Post by deyana on Nov 8, 2023 22:32:35 GMT -5
Why did a dog in Newmarket end up nursing a litter of kittens?
Hours after Sue Stubley brought home six abandoned kittens, something peculiar happened - her dog began lactating and the hungry kittens latched on to feed. Cute? Certainly. But why would a dog want to nurture a kitten and how common is inter-species nursing and adoption?
The original plan was to look after the kittens for one night and take them to a local cat rescue the next morning.
Teasel, a two-year-old Jack Russell, had other plans.
"My dog decided that she was going to look after them," says Ms Stubley, who lives in the Suffolk town of Newmarket."She was cleaning them, and within a few hours, was making milk.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-67331308
Hours after Sue Stubley brought home six abandoned kittens, something peculiar happened - her dog began lactating and the hungry kittens latched on to feed. Cute? Certainly. But why would a dog want to nurture a kitten and how common is inter-species nursing and adoption?
The original plan was to look after the kittens for one night and take them to a local cat rescue the next morning.
Teasel, a two-year-old Jack Russell, had other plans.
"My dog decided that she was going to look after them," says Ms Stubley, who lives in the Suffolk town of Newmarket."She was cleaning them, and within a few hours, was making milk.
www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-67331308