Why Do Cats Hiss At Their Kittens

Social behavior sets in early especially for felines.

Why do cats hiss at their kittens. Maternal behaviour disorders in cats can be caused by a variety of factors. When it is hissing towards its owner or other people it communicating pain displeasure fear or aggression. If you introduce them slowly they get used to each other.

Sometimes cats might hiss at new kittens because the kitten smells unpleasant or strange. When a cat hiss it is showing that there is some kind of problem. In my experience cats hiss at kittens simply because theyre a new cat in their territory.

It is natural for a momcat to hiss and growl at her kitten. Your cat feels unsettled because of her disrupted routine. The usual reaction is to hiss growl snarl be standoffish and stare and perform any other passive-aggressive behaviors.

Fear is a strong reason for your cat to hiss. Cats will kill their kittens when they are sick and they feel they will die. Your cat may be hissing at the new kitten because she finds the new kitten as a threat.

Once a mother cat has kittens these tiny furbabies become her world for the first few months. Is she turning into a poor mother She didnt do so. You bring the new fuzzy baby home and your older cat is not happy about it.

Your cat is likely to be hissing at her kittens because she is either scalding them for being naughty stressed out anxious or had a separation from them for a long period resulting in her not recognizing them. Introducing a new cat or kitten to the home is always an interesting experience. Momcats do not love their kittens all their lives.