To know whether a mother cat has abandoned her kittens, you can judge from the mother cat's behavior. Under normal circumstances, most female cats will take care of their newborn kittens. This is a natural maternal instinct. However, if the kittens are contaminated with other odors or the mother cat itself has problems, the female cat will abandon the kittens. Behaviors such as not taking care of the kitten, not feeding the kitten, attacking the kitten, or even eating the kitten, etc. Therefore, it is recommended that once the owner discovers that the female cat exhibits the above behaviors, he should take away the kittens in time and provide artificial feeding.
1. Most female cats will stimulate their maternal instinct after giving birth to kittens, so that they can take good care of the kittens. Therefore, if a female cat is found to be ignoring the kittens, it means that the female cat has abandoned the kittens.
2. The female cat will know how to feed the newborn kitten. This is the mother’s nature. If it is found that the female cat does not feed the kittens after giving birth to them, or even takes the kittens out of the cat's nest, it also means that the female cat has abandoned the kittens.
3. When the mother cat discovers that the kitten is physically defective, weak or dead, the mother cat may abandon the kitten and attack the kitten. Some mother cats may even choose to kill the kitten. Eat the kittens to retain more nutrients to feed other healthy cats, thereby increasing the survival rate of other healthy cats. Therefore, if the mother cat is found to be attacking the kittens, the kittens have been abandoned and the kittens are in danger at any time.