Feral Reject Baby

@Elizaby (6902)
Pensacola, Florida
December 15, 2018 7:58pm CST
About four weeks ago when we had a cold evening a mama feral cat moved all but one of her about two week old kittens from one spot to the other and my sister found and placed him with the others and then a couple of hours later she checked and they were moved and he was shivering in the cold. She brought him in and once again we were nursing a kitten and glad it was only one. Now four weeks later he is eating food and still taking a bottle and we have notice that he is bigger than his siblings which makes me wonder why she rejected him in the first place. He will shortly joined the other ferals outside along with the earlier two after they are fixed in a couple of weeks. With the coming of the new year there should be funds available again in the local feral spay and neuter program and Sis plans to trap and at least get the females fixed before there is another batch that might leave us one to nurse..
7 people like this
9 responses
@NJChicaa (115999)
• United States
16 Dec 18
you need to get them ALL fixed. They can mate with other cats in the area.
1 person likes this
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
16 Dec 18
I always thought it was cruel for a mother to reject her baby or babies. Glad you were there for it.
1 person likes this
• Valdosta, Georgia
16 Dec 18
That's strange that she rejected him but glad you could nurse him since she did. :)
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
16 Dec 18
She rejected him because she had not enough milk to feed all the kittens, this is what animals do. I know that this seems cruel but all wild animals do this.
@DianneN (246819)
• United States
16 Dec 18
So glad you were there to take care of that kitten. It’s so necessary to have them fixed.
@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Dec 18
It's really great that there is a program available to neuter the ferals.
@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
16 Dec 18
I hope she didn't think this particular kitten as a weakling. Some cats tend to eat their kittens alive if they don't like them.
@sallypup (57869)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Dec 18
I wish you well in getting this much needed project going. I bet the kits are adorable.
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
16 Dec 18
the kitten probably reminded her too much of his daddy. the lowlife that left her with kittens to raise on her own, what a deadbeat kitten dad !