I KNOW THAT IN THE WILD A MOMMA CAT RAISES HER KITTENS , AND THEN LEAVES THEM TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.
ALTHOUGH WHEN I HAD POUNCER ROCCALNO IN THE BASEMENT SHE DUG HER WAY OUT JUST TO BE WITH POUNCER KARINA, HER KITTEN WHO WAS VERY YOUNG, SO THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MATERNAL INSTINCT THERE.
BUT OTHERWISE AFTER THE KITTENS GROW, THEN THE KITTEN GLOVES ARE OFF!!!