by "William Graham" <weg9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 4, 2008 at 05:24 PM
"shelley" <ladyofthelake200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:e23ab389-e4fd-4dc8-a9b4-06bfa17b60e0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I hope someone can help with this
>
> After taken a pregnant stray in i ended up keeping two of her 5
> kittens as well. The kittens are now 7 months old and about two months
> ago the mother started being very hostile towards them. No problems
> before, she had been the perfect mother to them up until that point.
> I put it down to the fact that as they were both toms and were not yet
> neutered and she felt threatened by them. They have now been neutered
> and mother is worse than ever towards them both. They only have to
> walk in the same room and she is going for them big time. I feel so
> sorry for them because she was such an attentive mum and they seem so
> confused by it all.
>
> Any ideas why she does this please?
Yup.....At 7 months, it's time for them to leave the nest.....especially
the
males. It happens with all species of cats.....Even lions and
tigers.......
