oly during the past few days its been happening!
2006-10-03 23:24:15 · 32 answers · asked by merlin_chucky2003 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
she's had enough, her milk supply is out and she is sore...time for kitties to leave the nest.
2006-10-03 23:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by Spongebob 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The kittens have come of age when they no longer require their mother to look after them. Mother cat is now encouraging her children to leave home and find a place of their own. If you plan to keep all the kittens you will find that mother cat may come to tolerate them in her territory, but she may never love them. There is also the possibility that keeping them all will cause stress amongst the feline family which may result in one or more cats leaving home. I have a female cat and her son (who is now 11 months old and bigger than her), she went through this same phase. Now she tolerates him, but if he invades her space, or walks to close to her she will deal him a good wollaop with a right forepaw.
2006-10-04 05:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by chunniemonster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are of the age when they are totally weaned and should not be trying to get a cheeky bit of mum's milk.
Kittens should not leave their mother until they are at least 13 weeks of age - the is in line with the GCCF's guidlines. http://www.gccfcats.org/ethics.html
She has been a good mum and now she wants a rest. My friend has had a cat that once the kittens get to 6 weeks she abandons them and doesn't want to know.
2006-10-03 23:45:48 · answer #3 · answered by Stefanie C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is normal. You might notice that she does it more when the kittens try to suckle. Hissing is the mums way of telling them that milk is not on the menu and they need to go elswhere. Make sure there is plenty of food and water available for the kittens as mum will need to concentrate on building herself back up as nursing takes a lot out of her.
2006-10-03 23:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats lose their maternal feelings after about 8 - 10 weeks. Your cat now sees the kittens as rivals for your affection/attention. Time to part them I'm afraid.
2006-10-04 08:28:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sue S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she was a wild cat, those kittens would be off on their own now! she is tired of being a mom and needs a break! they are very playful and she just wants to sleep! if you are keeping them, the kittens will grow out of annoying their mom, but she probablly won't ever get along with them like when they were babies!
2006-10-03 23:28:17 · answer #6 · answered by Afinity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 08:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by declue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah, sounds odd! But the truth is, she's hissing at them for a few reasons;
1) She's upset and doesn't want her "kids" all over her.
2) She's teaching them something but they're not listening.
3) Perhaps they still want to nurse and she's saying, "back off".
If you ask a Vet, he or she will give you much better answers but I know a lot about cats. BIG TIME ANIMAL LOVER!
Hope that helps!
Oh, and this will help you understand their body language and their signs and what they mean!
http://www.iams.com/en_BI/jhtmls/nutrition/sw_NutritionQuestions_qanswer.jhtml?li=en_BI&sc=C&bc=I&pti=PN&qi=2437
2006-10-03 23:31:21 · answer #8 · answered by Cherries 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with my Cat and her kittens it still happens! They want to keep sucking milk from her and she doesn't want to do it anymore and if you have male kittens she will see them as a threat and trying to mate her she will have forgotten they were her kittens!!
2006-10-04 00:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya The kittens are four months old now you say. They are probably still trying to feed of her and her milk will be dryed up by now, you need to take them away form her. Your cat has done her job with them. Now its up to you to look after them
2006-10-03 23:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they are too old. In the wild, they would be gone already, making new homes for themselves. The Mum wants them to leave her alone so that she can produce another litter.
2006-10-05 05:56:16 · answer #11 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋