Hello,
I am seeking some advice about my cat Vanilla. Vanilla gave birth to three kittens three days ago. We lost one on the second day. We are not sure exactly what happened to him, we found him buried in the box with the other kittens. Vanilla will not hardly stay in the box since the kittens were born. She returns when they cry though to feed them and bathe them. What the strange part is , she had these kittens on my daughters bed late at night, when she was asleep , right next to her. It left a mess, and we of course, cleaned it up. We moved the kittens to a clean , dry warm box away from my kids room. As soon as we did that she tried to move them to the now clean spot where she had them. We returned the kittens to the box in the other room again, and she again moved them the following morning to behind my computer desk. We again moved them to the safety of the box. We have a heating pad on low in the box. She has started to try to move them several times today, to various, unsafe locations in the house. She has been very vocal about getting into my daughter's room again, and trying to take the kittens placing in the house. This is our first set of kittens, and our first cats. My male and female cats were both gotten from the street when they were babies. We have had them about a year now. My tom cat, Tiger, has not made a move near the babies at all. They are with out a doubt his kittens. In fact, he has been very loving toward the kittens, even trying to prevent Vanilla from moving them by biting her on the tail. Is this type of moving the kittens around normal, and is the almost obsession to move them somewhere dangerous normal? I would appreciate any help we could get with this. We just don't understand her strange behavior. Thanks, Melissa
I am seeking some advice about my cat Vanilla. Vanilla gave birth to three kittens three days ago. We lost one on the second day. We are not sure exactly what happened to him, we found him buried in the box with the other kittens. Vanilla will not hardly stay in the box since the kittens were born. She returns when they cry though to feed them and bathe them. What the strange part is , she had these kittens on my daughters bed late at night, when she was asleep , right next to her. It left a mess, and we of course, cleaned it up. We moved the kittens to a clean , dry warm box away from my kids room. As soon as we did that she tried to move them to the now clean spot where she had them. We returned the kittens to the box in the other room again, and she again moved them the following morning to behind my computer desk. We again moved them to the safety of the box. We have a heating pad on low in the box. She has started to try to move them several times today, to various, unsafe locations in the house. She has been very vocal about getting into my daughter's room again, and trying to take the kittens placing in the house. This is our first set of kittens, and our first cats. My male and female cats were both gotten from the street when they were babies. We have had them about a year now. My tom cat, Tiger, has not made a move near the babies at all. They are with out a doubt his kittens. In fact, he has been very loving toward the kittens, even trying to prevent Vanilla from moving them by biting her on the tail. Is this type of moving the kittens around normal, and is the almost obsession to move them somewhere dangerous normal? I would appreciate any help we could get with this. We just don't understand her strange behavior. Thanks, Melissa