My cat just had kittens 6 days ago, now she's starting to move them around to different places?

Question

My 8 month old cat just gave birth to 5 kittens 6 days ago and now shes starting to get real protective and is trying to move them around to different places..does anyone know why she's doing this? I already know everything about taking care of the kittens ive researched it and everything its just I want know know why she's doing this and what else i can expect.

please no rude replies.
before anyone says "get her spayed" but that was the idea she had an appointment and got outside a week before the surgery.

Please can someone give me some info on a mothers behavior.

Answer 1

Cats as many other animals have to have a secure place.. Kittens need the time away from human contact and handling them, if a place is too visited, or if your pestering the Mother, then it gives her a sense of no security. When they feel their routine, their kittens and their selves are jeopardized the natural instinct takes over, its called "relocation" Cats, dogs, foxes squirrels, Most mammals due this, its a form of presrvation...My suggestion is to put her and the kittens in an area, thats dark "Secure" like a closet with the door cracked, and her food and water readily available, DONT handle the kittens....and you shoulod notice her behavior..shifting

Answer 2

I know it's a hassle and a mystery for you and your cat/kittens, but stop for a moment and try to marvel at what is happening. Many years ago, our cat gave birth underneath my parents bed (yeah, early in the am) in the dust catcher part that hangs down under the mattress. Inretrospect, it is amazing the thing didn't rip completely off due to the weight. Anyway, my mom and dad woke up and heard what was going on. While the cat was still in labor with the second kitten, my parents carefully cut around her and the newly born kitten and placed them in a drawer in the closet. The cat continued to give birth to 4 more healthy kittens. Once the MotherCat had completed all of the "cleanup," my mom was very interested in getting the felines out of her closet and into the garage where she would find another nice, warm safe spot. There was a door to our kitchen from the garage that had a window above the door knob, which was a standard height from the floor. There was a slight ledge (like one would find for a window frame) about 5ft high. After being transported to their new, clean warm spot in the garage, MotherCat took each kitten in her mouth and proceeded to jump up onto the door and literally stand with her back paws on the door knob and her front paws on the ledge. Oh, and a kitten in her mouth while she peered into the window crying for someone to let her in. So, the short of it is, she didn't like that we moved her birthing/nesting place and she was bound and determined to return. Cats choose their birthing places carefully to protect themselves and offspring from predators, if the place she birthed her kittens becomes too busy, or loud, or disrupted, she will move them to a quieter safer place.

Answer 3

Cats generally flow the kittens while they are youthful. it rather is instinctive, and that they do it to maintain the kittens secure. shifting them around prevents predators from looking them. If she has been spending a great deal of time with the kittens over the final 2 days, it could clarify the decrease in ingesting. She in all hazard saved up some fat basically previous to giving delivery so as that she could desire to concentration on the kittens quite than seek for nutrition. additionally, cats generally consume the placenta after giving delivery. i'm uncertain how nutritional it rather is, yet that could properly be concerning to the lack of ability of starvation stunning now. desire this enables!

Answer 4

It instinct. In the wild, mom cats move their babies frequently to avoid predators. Keep track of the babies, try to round them back up and give her a fresh and clean spot in a warm place with little noise, and she will feel safer. Make sure you leave a few pieces of the old bedding in there to keep the smell familiar. If you can, make it a cave-like spot, with the entrance facing a wall, so she won't see too many people come and go, and she should feel more secure, and maybe she won't move the babies around so much. But, since it's instinctive behavior, you may not be able to prevent it completely.

Answer 5

She doesn't feel safe leave her be and she will find a place for them let her alone for a few days and then slowly start interacting with her and the kittens so they will be friendly she should calm down after about 2 weeks either out of the newness wearing off or out of exhaustion.

Answer 6

You are probably being too much of a "pest" to the mother. Cats move kittens when they feel too bothered or insecure in their present location. Leave your cat alone for a while so she calms down. You are probably stressing your cat out, even though you have the best of intentions. She needs some quiet alone time now.

Answer 7

Nothing to worry about. This is VERY normal for a mother to do with her babies. She feels insecure and maybe feels that where she has the babies isn't safe so she's moving them to a "safer" place. She may move them each to different areas. Don't be alarmed by this. She knows what she's doing. She may even do stranger things. It's a motherly thing. She's just trying to protect them. It'll be ok.

Answer 8

She is looking for her comfort zone. A safe haven for the kittens. Try a box in a room away from all the noise and activity in the house. Along with a few towels.

Answer 9

Cats move their kittens if they don't feel that they're safe and secure where they are. Either too many people have been visiting these kittens too often or the mom feels they're too out in the open. She'll keep moving them until she feels safe and left alone.

Answer 10

dont worry your cat is just being a good mom shes trying to keep her kittens safe all good cat moms move there babys its a good thing