"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > Yes. We had a cat who killed all but one kitten and it was only a
>> > matter
>> > of time before she got to the last one.
>>
>> A friend's cat once ate her kittens
>
> I don't think it's common (or natural) for any animal mother to kill
> her babies. I have read somewhere in the past that they will do this
> if there is a problem with the offspring. Like a genetic defect or
> something. Only humans will keep birth defective babies, but then we
> have hospitals and animals don't.
Our cat mated with her father. She killed the deformed ones. One looked
fine but we doubted that it really was.