Many cat owners tend to attribute to them the same feelings that people experience.
Do cats really miss their babies as much as we do?
It's time to understand the intricacies of feline parental relationships.
The maternal instinct of a cat
Like any other animal, cats, of course, have it.
However, comparing it with a human is fundamentally wrong, since we tend to take care of children until the end of their lives.
The action of the cat's maternal instinct is limited in time. As soon as the cat stops feeding the kitten, her instinct to raise new offspring gradually fades away.
When the kitten is about 3-3.5 months old, the mother cat begins to drive her child away from herself so that it can provide for itself and look for its own territory to live in.
Therefore, a cat only misses her kittens when they are taken away from her when they are very young.
Earlier we wrote about which cat breeds like solitude.
