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I have a Highland Scottish Fold adult female, 4 years old. She is purebred beautiful coat and most of all beautiful temperament. She just had her second litter today 4-24-09. We brought her over from my moms house so I can supervise her with her kittens due to her not spending much time on the first litter and making me do all the work .....
Well we have a kitten that we kept from the first litter, born 8-1-2008, (obviously second litter was an accident). Mommy hates her first litter baby, I have never seen her run so fast after something in her whole life, hissing and spitting hatefully at he baby. Why is she doing this? The kitten is going through her first heat this month, could that be an explanation. Can you tell me why she is acting like this?

-Jade


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Jade,

It seems to me that she perceives this kitten as a threat to her current litter.  The advice I always give is to keep small children and other pets away from the new litter, especially in the first few days.

Also, having the kitten going through a heat is not helping things at all.

You might consider spaying the kitten form the first litter.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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