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We have a two and a half year old tabby whose name is Brownie-Kins. She just had a kitten. Yeah, ONE kitten. This is her fourth and last pregnancy because we are getting her spayed when she is no longer nursing the kitten.
Anyway, the kitten is about two weeks old and lately we've been noticing some strange behavior from Brownie. The most disturbing to me is she will sometimes bite her kitten....and she looks quite aggressive when she does so. When we notice her doing this we quickly intervene. But we would like to know why she is doing this.
I had done some research online and something my wife and I have may have done wrong was "Disturb Her Nest" which is a box right behind our bed. It is the box that she had the kitten in. We had disturbed the nest by trying to exchange the towel in the box for a clean one as I thought that would be the right thing to do. We had to put the old towel back because Brownie seemed less than pleased about our actions. Also, my wife and oldest son got a chance to pet the kitty with their fingers and I read that this may have disrupted the scent on the kitty and confuses the mother.
Anyway, we would like to get to the bottom of her behavior. She even seems to be acting slightly "distant" towards me and my wife. Is there anyway we can reverse whatever damage we may have caused and repair the trust issue with her? What's going on? Please help me.
Also, she had two previous owners and her previous litters were taken away from her by them, so we know she has trust issues.
Anyway, the kitten is about two weeks old and lately we've been noticing some strange behavior from Brownie. The most disturbing to me is she will sometimes bite her kitten....and she looks quite aggressive when she does so. When we notice her doing this we quickly intervene. But we would like to know why she is doing this.
I had done some research online and something my wife and I have may have done wrong was "Disturb Her Nest" which is a box right behind our bed. It is the box that she had the kitten in. We had disturbed the nest by trying to exchange the towel in the box for a clean one as I thought that would be the right thing to do. We had to put the old towel back because Brownie seemed less than pleased about our actions. Also, my wife and oldest son got a chance to pet the kitty with their fingers and I read that this may have disrupted the scent on the kitty and confuses the mother.
Anyway, we would like to get to the bottom of her behavior. She even seems to be acting slightly "distant" towards me and my wife. Is there anyway we can reverse whatever damage we may have caused and repair the trust issue with her? What's going on? Please help me.
Also, she had two previous owners and her previous litters were taken away from her by them, so we know she has trust issues.
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