please help us

Question
when we bought our house in Germany we seemed to inherit a 10 years old cat. she had a terrible life with the previous owners they even shot her. So she took time to like us but still never let us touch her. she has had two lots of kittens and we got good homes for them all. Today though she gave birth on our door step and abandoned the kitten, strange that there was only one. We are very upset as we had tried to befriend the kat and to be kind to it after her trauma. We got nice homes for all 8 of her kittens since we knew her. We wanted to steralise her but she is part feral and is too scared of humans to be caught. why did this cat abandon its young like that??

Answer
Barbara,

Feral cats do not think and act like domesticated cats. It is very possible that she felt that she could not take care of the kitten herself and brought it to you because she trusts you and feels you will help her. Some ferals who can't take care of new kittens will eat them or kill them because of the scarce food supply. It is an inbred action and nature.

Did you see her giving birth? She may have more somewhere else. Sometimes a cat will abandon a kitten if there is something wrong with it. Domestic cats also do that. It may not be apparent to you, but she may sense it.

Tabbi