Problems with an adult male cat being aggressive towards a 9mo female kitten.

The only recourse is to separate the two. Any cat can become pregnant, and all cats will engage in copulation when they are allowed contact.

@YARNLADY I don’t think she’s talking about sex. @ElleBee Could it just be his way of protecting his mate? He peceives some threat from the young female. Does Patches like Jazz? (made myself scroll up!!)

@faye is onto something… it sounds like he’s just trying to protect his woman and his babies. Do the 9 month kittens ever suckle on their mother? That might cause some concern for the male… either way, like the other said, separate for now. I’m sure once he realizes what’s what, he’ll be ok again.

I’m not sure if male cats show any interest in females or their kittens after mating (other than mating again). It may well be as @faye describes.

I’m wondering the same thing as @stranger_in_a_strange_land… is the older kitten still being cuddly with the mother cat? Trying to nurse? That can make the other cats more hostile towards her.

And please, please please please… have your cats spayed and neutered…

Why do you have all of these intact animals? Pet overpopulation is a huge problem, and 3 to 4 million unwanted animals are euthanized each year in this country.

Neutering your pets (females are spayed, males castrated) will help with the aggression being shown. If cost is a problem, most areas have low cost spay/neuter clinics available to help.

Have you ever seen a cat try to mate with a female cat. They are very aggressive. He may have tried to mate with her and she gets equally aggressive with him. She may have even won and now he is trying to simply shoo her away.

@faye : Patches loves her kittens very much, they are all very close and always sleep in a pile in their gazebo :)

@primigravida : We have not seen any behavior like that, the kittens are very independent now.

@syz : Patches, the intact adult female is our cat. Her first litter was wanted and planned. We kept two of the kittens, Jazz and Tager, and the others went to close friends. This recent pregnancy was not planned however. Her date to be fixed was set and scheduled but sadly it was to late and he pregnancy was to far along. Toby, the adult intact male, is not our cat. He just showed up one day.. he will not come anywhere near us and is extremely skittish. I agree with you 100% that pet over-population is a HUGE problem, it’s heart-breaking.. My two roommates are the ones responsible for these cats, I do love them dearly and help take care of them though. I was the one who pushed for the previous litter of kittens to all be fixed when they we’re old enough.

We are currently thinking about trying to “catch” Toby in a pet crate and bringing him in to be fixed. We have grown fond of the little guy (he’s a beautiful cat, all black with lime green eyes, but somehow lost half of his tail on his journey) but if he is threatening our cats then something needs to be done.

I agree with @faye, I think that it might be him just trying to protect his future babies and after the still-born he might be even more worried :(

I will be sure to keep you all updated, and thanks so much for your great responses :)

@ElleBee if you contact your local aspca, humane society, or no-kill animal rescue… they may be willing to let you borrow a have a heart trap to catch Toby. Particularly if you tell them you are trying to do a TNR on a stray cat.

@TheOnlyNeffie : That’s a great idea! Thanks so much for your suggestion! ^.^