Our Cat Boo Boo had 4 beautiful kittens a little over 4 weeks ago. Since we are very very close to Boo Boo we helped her with the whole birthing and were able to hold the kittens with no stress to her at all. In fact she wanted to have them all sleep right on our bed with us, since this isn't practical, my husband Alex moved in a comfortable chair and we made a nest at the end of the bed for her and the kittens until they were starting to walk around a bit then we moved them where she could keep them corralled better. We moved them into our shower. We put down a nice padding and made a little box like area for her and the new little babies to nest away in and placed her litter box and food in the bathroom with her. This bathroom is just off of our master bedroom so we were able to be near her and she could take breathers away from the babies and curl up with us like she always does. As the babies got bigger she would bring them into the bed with us for us to give them attention too, at about two weeks... then when she thought they had enough fun for the day, she would take one...or rather attempt to take one back, but we would carry the little ones back to the nest for her. We noticed that right from birth that they each had set personalities... and they have stayed the same basically... except one. This kitten was doing fine just like the others until about the 3rd week when my husband went into the bathroom and found it hissing...all of the other kittens were backed away from it and seemed afraid. We'd never seen it do this before and none of the others have done this. My husband genitally picked him up and cuddled him to him and brought him to me... and both of us very quietly calmed him down and gave it some peaceful kind of petting and soothed it until it stopped hissing. Since then it's personality has changed completely, he jumps when he hears any kind of loud noise or if you try to approach it to touch it. None of the others do this and they will come running if you go into the bathroom so they can get some pets and to be played with. This kitten just stays in the nest... it's almost like it's been traumatized or something, but no one has been near them except us. It'll play with it's siblings, but not quite as much as the others.
I don't know what to make of it. Momma cat grooms this baby as much as the others and is as affectionate to it as the others.
The mother is a Bombay and the father is a Russian Blue. This baby looks like a Russian Blue.
Does anyone know what could be going one with the baby... is this normal and how do we help it?
