How far can a mother cat move her newborn kittens?
As far as she feels necessary. A mother cat of mine moved hers across the street from my house- several times! Keep in mind that although it can be frustrating for you to keep searching for the kittens that the momma knows best and something must be spooking her to make her move them. (If this is what is happening to you) Another cat of mine had hers just a few hundred feet away from where the mother cat ate- and when the kittens were ready to eat solid food and the mother was out of milk she brought the babies to the food.
The Male Cat is moving the Kittens?
-Another Edit- The female doesnt growl or snip at him in any way. Hes also just helping the kittens go to the bathroom and such, as well as laying with them when the mother is away eating / using the litter box.
How can I stop my cat from moving the kitten to another spot?
They are already in the living room. The kitten is 4 weeks old. The kitten and the mama been there since the birth of the kitten. Now she wants the kitten to be under my daughter's bed. Not a good idea because my daughter might step on it. I closed my daughters door but the cat is waiting any second for that door to be open to get the kitten in. How do I stop this? Before this starting happening: She already had taken out of the box the kitten. She does not want the kitten inside the box so now they sleep in the floor under a table that's in the corner. I tried to put the kitten back in the box and she takes it out of the box.
How can you get a cat to move her kittens?
When my cat had kittens she had them at the top of our staircase, so obviously we had to move them for there own safety. So we carried them down in their basket (but slowly so the mum would follow) and put them in the place best for them and then closed the door over so she couldn't carry them back. We left her for an hour or so before opening the door again and she was fine after that. I suggest finding a place safe for them and doing what we did. Good luck
Why does my cat keep moving her kittens? She has 4 kittens and moves 1–2 around the same time each morning to my room. They stay in my mom’s room but she keeps moving them.
UI observed that behavior many times with momma cats and their kittens. I think it's instinctive. In the wild they would move their kittens to keep em safe from predators. Their scent remains strong in the old nest, where her kittens were and predators homing in on it by scent will be distracted from the new nest if the scent is not as strong there. That is my theory. Even though they are not out in the wild, this instinct remains strong even though there are no predators.If she is moving just a few she is in a sense sacrificing a few kittens to save a few kittens. She is splitting them up into two nest. If one nest gets raided by a predator, it would only get a few of the litter.There may be another pet in your house that is triggering this behavior.