After our little ginger cat got to know the smaller members of the feline family, it was time to get to know the mother cat. It smelled foreign, so the cat was worried and picked it up aggressively. Joanna started growling and hissing at her. After a while, when it was time to feed the kittens, the kitten lay down next to the kittens. When the ginger cat came to eat, he was very surprised and stepped aside a little. But since the kitten was hungry, she kept up. The mother cat feeds the adopted kitten and the brother licks it – Adopted kitten eats mom cat’s milk and gains weight – The little one looked so confused and scared. He probably thought that his mama didn’t want him but didn’t know why. My heart was hurting for him This broke my heart. Just seeing him not being accepted by the mom cat or the sibling and seeing him shaking with fear has me in tears. You can literally see the hurt in his face. This was a little painful to watch, but knowing Joanna’s maternal instincts took over finally…. she probably smelled the other mom cat. Sweet orange boy just needed love I’ve never had an issue with a mom cat in my possession taking a kitten that wasn’t hers. It’s lovely and they raise it like their own. Brings heart warming tears to my eyes. So surreal At one time I had two female cats that gave birth and the funniest thing was each mom mothered the kittens and literally had a couple moments when the kittens acted like crackhead and both the momma cats made eye contact and literally made facial expressions that conveyed the classic shrug look it was sooooo funny