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Originally Posted by ebusinesstutor
While growing up, we had a mother cat quite ill after the birth of her kittens and she used to go out and hunt and leave them for long periods. A tomcat we had was very interested in the box in the closet.
We were watching him very carefully as tomcats have been known to kill kittens. Instead, he would crawl in with the kittens and let them suck on his fur. While the kittens weren't getting nourishment from this, the warm, furry presence comforted them. Never saw any other tomcat do that before.
Sometimes animals will act differently than normal caring in ways we do not expect. Just like the orangutang and the hound. |
We had a very large tomcat once who would pull our other cat's kittens out of their box while she was out of the house. Like you, we were afraid at first, but all he ever did was lie on his back, pull them up onto his belly and go to sleep.
