I adopted my kitten from a vets with a cattery-type-thing attached to the back, which is managed by the RSPCA.
It was basically a shed (with no fixed door and no permanent heating) with about 15 cat cages inside: 3 rows of 5 cages, I think.
One of the cats was the mother of three kittens. All four cats were housed separately. Every time one of the kittens cried, the mother would pace in her cage and call out to them. She couldn't see them as they were all on the same wall.
I asked why they had separated the mother seeing as she seemed distressed, and they said because she and they need to get used to being alone. Fine, I thought, but that can happen in a few days when the kittens have all been rehomed, it doesn't need to happen there and then.
Do you think it was cruel of them to keep her apart from her kittens? The kittens were 12-13 weeks old, incidentally. The one I adopted is now nearly 2 so this was a while ago!
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Mother cat and kittens separated in cats' home. Cruel or wise?
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juniper9 · 10/04/2013 16:54
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