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catbyte

(34,372 posts) Thu Mar 31, 2022, 06:55 PM Mar 2022

This kitten's mother didn't want him. So a woman raised him like her baby.

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This kitten's mother didn't want him. So a woman raised him like her baby. (Original Post) catbyte Mar 2022 OP

What a weird headline - SharonClark Mar 2022 #1

Animals will often desert or reject their young wnylib Apr 2022 #5

I had a rabbit that ate a couple of her babies. Emile Apr 2022 #6

Nice story. I wish for Picklin a beautiful and loving life no mater how long. Fla Dem Mar 2022 #2

Love animal stories... Thanks! Karadeniz Mar 2022 #3

who saved who Skittles Apr 2022 #4

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)

1. What a weird headline -

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 07:13 PM

Mar 2022

The mother cat “didn’t want him”. It is more likely the mother cat is dead or picked up as a stray than that she made the decision she didn’t want him and just walked away from the kitten.

wnylib

(21,428 posts)

5. Animals will often desert or reject their young

Reply to SharonClark (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 1, 2022, 05:02 AM

Apr 2022

if they have a birth defect that prevents them from keeping up or developing normally. Not saying that's what happened with this kitten because we don't know. But it is very possible.

It is cruel and heartless from our perspective, but animal mothers often will not spend time on one of their young that does not have its own survival capability.