
She comes in and out of the house now but only really to try to drag the kitten outside. She'll only eat inside if I leave the door open, she does sleep inside at night but only because I force her to. When she is inside she literally screams, she paces, she tries to drag the kitten away from us, she scratches at the doors and is generally a pain. She will relax if you stroke her but the minute you stop she starts up again. When she is outside she is constantly crying outside the door. She seems like she wants to come in but actually she is trying to insist that we give her kitten to her so she can take him away.
We had her spayed 3 weeks ago and I was hoping that this might calm her down (she was pregnant again) but once she recovered from the operation she was back to being the same again.
I just don't know what to do and my husband is getting really fed up with it. I know he is getting to the point where he wants both her and the kitten gone.
Before she had the kitten we had been feeding her on and off for a year but regularly for about 3 months. It a long time to earn her trust but she came round and now really enjoys being stroked although she won't tolerate being picked up. Up until she had the kitten she didn't really spend much time in the house, just to be fed and occasionally for longer if it was cold (we live in Greece so the weather is quite kind here).
After she had the kitten she was in most of the time apart from bathroom breaks because she wouldn't use the litter tray. Then she started to disappear for up to 2 days at a time and after posting on here people said she was probably on heat and that I should keep her in. I did manage to keep her in for a week but it seems to have seriously affected her personality. She was so stressed about being kept in, she constantly cried, scratched at the door and the screens, was terribly restless pacing up and down and wouldn't let the kitten nurse. Eventually we gave in and let her out.
She comes in and out of the house now but only really to try to drag the kitten outside. She'll only eat inside if I leave the door open, she does sleep inside at night but only because I force her to. When she is inside she literally screams, she paces, she tries to drag the kitten away from us, she scratches at the doors and is generally a pain. She will relax if you stroke her but the minute you stop she starts up again. When she is outside she is constantly crying outside the door. She seems like she wants to come in but actually she is trying to insist that we give her kitten to her so she can take him away.
We had her spayed 3 weeks ago and I was hoping that this might calm her down (she was pregnant again) but once she recovered from the operation she was back to being the same again.
I just don't know what to do and my husband is getting really fed up with it. I know he is getting to the point where he wants both her and the kitten gone.