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I have a 5 year old female cat that was spayed at 6 months...she's a housecat and rarely goes outside....not a particularly social cat....about 4 weeks ago we picked up a stray female and although there was some initial hissing and growling, they eventually began playing...well this new cat turned out to be pregnant and just gave birth last week (7 days ago) to 5 kittens...the problem is that kittens were going missing, and it turns out that whenever Momcat gets out of her box, my older cat starts grabbing kittens and running....she doesn't hurt them...she washes and snuggles them...but this is leading to all kinds of trouble with Momcat...my vet says to keep them apart, which is easier said then done...I'm truly afraid of what will happen when they open their eyes and start walking....anyone else had this kind of problem? I swear these cats are keeping me up all night with this nabbing and fighting and growling...I actually found a kitten hidden in my shoe!

2007-07-22 10:06:21 · 5 answers · asked by justwingit 2 in Pets Cats

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In the wild females who are sisters sometimes help one another in the hard task of raising kittens, feral females are preggers alot. Older cat is following a biological urge, keep her locked up at night. If she is not hurting the babies they should be fine when they are older and birth mom is less interested in them anyway. Our tortie female let the rottweiler female dog baby her kittens when they were older, the babies would antagonize the elder female cat and then hide behind the dog who would protect them. The kitties will grow up all too soon, hang in there.

2007-07-22 10:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Princessa Macha Venial 5 · 3 0

I would keep the Momcat and the kittens in a bedroom with everything that Momcat needs (food dish, water, litterbox, etc). That way Oldercat can still have roam of the house. Once Momcat is back to normal...get her spayed! :)

2007-07-22 17:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by Carrie 6 · 0 0

This is normal female behaviour. You need to isolate the Mom and her babies in a bathroom, closet or pet tent to keep your spayed girl from stealing babies aned perhaps injuring them or putting them somewhere dangerous.

2007-07-22 17:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Pam and Corey 4 · 2 0

Look the whole bunch in a bare room with just a little box, food water and cat beds then when she wants to cuddle the mom cat can find her babies again. When the babies can walk they can choose which mom cat they want the wet one or dry one.

2007-07-22 17:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by shipwreck 7 · 0 3

Perfectly natural but why are you not keeping them in separate rooms.? kept apart like this there will be no kit-napping, growling and fighting. I can't believe you have to ask this question.

2007-07-22 17:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

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