My new mother cat is trying to kill her kitten. What can I do?

The only thing you can do is removing him from the rest and from his mother, separate him completely in a different room and feed him kitten milk replacer every 2-4 hours until he start eating by himself.

Hello, sorry to hear about Sooty. You can separate the kitten and bottle feed it to nurse it. You may obtain kitten formula from your local petstore and feed the kitten every 2 hours or so. Hope this helps and best of luck.

Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sorry to hear about this troubling situation. I would advise immediately re-homing this kitten since she is obviously not a good fit for your life. I think it's important to get the kitten into a better situation before she gets hurt or causes more problems for you. I would contact your friends, family, or anyone you can think of to help re-home Lovely. Good luck

Oh no, that's not good! These kittens have to be fed at least every one-two hours throughout the day and night. I would be very concerned that Cady will attack the other two kittens, and it's likely best that she is separated from them completely. It isn't an easy job to raise kittens, but it's likely what is best for them. I can give you a link to a website detailing what you need to do for them. First thing, however, is to run out to a grocery store to get KMR. It's a kitten milk replacer, which they need to be fed. http://www.2ndchance.info/orphankitten.htm

The kittens should be weaned at 6-8 weeks. Not all animals are natural, nurturing mothers, and she may just not know how to make the kittens go away. I would recommend separating them. The kittens still need a safe environment and easy access to kitten food, but they no longer need mom for milk.

She may need to eat or use the litter box, causing her to leave them for a bit. She may have been planning on coming back. It could be that Oya is rejecting her kittens, which can happen. Some cats are poor mothers and will reject their kittens, while others will reject a kitten because they know it's sick and not going to make it. It can take time for a mother kitten attend to their kitten, and I would leave her and her kittens alone for 30 minutes in a room. Come back and see if she has groomed them, and/or started to feed them. If she has started bonding with them, then it's fine. If there is no evidence that she has started taking care of them, then you will have to feed them yourself. This requires a kitten formula and bottles. You can get kitten formula from a pet store or a grocery store. I will put a link below on how to care for newborn kittens. Best of luck, I hope this helps! https://www.2ndchance.info/orphankitten.htm

Hi and thank you for using PetCoach. I would recommend removing and bottle raising the kitten. Please also catch and spay the mom as soon as you are able, as she may go into heat again quickly. Articles below for information on raising bottle kittens. Good luck. http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=1738 http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=576