Mama Cat

Yea for Nabi & her brood and the man who cared to help.

Cats are very intelligent animals... I had one that was absolutely incredible. Hard to train as they are very independent...yet mine was more of a buddy and easily learned things. He definitely understood 2 different languages if used long enough and was responsive. He'd hop on my back when going out and loved kids petting him. A big ham and did so many tricks no one understood even why he was so talented. By constant digging on my friend's chest, he also was the first to spot cancer and the stories are real.

Tatami ~ Lovely story. I've had cats since I was a young child. I love them. Their independence, the fact they won't do something on demand, only if they want to.
I have always had affectionate kittens/cats and many just follow me around the house and on walks. I've always let them sleep indoors and had them neutered and spayed. I did have a cat who used to catch a ball and bring it back. Another used to steal things from other peoples gardens and houses and bring them back. He once brought back one trainer pulling it by the laces, all sorts of gifts for me.

Thanks for lovely story. Nice to hear some other bloggers like Cats too. Many people hate them.

We have several strays around my house that my roommate feeds. A couple months ago one of them had 3 kittens next to the front door out in the open. The mama cat wasn't feeding or giving them attention of any kind and seemed only interested in hanging out with the other cats. By the afternoon one of them had already died and I got tired of watching them suffer so I picked them up, bought some kitten milk & a tiny bottle. They were already pretty weak at that point. One died during the night and it was clear the other wasn't going to make it either.
The next morning we found another baby that was just born but it died almost immediately. The other one I was feeding also died.
And for the 3rd day in a row she had another. This one was just born and very strong so I grabbed it up right away. Unfortunately despite doing everything I could this one also didn't survive.
I hate to see anything or anyone innocent suffer and so took it pretty hard. I contemplated putting the mama cat to death, but I also understood she didn't know any better so I didn't follow through. The mama cat bled a lot for a couple days and I was hoping she couldn't get pregnant again.
Two days ago that same cat dropped another baby by the front door. And again was ignoring it while another cat was batting it around on the ground. I chased the other cat away from the baby. I was not willing to go through what I went through the last time and decided to let nature take it's course. It started lightly raining and the mama cat came up and picked up the baby and carried it over to my truck and dropped it under it. I went into the house after that. The next day I found only the head of the baby kitten.
Yesterday I noticed the mama cat was skinnier and hadn't been around as much, so I figured she had the rest of her litter and hoped she was taking care of them. I did a little looking and found where she has them. I'm not going to risk disturbing her and having her reject them so I will be steering clear of them for the time being.

Tatami ~ if a mama cat rejects or seems to reject her kittens it is because she is ill, and who knows how many litters this unspayed cat has had ?
She is obviously Feral and very often the males kill them so that the female will go on heat again.

Mama Cats kill their off spring or else ignore them when they are weak and sick, it sounds cruel but it is natures way of not expending so much energy on a kitten that will not survive. That poor cat needs to see a vet and get spayed.