So, sparky got pregnant after a Tom broke into our house, she had 5 kittens on the 10th May 2023 when she was 54 weeks old herself. She was spayed about 2 months later, and the kittens started to eat norma cat food. About 10days after her milk dried up, we went out, there was food left for them, but when we got home all of my cats were hungry and I didn’t feed them straight away, so sparky started to play with the kittens and 2 of them though mum gave us food/milk before so they started to try and feed off mum, who ended up having a few slightly bleeding nipples. Since then, if my kittens (we kept 3, 2 have gone to my sisters) go near sparky to play, or groom she growls, hisses, swipes then runs off, as she thinks they want food, she is 100% fine if she goes to the kittens for grooming, play or cuddles but will not have her kittens come to her.
how can I get her out of this behaviour…
how can I get her out of this behaviour…