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Why would your cat kill and eat her kittens when they were about 2 weeks?
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∙ 15y ago
Some mother cats do this for many reasons, sometimes it's because the kittens are ill/deformed... or if someone has been handling the kittens and then the mother can smell their scent on them In both cases it is natural instinct. If the mother cat smells quite different scent in her kittens, she may think kill them for protection. If the kittens are ill/deformed, she also eats them before they die and bring diseases to the rest of kittens. Also dying kittens or dead kitten corpse marks the smell for the predators to notice where she lives.
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How long after having kittens will cat be in heat?
She will come into heat shortly after having her kittens, around 4 weeks afterwards and will stay in heat until she is bred again. Why not have her spayed as soon as the kittens are weaned at around 4 weeks? Would be the best thing for her.
If a cat gets spayed will it stop feeding its kittens?
The momma cat should not be spayed until she has weened her kittens, at approximately 8 weeks from birth.
Why would a male cat kill a kitten?
A trait seen amongst all cats from house cat to lions. A male will kill kittens in order to bring the female back into heat as soon as possible so he can mate with her. If the kittens are his however, and he knows it, then he will defend them.
Will a male cat chew up a kitten 5 weeks old leaving only bones?
Male cats have been known to kill and eat kittens.
Do tom cats kill other kittens?
A tom cat will normally establish a territory which contains a number of cats but other than that not that i know of
How long is it till cats have their kittens?
It usually takes about nine weeks for a mother cat to have her kittens.
What is a frogs enemy?
a dog, cat, kittens and puppies. they kill
If a cat gets spayed will it stop feeding its kittens?
The momma cat should not be spayed until she has weened her kittens, at approximately 8 weeks from birth.
How long after having kittens will cat be in heat?
She will come into heat shortly after having her kittens, around 4 weeks afterwards and will stay in heat until she is bred again. Why not have her spayed as soon as the kittens are weaned at around 4 weeks? Would be the best thing for her.
Why would a male cat kill a kitten?
A trait seen amongst all cats from house cat to lions. A male will kill kittens in order to bring the female back into heat as soon as possible so he can mate with her. If the kittens are his however, and he knows it, then he will defend them.
Will a male cat chew up a kitten 5 weeks old leaving only bones?
Male cats have been known to kill and eat kittens.
How long does it take a mother cat to bring her kittens out of hiding?
10 weeks
Do tom cats kill other kittens?
A tom cat will normally establish a territory which contains a number of cats but other than that not that i know of
Do cats kill the newborn kittens if they go in heat gain?
A cat won't go into heat if she's nursing. If a male cat sees a female cat with kittens he will probably kill all the kittens to force the female into heat. (Siamese cats don't do this, nor do males who live in catteries.) IT is hello
Is a cat actually ok to leave its mother when it is twelve weeks old?
Definately. When our cat has kittens we generally try to give them away at around 8 weeks.
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
How old are kittens when they start walking around with the mother cat?
2 weeks when they are bored!!!
