Go Back   Pet forum for dogs cats and humans - Pets.ca > Discussion Groups - mainly cats and dogs > General Forum for cats and dogs

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old October 13th, 2012, 03:09 PM
tezster tezster is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Mississauga, ON
Posts: 78
Question Mother cat's reaction to re-homing kittens

Just about all of the material I've read deal with the welfare of a kitten when re-homing them, which is understandable. But in a situation such as mine, where the kittens are still 'living' with mommy cat, what about the welfare of the mother? Will there be any separation anxiety from her end? After all, she has taken care of them all this time. The kittens are almost 10 weeks old now - mommy Newt still frequently grooms and calls to them.

Also, whenever I lock the kittens in a separate room, even for a brief moment, Newt will sit right in front of the door and stare intently and start pawing the door, like she's worried. There are also times if one of the kittens is napping out of sight, she will start looking for him/her (I've done the same thing, just for peace of mind, so I guess we are both of the same mind ) - is this normal behaviour?

How long does the attachment last between a mother and her kittens?
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Forum Terms of Use

  • All Bulletin Board Posts are for personal/non-commercial use only.
  • Self-promotion and/or promotion in general is prohibited.
  • Debate is healthy but profane and deliberately rude posts will be deleted.
  • Posters not following the rules will be banned at the Admins' discretion.
  • Read the Full Forum Rules

Forum Details

  • Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
    Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
    vBulletin Optimisation by vB Optimise (Reduced on this page: MySQL 0%).
  • All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:47 AM.