10 Incredible Facts About Mother Cats (#7 is Wild)
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2023
- Mother cats are particularly fascinating and embody some incredible maternal traits. While they may not be motherly in all the ways we recognize (wait until you hear #7!), they raise their kittens in unique and captivating ways. Now, let’s discuss 10 of the most incredible facts about mother cats!
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CHAPTERS
Intro: 00:05
Fact #1: 00:30
Fact #2: 02:05
Fact #3: 02:46
Fact #4: 03:18
Fact #5: 04:08
Fact #6: 05:01
Fact #7: 05:46
Fact #8: 06:56
Fact #9: 08:00
Fact #10: 08:39
Outro: 09:10
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Which of these facts about mother cats did you find the most interesting? 😺🩷
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Thank you
Merci
All of them.
didn't know about pausing labor.
Nipple numbers vary, cat to cat. they can go into heat while still nursing.
To all the mothers watching this video today, you are all queens! 🧑🍼
queen cats!
There is absolutely nothing cuter than a kitten❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
My childhood cat Mary (often called Queen Mary) had too many litters to count. She even nursed and took over the mothering duties of her first litter of grand kittens. My sister kept a kitten from Mary’s first litter. Her first litter was c-section, and she was too out of it to mother them at first. Mary just took over.
I love that I get to learn how cats live
I enjoyed the video so much. I couldn't stop smiling at the cute mothers and their kittens. Thanks for the kitty facts. You make my Caturdays fun.
I loved it too! I had such a stressful overly busy week and this was so refreshing. my two kitties are sleeping.
Caturdays hahahahahah😂😂😂😂
I love it that two mother cats with kittens sometimes share mothering duties with each other’s kittens, if the two mothers like each other.
I've witnessed 3 litters of kittens, how mom cat moves them several times to different locations, how she uses different meows to summon or correct them, how she brings them out to play at 5 weeks but stays close to their current "hidey hole", and then completely out at 6 weeks...and more fascinating behaviors. And then a few weeks after bringing them out, she weens them by seemingly rejecting them. The kittens look hurt by this but learn fast not to approach or provoke mom anymore.❤❤❤
Why does the mother cat reject her kittens after a certain period of time? My cat hisses and growls at her own kittens and I don't understand why she does that.
Mother cats are amazing
If you are raising and caring for the neo-natals or very young orphan kittens, don't forget YOU also need to replicate what the mother does to get the kittens to urinate, by using a tissue and quickly rub lightly over their genital area, and do this often throughout the day and night.. Hint: Have extra tissues handy!!
At about 3 weeks old you can introduce them to their own small litter tray, with CLEAN litter (they'll play in it, and will take small bites of the clay)...
BTW, If they have a Mommy Cat and she uses the tiny litter tray, Don't scold her, she's just teaching her kittens what it's for, through visuals and smell... You can remove the clumps after the kittens check out what Mom was doing in their "play sandbox."
Mother cats are the best, thankyou
God bless all the mothers and mommys! such a neat video to watch with full attention, I didn't want to miss a thing!
Cats are fascinating
Mother cats are awesome 😎.😻
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Interesting, thank you.! Cats are incredible!
I had the privilege of being able to spend a lot of time with a feral mother cat and watching her raise her kittens.
During the winter of 2019, I began caring for a female feral cat by feeding her outdoors and shoveling a snow path from the woods to an outdoor shelter. I could never put my hands on her to pet her, but I could hand feed her snacks in between meals. She became pregnant in the spring and had her kittens in a neighbor's barn.......who ironically didn't like cats. When her 5 kittens were old enough for her to move, she brought them over to my yard.
I'd sit outside with the mother and her kittens for hours during the summer days in a shaded overhang off of an out building . She taught them how to climb trees, hunt, cover their poop and would use her tail to play with them. The mother cat was amazing to watch how she kept her kittens under control .
i have 4 nearly 8 week old kittens ready for their forever homes! Precious, my first time Mama kitty, was amazing! She has Her Vet appointment to be spayed by the way. Over the years i have experienced all of the things on this list !:-)
what a great video. I adore and it gives me joy seeing mother cats with their kittens. all of them are so beautiful and cute and adorable. one of my most favorite things.
Intanto complimenti a tutte le mamme del mondo..umane e non
Ed è bellissimo io fatto che accettino di accudire anche animali di altre specie..
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Che creature amorevoli❤
okay, I'm spending a lot of time here. that was really interesting about that opossum. it was so cute popping out of the rocks.
and wow! that one momma had SEVEN kittens! one of my girls, years ago, gave birth to three. I was glad it was only three! we were able to keep them all, for such a fun and loving time for years.
Happy mother's day to all the moms out there! This was a cute video, kittens everywhere!
The fast/short reproductive cycle demonstrates why it’s so important to spay/neuter cats & dogs.
I found out about cats getting pregnant while they are nursing when I adopted my cat. She was found with a kitten in her mouth and was given to the cat society in my city. The day before she was to be spay, she gave birth to 5 more kittens! I finally got her after the last 5 were done nursing.
Its actually 5 months usually .. ive had many cats female many while growing up my parents back then didnt spay our girls usually.. they were always five to six months when they went into heat .. however i wouldn't wait past four and a half months to get them spayed neutered.. my lil boy i have now was neutered at four months.. what's also good about getting it done is that if done early especially males, they don't ever miss it.. they dont spray everywhere its great.. however i got a water fountain for him to drink from so he drinks much more .. do to my finding out that males are more prone to getting bladder and kidney infections stones ect and need to drink more to help prevent it.. i love my lil guy to the moon and back
Hi! I've heard that, once a kitten has chosen a nipple, it stays faithful to that nipple, so every kitten from the litter has its own feeding place. Is that true?
Thank you for your videos, they're great! Greetings from Barcelona, Spain!
Yes. Kittens identify their nipple by smell.
My kitty cat Mimi had three litters before I got her fixed. (I was young and working a low paying job. I’ve made up for that by taking in and fixing many male and female cats, and helping find them homes.)
She had one kitten in her first litter.
Three in the second.
5 in the third.
She was a great mother.
Where we lived was really hot, and fleas were endemic.
(I didn’t deal with this well.)
Mimi’s sister had a litter. She stayed inside with them. They ended up becoming completely covered with fleas, despite watered down dish soap liquid baths.
Mimi figured out that having her litter outside made it easier for her to keep the flea issue at bay.
But poor little Plop, her kittens became sick, and each died slowly, due to flea infestation.
I took them outside and let her lick them and try to nurse them.
There are many reasons why this happened, but I’ll never forgive myself, despite my age for not figuring out how to deal with the situation.
When I still lived w/ my mom, we had cats all over the place, tons of kittens. Never fixing any one of them. When we were evicted from our apartment, we left three litters in a large box, with the three related mothers.
In fact, when there were two litters, the mothers took turns feeding them.
One day, my little brother opened the closet door, and found the grandmother cat actually eating a kitten.
There were I think 11 kittens. Too much for the mothers to handle.
Over population for mothers is hard to handle.
I don’t recall my mom really buying them food.
I think they just hunted.
Anyway.
This has been a chaotic, sad, gruesome tale. And I apologize for that.
As soon as I was on my own (16), and working, I was able to take proper care of my cat. (Singular).
And I hope that the cat goddess Bastet forgives me for being so unable to be a good kitty care person.
I’m good at it now, of course. It’s been 36 years.
My cat was an excellent father, very loving attentive and protective of his Queen and kittens. Long Live King Thunder!
Carl was ur boy siamese? Cuz my boy doesnt like male kittens!
I remember my old cat way back when actually woke me up at around 2 - 3am and made me follow her into the hallway to the front door. She then proceeded to lay down near the shoe rack and started giving birth, and she purred the whole time.
When I was 11 we had a cat named Lucy. She incredibly- IN ONE SITTING- had a litter of TWELVE. Oh man, that was the best time ever in my childhood. Nothing beats twelve kittens when you are a kid. They all grew up strong and healthy too. Now that's a queen!
I love cats', & kittens'.
Cat mothers love and take care of their kitties so much better than many other animals.
I love animals, but cats are my favorite.
I know all of this facts, but nevertheless I enjoyed your video.
Thanks 👍
Excuse me, but not all mothers are kind to their children.
Some if them, including human mothers, kill them.
My childhood cat litter was crazy different types of kittens! Now I know she was a hussy! 😂😂
Awww love your channel and this beautiful video. Love Momma and Babies
Growing up we had three generations of cats at our house. Started with Star and Twinkle, then they had kittens. Venus, their daughter, had kittens later. We also had a stray cat named Chilli that would bring us her kittens. Both Twinkle and Venus raised multiple litters of Chilli's kittens until we were able to catch her and get her spade.
I liked hearing the cute mama talk from a cat that I know to her kittens when they were little. The kittens are all grown up now and fixed of course. They still live in the same household with my relative. Mama gets along with some of them and others she doesn't.
🤗🙌😎😍😻😺😅😻Great
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Our first family cat, was a lost kitten that was adopted by another mother cat.
Just thought I'd mention that.
Very interesting!
My current little boys and girl.
Were all born with their eyes open. .and they were also born breech. I helped mumma kitty to deliver her babies.
“A cat’s purr is usually 25 to 50 hz.”
Well that explains why it sounds like the low notes on the piano.
All this nipple talk...shocking...and then to hear about Dusty's 420 babies...someone needed to talk about the birds, the bees, and kitties with her...😁
MOL (meow out loud)! 😹
Mother cats also consume the little sack, the after-birth kittens are born in. In most instances she will have to tear it open so kitten can breath.
Yes, that is correct. The placenta was used to feed kittens in the womb. When kittens are born, it comes out with them, and it is very rich in nutrients, so the mother cat normally eats it after birth.
I have a queen feral cat who lives on our porch. We put out insulated boxes for the feral cats. She hisses at us every time she sees us.
My sweet baby girl would be the cutest mama with the cutest babies ever. I’m sad I’ll never see them but also relieved because I would never be able to give up any of the kittens and that’s just too many to take care of.
Is there anything in the world cuter than a kitten?
There is not. Bear cubs and baby African elephants come close, however.
no,
kittens and cats are the cutest!
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Cats are princes, being the cousins of the king of animals.
Conclusion after watching this excellent video::::: mother cats are wonderful.... they are really feline queens!!!
I know a few of these facts. But a few others were interesting.
I wish I could purr when I'm in pain to help soothe it 😂
I had a cat give birth on my lap. I was chilling under a blanket watching some tv before work. The cat started licking herself vigorously at some point. It caught my attention and when I looked down I saw some slime covered creature she was cleaning up. Man it freaked me out
I have a bit of a hard time believing that this dude drank 50 beers a day. I used to drink the entire time I was awake and I had to get up when I had been sleeping for an hour or so and slam half a quart of malt liquor just so I didn't have withdrawals. I was a line cook and I had free access to whiskey that I needed to make an irish whiskey sauce for bread pudding, Chablis that we used to deglaze pans and add flavor to sautéed dishes, and all I needed to do to get sevral gallons of beer in a 5 gallon bucket was to hand a bucket to the bartenders at the service bar. I needed beer to make beer batter for fried mushrooms and onion rings. I think that in order to drink 50 beers a day I'd have to give up on getting any sleep and quit my job to concentrate on powering down beers. I remember one time I didn't have anything to drink for probably 8-9 hours and I was shaking so bad I couldn't sign my paycheck to cash it so I could buy beer so I wasn't sick.
Tfw a cat is more responsible than me
Seems like my cat always wants to mate!
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I’ve read that nursing kittens always use the same nipple.
Human multiples can have multiple fathers as well.
Wondering if there is a reason that sometimes a mother cat will abandon her kittens… especially 1st timers… is this just due to inexperience?
I have never seen a cat with more/less than 6 nipples
I should have 5 cats now if it hanst for humans.
Felt sorry for the ones I saw outside and on the pavement hope there where rescued I wasn't filmed just for the purpose of your entertainment and videos.
I think God gave mother cat this words: "And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven...."
My cat likes to follow me into the bathroom and lick my thigh is this a carryover for when mom cats helped them poop?
I have been using contraceptive pills on my cats, which last a week. Every Tuesday or Wednesday, I wrap the pills up in a little ball of liverwurst (making sure to use the plain kind, which has no garlic or onion), and give each of the girlies one. They love the extra treat and scarf them right up. No fights trying to stuff a pill down their throats and they get a weekly reminder that I am the source of All Things Good.
Be careful with those, they can cause a (much) higher risk in mammary tumors when the females are 8+
Why I'm watching this? I'm a dog person
Mother cats can eat their kittens not only their poop and urine
actually humans can have more nipples then just two
I dare u to pin me
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@@inthetwinklingofaneye for me
There's far more cats in the world than homes. Please spay or neuter your cat. It's horrible when strays don't have the loving family they deserve. They have such hard lives and only have a life span of 5 yrs. A cat living with their family can live 15-20 yrs. Please don't allow your cat to have kittens.
Can female cats accidentally kill kittens
I think this is common sense but pls do not actually let your female cat birth up to 420 kittens!!! This gets out of hand and becomes a pest problem when they are allowed to breed freely.
I like your content but i don't understand why you always connect their traits and behavior to evolution. It's not evolution. They behave that way because they're created that way. 😺
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yeh. # 7 is known to anyone who are taking care of orphaned kittens. I salut those people, they have to stimulate the kittens by rubbing the kittens to pee or poop, it needs to be done every few hours. most of those people are volunteers.
Donate to your animal shelters pls. help spayed the street animals and at least give food and drink to the volunteers.
Feline Moms are a beautiful thing but always remember that it's best to spay and neuter your awesome kitties to control the overwhelming cat population. 🫶😺
I agree but I hate the fact that it stripped away their nature. That's the whole point of a heating cycle. Smh I guess tho.
@@wrestling_prediction tHERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOMES
@@inthetwinklingofaneye Life for a cat who is not fixed is harsh and miserable
@@annlavine3576 YOU (DON'T) STRIP animals of there ability to reproduce. Period. What if someone did that to you. I understand it not being Enough "Homes" but WE chose to domesticate them. A cat can survive on their on just like any other feline. I'm not stripping mines. I believe in karma.
@@annlavine3576 it's not it's beautiful in THEIR nature. Reproducing is a BEAUTIFUL thing. If you can't handle it then don't get a cat❗️because you're not gonna stop nature or cats from Reproducing so....