One of my cats is pregnant. The pregnant cat is just over a year old (I put off getting her fixed and she escaped around thanksgiving and came home a week later with a belly,will get her "fixed" after kittens are weened). My other cat is a 2 year old spayed cat. The older "fixed" cat is a sweet cat, but shy with strangers and children. She's close with the pregnant cat (grooms her and plays with her), they've been house mates for over a year. Should I try to keep the non-mama-to-be cat away from the litter when it comes? Would it be OK to wait and see how she acts around the babies? She's not an agressive type. We want to do thes best we can for all the cats (2 ladies and the soon to be babies). Any advice would be nice. Thanks:)
2007-01-06 08:47:01 · 5 answers · asked by wishtodream 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
You dont really need to worry about the other cat, they normally tend to take to being a second mum. I have just got a 2 month old kitten and my other female, and male cat have both taken to looking after her, and grooming her. If the mum gets angry then possibly seperate the two..
2007-01-06 08:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No believe it or not the older cat can sense the difference between babies and adults. I was once told by a breeder it was a smell. The cat could show some dominance if it feels that it's territory is being invaded but nothing aggressive to hurt the babies. Since they are flat mates and get along so well, she will more likely help care for the litter and play with them as they ween.
Good luck!
2007-01-06 11:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by Screaming Banshee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - it is possible for an outsider cat to try and kill the babies. But it's just as possible for the mother cat to kill her own if she feels there is something "wrong" with one or more of them! Some female cats will abandon their young - others kill them. Typically it's a male cat that kills kittens if they feel threatened by them - but I have seen cases of females doing the same.
Just keep a watchful eye on things and try to isolate the family or the lone cat when you cannot devote time to being there for them.
2007-01-06 09:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Introduce them very slowly. You carry your cat while you enable the kitten to stroll around. on no account positioned them mutually unattended. at last they are going to be the superb of pals yet introductions would desire to be sluggish on your unique toddler to get used to the hot one. confirm you supply her a great number of interest. She would experience the stress of the hot toddler around. positioned one cat on one part of a door and one on the different. Like, positioned your new toddler on your bathing room with a muddle field and nutrients and water of her/his very own. enable your woman descendant to sniff the hot toddler from below the door. She probable will hiss earlier each and every thing. try this for a pair of days. Then slowly carry the hot one out and permit your female to work out her, yet in uncomplicated terms at a distance so she would be in a position to no longer scratch or chew the hot one. try this for each week earlier you merely go away them on my own mutually. i could say ninety% of cats have not have been given any issues of a sparkling pal. merely takes some sluggish, sluggish creation. i've got been there honey. and not in any respect feed them out of the comparable dish. Water bowl is okay while they understand and settle for eachother. yet separate nutrients bowls continually. desire this helps. proprietor of 18 healthful (spayed and neutered cats.)
2016-10-06 13:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no see older cat are nice to little kittens.good luck
2007-01-06 09:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋