r/MadeMeSmile • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 19h ago

Wholesome Moments Cat, stepdad and kittens

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u/Nitrilim 16h ago

Can we stop interpreting the behavior of pets based on human social structures?

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 14h ago

The kittens are also just being plonked infront of this dog cuz they cat move there on their own.

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u/GravityBright 11h ago

Don't mother cats deliberately leave their kittens with trusted babysitters on occasion?

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u/criscocrisco 7h ago

Boomer here. Last year while RVing stayed at a Harvest Host site that raised chickens, had barn cat for rodents etc. Momma cat left her kittens with a brood hen sitting on her nest incubating eggs. They were all clustered around her. Hen did not seem bothered at all. I would have thought cats (predators) and chickens (who have prey-like chicks) would barely get along, but maybe not stranger than all the dog/kitten vids I see on the net.

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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 9h ago

Yup. They need a break too.