Some cat shovelers found that the female cat was eating kittens after giving birth. They said that maternal love was born, and it was really incredible that the female cat made such a move. So what does the female cat’s eating kittens indicate? What should the female cat do if she eats a kitten? Next, let’s take a look at the reasons why female cats eat kittens.
1. Female cats are inadequate nutrition
The body will be weak after giving birth. If there is no supplementary food at this time, they will pick out weaker kittens and eat them to supplement their nutrition. Therefore, after the female cat gave birth, the owner needs to provide the female cat with sufficient nutrition and moisture, such as canned food, crucian carp soup, bone soup, etc. When the female cat is pregnant, she can give it special cat food for pregnancy.
This usually happens in wild cats. Because they have no food source to breastfeed, the female cat will choose to eat the kitten to supplement nutrition.
2. There is another smell on the kitten
If there is another smell on the kitten, the female cat will think that it is not its own child and feels that it is threatened, so it will eat the kitten to keep itself safe. Therefore, it is best for the owner not to touch the newborn kitten, otherwise it will destroy the smell on the kitten.
3. Female cats have poor masculinity
Most female cats will stimulate their masculinity after giving birth to a kitten. At this time, the female cat can take good care of their kittens. However, some cats do not stimulate their motherhood after giving birth, so they will not take care of the kitten after giving birth, and even treat the kitten as their own burden and danger. This situation is more likely to happen when the female cat gives birth for the first time!
4. In the animal world, survival of the fittest is the instinct of animals. If the kitten is born with deformity, the female cat is likely to eat the deformity kitten to supplement its own nutrition to increase the survival rate of other cats.
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