Pregnant cats hissing at each other

Hi my name is Brandi and I have two cats they are sisters,and both were pregnant, my cat missy just gave birth to her 4 kittens yesterday and when she came out to eat and stuff today my other cat callie who is still pregnant started hissing at missy and trying to attack her why is she doing this?

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Hi
This is probably because either the pregnant cat senses the anxiety of the new mother through her recent experience or she may smell different too. both of these can cause your cat to become afraid. cats react to fear aggressively.

Also in nature cats would chase off other cats from their territory if they were about to have a new litter. This is make sure that her kittens have enough food and territory. cats do not like to live in packs.

You may have some problems on your hands with so many cats and kittens all at the same time. i don't know what your plans are for them all and how you are going to look after them until they are weaned (weaning is from week 8 to week 12). After which time if you are going to re-home the kittens this is when you should do it and not before.

At the very last the cats and kittens need to be kept separate for the first week to give the new mother time to get used to her new litter.

I wish you all the best with your new kitties, its going to be expensive i'm afraid.

I have lots of information on my site about kitten care which you may find of further interest. here is the first page

kitten-care.html

best wishes kate