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Cat Protector - 18 Jul 2003 08:29 GMT

Now I have heard everything. Perhaps this cat is confused.

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moi - 18 Jul 2003 09:38 GMT

I can believe it. My female Siamese adopted my son's guinea pigs! She didn't
go as far as nursing them - they were weaned and she had no kittens. However
she would take me to their pen and meow until I got them out and put them on
my knee, then she would sit with them (usually on top of them). She seemed
to get a lot of pleasure and it was quite deliberate. She also likes to run
around with them - but it is definitely playing and not hunting. We haven't
had a lid on the indoor pen for well over 12 months and have no worries. At
the moment they are in a pen in the garden and the cat often goes and sits
on the pen.

Moi

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Cat Protector - 18 Jul 2003 20:58 GMT

If a mouse gets in this household it's all over....for the mouse. Isis would
definately kill it but I am unsure about Jade.

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> go as far as nursing them - they were weaned and she had no kittens. However
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Karen Chuplis - 18 Jul 2003 12:17 GMT

> Now I have heard everything. Perhaps this cat is confused.
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Well, that cat in Thailand made friends with a mouse. There is a cat with a
HUGE mothering instinct!

Karen

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Bill - 18 Jul 2003 20:26 GMT

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Kittens have to be taught by their mothers what their prey is.

If a cat was never taught a mouse is prey, it may very well not recognize it
as such. It's a bit more unusual for a cat to nurse a mouse.

I have a friend whose dog would let the family's adult cat nurse along with
her litter of puppies, so interspecies nursing isn't unknown.

Bill

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Cat Protector - 19 Jul 2003 20:17 GMT

I remember seeing a story where a crow befriended a kitten. It was the
craziest thing I ever saw but apparently the crow watched out for the kitten
and apparently even brought the young one food.

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