Female cats will bite their own kittens to death for the following reasons:

1. The kittens are unhealthy

In the same litter, if there are any long-term kittens, There are those who are born healthy, and there are those who are born weak and sick. If a female cat bites her kitten to death, it is usually because the kitten is unhealthy.

In order to prevent this unhealthy kitten from passing on its illness to other healthy kittens, and in order to better take care of other children, the mother cat will reluctantly bite the unhealthy kitten to death.

Mother cats will bite their newborn kittens to death, not because they don’t love them, but to increase the survival rate of other kittens!

2. The kitten is contaminated with a strange smell

If your mother cat gives birth and many people come to see her kittens, the kitten may be infected with the strange smell in the process. There is another breath. When a female cat smells these strange smells, she may think that this is not her child, but that an unknown object has invaded.

In order to protect the safety of her children, female cats will "strike first" and bite to death kittens that are contaminated with unfamiliar scents. Cats do this to protect their babies.

So don’t touch the baby cat casually unless necessary, otherwise you will only harm it.

3. Female cats have no experience

Some female cats may have no experience at all because it is their first time to give birth, so they will become sensitive and suspicious. Once they are stimulated or frightened, , they may do some abnormal things, such as bite their own cubs to death.

Maybe when the female cat reacts, she will regret such a move.

4. Affected by the surrounding environment

We all know that female cats are very sensitive during childbirth. If they are stimulated by the outside world, they will become sensitive and suspicious, thinking that Someone or other animals will hurt their own children, and then kill and eat the kittens. This is a phenomenon in the animal world.

So during the period of giving birth and breastfeeding, pet owners must create a quiet and comfortable environment for the female cat to prevent the female cat from being stimulated and causing irreparable consequences.

5. Female cats have "postpartum depression"

In fact, not only humans have postpartum depression, but cats also have it. If the cat does not receive proper care and concern after giving birth, or if the cat is physically and mentally exhausted while taking care of the kittens, the mother cat's mood will also become negative, irritable, irritable, etc. Once a female cat shows these emotions, it is easy for her to bite her newborn kittens to death.