These are foster cats from local shelter. I have a total of three cats. 2 have had their kittens, 1 is still pregnant. One litter was born 3 days ago. One litter was born today. The newest mom keeps going in with the older litter but seems to be caring for her litter as well...all kittens are well nourished. I'm hesitant to intervene because all of these cats were staying in the same cage together and seem to be getting along fine. Just not sure why she is trying to mother all of the kittens!
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It's ok it normal for them to do that.
maybe she thinks those all of them are her kittens
Its ok. My boyfriends cats both had kittens and the one cat took care of all the kittens. We never did figure out why they did that but they all turned out good. Nothing bad ever happend. So I would say its fine. :)
that could be a little of both. i think its norma for a cat to take care of kitten of eaither person. i have never seen this behave before in my life. i think it might not be bad for them to do this. i would ask a vet just incace. maybe go to the libray and look it up in a book. ill ask my voag teacher tomarrow and send you a message if that ok?
I wouldn't worry. I have had mothers actually switch litters of kittens after a week or so. And 8 is not a whole lot- one mother could raise that many without too much trouble.
Most likely, because those two females are getting along well, they are helping raise each other's young, kind of a babysitting job.
yes its okay to let any one of the two mamas to breast feed the 8 kittens. we have the same scenes at home now.. one mama cat now breastfeeding 6 kittens, 4 of them not hers, but make sure to feed her well to have good and enough milk to breastfeed the 8 kittens. good luck.
I have dogs that do this very same thing my vet says this is ok as the more milk they use the more they make, just be sure your mama cat gets the best possible nourishment she may need some supplement like calcium to keep her and the kittens healthy you can get this from any vet. In ages past humans used to get wet nurses to care for babies whose mothers could not or would not nurse.
as long as all kittens are doing fine let it be. if the other mother doesn't mind every one is content theres no problem. some mothers are just more caring and giving.
on;y if the other momma thinks it is. she is a leader. as long as no fights arrouse, let what ever will be will be...
That is perfectly normal. Kind of like a group nursery. If all the kittens are being fed (by someone) don't worry. I've never seen a catfight over a kitten!
Some cats are more maternal than others. I've had neutered males jump right in and take care of them too. At least the cleaning part! I've had fixed females babysit for other mothers who just came back to nurse then left again. I had one that would take any kitten another mother had that was the same color as hers and put it with hers, even though they were older.
It sounds like everything is fine. As you will probably get told a bunch of times.please spay the moms when the babies are weaned.
I have two mommies that had kittens right after the other. The youngest mommy had 3 first and then the older mommy started to have hers. The youngest mommy helped with the sac and everything. Both cats are feeding all the kittens. There were 8 kittens, but I believe a tom got into the mess and accidentally squashed two of the kittens. The mommies will be fine, just please check every now and then to make sure they don't get smashed. I wouldn't intervene, let nature take its course. I think of as a miracle of unity. By the way this happened just a week ago. Everything is Great
it's okay. I had sister cats...one would always take over both litters when they had them near the same time. (This was 40 years ago...nowdays of course I would have had them spayed and there would have been no litters.)
Who knows why the one cat wants to mother both litters. It's possible the mother of the newer litter is actually the more experienced mother and is helping the other cat out. If the other mother doesn't object and all the kittens seem to be getting enough nourishment, I wouldn't interfere.
As long as the moms are getting on okay,and don't mind the sharing,don't interven .It is perfectly fine to have one mother take over the feeding,as this often happens. I had a nursing mother who took on a stray kitten I brought home,and treated it as her own.My brother had 3 cats who all helped each other give birth, and then the oldest mother tried to take on all the kittens, but found there were just too many, so the other two stepped in to help,and they took turns. In the wild it often happens that one mother will feed another's kittens, so that the original mother can go out and hunt from time to time. They sound like a very happy little band, so I would just leave them to get on with it.
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