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Cats have a gestation of nine weeks and generally wean the kittens by eight weeks or so. They can come into heat anytime. The environment makes a difference in heat cycles, but the general active period is December through August.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoYes, she would likely abandon the first litter. But by a 2nd litter, the 1st litter should be old enough to be adopted out.
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Is it normal for Mother kittens to abandon their living kittens to look for the ones that died?
Some mother cats will do just that but not as a rule, they will feel the loss of one of their kittens the same as a human would feel, this is why there is saying that some people use to describe an "unfit mother" Cats make better mothers than her!" not a nice saying , but there it is.
Is it common that a mother cat would kill and eat her kittens?
only if a human touches the kittens right after they are born this is not entirelt true, for unknown reasons cats eat their kittens as well, it is said that cats can sence if their kittens are ill and will eat the sick ones
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A cub.
Do ostriches eat small kittens?
no they eat the balls off the kittens though if that helps you.
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They eat people, mainly just the stupid ones.
Why is your cat is leaving her kittens alone?
I don't really have an answer, just experience with my own cats. Sometimes if one is sick and dying, she would move it to the side or outsid the box. I have one that deliveed a kitten into my hand, licked up and then sat on it and bite the hell out of my when I tried to move her. I have some mothers totally abandon their kittens and think it is weird they are around. Normally when the kittens are older the Moms will kinda isolate and try to run off the male kittens. I watched nature programs about lions, tigers,etc and they do the same thing with their young as domestic cats do so I don't really know what and why they do that. Maybe this will help. Answer I'm not professional and I haven't seen any cat delivering kittens. But I heard, although it does depend on the mother's personality, it's the natural instinct for mother to separate kittens. The mother will go through the kittens and pick the healthy ones to keep and other ones to abandon, because there's only limited milk supply. Even if the mother's being fed well at home, she'll simulate this behavior of survival of the fittest. Some mother cats linger longer than some others do to protect their kittens (and some would just simply abandon them), then chase them off when they're old enough. I've also heard it's also because they can be rivals in mating season as well. Cats can get pregnant and become mommy after about a year and couple months, I hear... So I guess mommy can't doesn't quite take care of kittens longer than couple months usually.
How will she react to others kittens that aren't hers?
Answer: She will react in one of three ways. A: Her maternal instincts will take over and she will begin to care for and even nurse the kittens. B: She will become protective of her own kittens and try to harm the strange ones. C: She will ignore the kittens completely.
Do mother cats take there kittens away two protect them?
It depends if they're wild ones or home-trained ones normally wild mother cats usually take their kittens away to protect them from danger. If it is a home one it is completley safe ;) Reply :D
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