My female cat is pregnant, I also have a male cat. Will the male cat kill the females babies?

Question

My male cat is from my female cats first little. He is almost year old. What should I do when the kittens are born? Will he kill them or will she protect the babies?

Answer 1

Why did you not get your cat fixed long ago?

It's doubtful that the male will even care about the kittens, but you are in quite a situation here. You need to get all your adult cats fixed and ensure that all her future kittens get fixed.

Right now, you've contributed possibly hundreds, if not thousands, of kittens to the world by allowing your cat to breed recklessly. Get them all fixed ASAP. In fact, if the pregnancy is new, get her spayed NOW. This will terminate the pregnancy and prevent them from becoming little kitty kitten mills in their future. There are far too many cats killed in shelters each day to allow this to continue.

If you can't afford to spay them, give the kittens to a shelter who can ensure that they get fixed and ask them where you can find low-cost spay & neuter clinics.

Answer 2

Please spay the female and neuter the male. Both will be healther and live longer happier lives. You are taking a chance on inbreeding[yes with Mom] as well females can mature at 4 months.
I too fostered cats for many years. I had one gentle male who cuddled with a litter of kittens and one tried to nurse from him for several months. I had a shocking experience of a young male cat rush through a door, grab a kitten and run. In a few seconds he had bite through its neck and was lapping up the blood. Growing up on the farm it was well known Tom cats could not be trusted. Always be on guard I am sure you would want all the little ones to be safe. You must spay the Mom and do not let any go unless agreed to S/N.

Answer 3

I do alot of foster work. I have never had a male be aggressive to kittens. From a cat documentary on Animal Planet, I learned that cats can get pregnant from several different males at the same time. All the local males have no way of knowing which kit is theirs so they are nice to all of them.

I have this one cat named George who was an unneutered, outdoor cat for 3 years. I assume he fathered several kits in his days of being a bachelor. Interesting to note is that when he got captured and neutered, then became an indoor foster cat waiting for a home, he encountered several sets of foster kittens in my home (that he couldn't have fathered). He treated them all like his own kittens. He became my helper - all I had to do was hand him a kitten after i bottle fed it and he would bathe it all over and then let it sleep with him. He did this every time I handed him a kitten. The kitten could be tiny or past weaning it didn't matter. Because of George's help, I now consider him my own cat, not just a foster.

Many years ago, I only had one male cat named Honey. Then i found some tiny kittens outside. I brought them in and bottle fed them. I was worried what Honey would think of them, so kept Honey away. One day i let Honey see them. He growled when I took him away from them. I thought he was growling at them, but a week later I tried to hold a kitten up to Honey so that Honey could smell it. I was prepared to yank the kitten away if Honey tried to bite. But Honey licked the kitten's head and then wanted to play with it. Honey was very gentle with those kittens and I kept them just for Honey. They all grew up and Honey was happy until his death.

In the future, please get your cats spayed or neutered. On my street, I have to trap and neuter, then find homes for, many kittens every year. Then there are the 20 feral cats that I've trapped, neutered and released, now ever dependent on the food I provide them. None of these cats would be there, in the cold and rain, if everyone had simply kept their cats inside and/or spayed or neutered. This is just a tiny street, multiply these numbers of kitties by all the streets in the world full of ignorant people who don't understand how prolific kitties can be. They aren't native to anyplace but Egypt and have become so domesticated that they really depend on humans. When you adopt your kittens out, follow up and make sure the new owners get them fixed and keep them indoors.

Answer 4

Nah, the male may very well care less about the kittens at all. Momma cats are always very protective of their young.

Answer 5

Don't worry, he won't kill them because the mom will probably beat the crap out of him and cats don't usually kill another cat (rabbits they may). You may want to keep him away though cause the mom will be busy wihtout him coming along bothering her (cats fight sometimes)

Answer 6

he shouldnt hurt the kittens, and he may even be a babysitter while mom steps away. please get your male and female fixed as well as any kittens you keep to prevent inbreeding

Answer 7

ummm... get the dam* cat fixed people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have had more than 15 cats in my life, and the first thing I do when they turn 6 months is GET THEM FIXED.