I Wished I was a cat Until I Read This…
October 14th 2008 21:00
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As a cat lover and people hater, it’s no surprise I often wish I could become a cat. That was until I read something gross about mother cats.
I can’t get this out of my mind. It’s too gross for words. One night I was lying in bed reading the ASCPA Complete Guide to Cats by James R. Richards when I came across a section on kitty pregnancy. Anyway, the author said that kittens don’t know how to urinate or defecate so the mother cat will lick these areas on her babies to get them to release waste. She then swallows her kittens’ waste. Ugh! Why can’t she show her kittens how to use a litter tray? Maybe it’s because they are blind at birth and are too young to be shown how to use a litter tray.
I wonder what the mother cat thinks of this. Wouldn’t she get any infections from the bacteria in the waste? Wouldn’t she find it unpleasant? On the other hand, I find the instinct behind this behaviour amazing. Cats can’t talk so it’s not as if a pregnant cat can ask another cat what to do when she gives birth. Somehow, driven by instinct, she will deliver her kittens, eat the placentas, nurse her babies and teach them to go to the toilet.
I hope that if I do come back as a cat, I either come back as a male or a desexed female. But then again, I am judging cats based on human standards. Maybe if I was a mother cat I wouldn’t mind eating my kittens’ waste at all.
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Comment by Catana
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Comment by Queenie
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Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
What is out of the ordinary is that Zenith, when she feels its not safe to leave them, will do it to herself! Just so she doesnt have to get up and leave! Now, thats above and beyond the call of duty.
Remember Queenie, cats dont use toilet paper - no matter what kind of cat you are there is gonna be some of that going on!
Comment by Queenie
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