Oh, ok. I see. I only know that mother cats eat their dead kitten but never know why. Your explanations make sense, especially about getting nutrition part.
Then that time the mother cat was indeed listening to the kitten's heartbeat then I guess. I just found it odd when I saw it and it never...
So my landlady's cat just gave birth to a litter of five 2-3 days ago, among them there's 1 who's looking very poor and sick. It's not as active as the other kittens (sometimes I thought it was dead until I observed it for several seconds and see its breathing).
Just few hours ago, I saw that...
