mother cat has started ignoring her kitten and spitting at her if she comes close to her
2006-11-27 01:46:27 · 14 answers · asked by ravo23 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
It could depend on how old the kitten is, the mother may be trying to wean her off. Buy the kitten some kitten food and specialist milk for cats. My kittens were abandoned by their mother at 3 weeks old and I fed them with a children's baby bottle with the milk and then with the kitten food at 5 weeks. Now bouncing 5 month old kittens.
Otherwise the mother's teets may be sore, the kitten's teeth are very sharp.
2006-11-27 01:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by Dogs'r'us 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what age the kitten is. If the kitten is six weeks old, your cat is trying to wean her kitten off milk and tell it, "it's time to make your own way in the world!"
If the kitten is younger than six weeks, then it is either your cat complaining about sharp little kitten teeth biting her nipples, or more worrying, the mother rejecting the kitten. In this case, you have to step into the breach and nurse the little mite. Your vet will be able to advise you how, although I wouldn't imagine it would be too much different from nursing a baby.
2006-11-27 08:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by colliedug111060 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine the kitten is quite a few weeks old and the mother is preparing it for independence..I have bred cats for years and find that most mother cats do this at certain stages.Don't worry unless the kitten is less than 8 weeks old in which case get a vets advise.
2006-11-30 09:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your kitten is probably at the age when the mother wants to stop nursing it. She will stop hissing after a while. I have a mother cat and her daughter and the mother still laps the daughter like she is a baby kitten. The mother is 14 years old and the daughter is 12!
2006-11-27 04:26:26 · answer #4 · answered by Me, Myself & I 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If kitten is 8 weeks plus it's because it's time for the kitten to learn to fend for itself. The mother cat is fed up and wants her own space again!
2006-11-30 03:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by Moi? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when kittens are weaned,the mother cat would normaly be leaving them to fend for themselves,but in cases where mother and kitten are living in the same house this is not possible. kitten still wants to interact with mum much to mums disgust! i know,i have 2 mums both with 1 of their kittens and both mums are exactly the same. give it time and kitten will soon get the message and they will just learn to ignore each other. good luck!
2006-11-27 05:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by noname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honestly, they'd start up having cat nutrients every time they start eating it. We in basic terms had a clutter of kittens and that they began eating cat nutrients precise around 5-6 weeks. One substitute into in basic terms given away at six weeks and is doing ok at its new abode, yet bear in ideas that all and sundry kittens would be a sprint diverse. solid success.
2016-10-13 05:02:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time for the kitten to find a new source of food
2006-11-30 23:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my cat did this as we got her the day after her kitten.The kitten reconised her but she didnt recognise him. but that was different because they are now best friends.Its maybe because when you stroke the kitten and she sees, she thinks you do that too much or maybe she wants to wean the kitten off her milk.If it happens for too long ask a vet.
2006-11-27 02:47:01 · answer #9 · answered by pinguboy5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi as long as she is not physically harming them leave well alone this is how mother cat prepares young for next stages of life.
2006-11-30 08:18:51 · answer #10 · answered by DENNIS F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋