'It takes a village': Cat moms give birth 10 days apart and raise their kittens together in wholesome story of family

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Oct 1, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

"It takes a village" isn't just for people and building communities. It's also for cats. More caregivers working together means a better outcome for the offspring. 

Esther Perel is one of the leading speakers in psychology today, and has groundbreaking advice for couples, individuals, and people alike. She constantly reminds the world that "it takes a village." In our modern day existence and lack of community, it's more powerful than ever to connect together in every way that we can. With technology and smart phones, it's hard to imagine a world without them. They're incredible tools, and they're also the most influential thing that isolates us. It's easy to find yourself amongst friends or people and have the insatiable urge to just check your phone, or even scroll. Sometimes it feels like "alone time," or like you're giving to yourself. These little handheld devices do more damage than we realize, but there's no going back now. 

Raising little ones is an enormous responsibility, and whether you're talking about humans or animals, an extra set of hands, or paws, can make all the difference. A village used to be neighbors, grandparents, even children if they were of age to help care for the younger ones. It's the most basic and primal way to exist in the world, and it brings everyone together. It stops being "my child and my family," and starts being "every child matters, every person matters, and everyone matters." So in the adorable and heartfelt story below, two cat moms give birth only 10 days apart. 

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    robo-dragon My mom fosters kittens. She recently had two mammas that both had four kittens
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    within a few days of each other. The rescue she works with was overwhelmed with
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    kittens, so she took both moms and their babies. They instantly bonded and raised
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    both litters together. All the kittens have since been adopted and both moms
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    were adopted together as a bonded pair. They were inseparable so I'm so happy they ended up at their new home together!
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    MegaSmegmaSwagLord Yeah, it's super common in cat colonies to co-parent
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    litters like this. It's part of why cats are so successful in feral populations.
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    K1bbles_n_Bits My cats did this. They're sisters that were strays that
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    we took in (now both spayed). They had them a day apart. One had three and the other had two.
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    Honestly I couldn't even tell you which kitten came from which mom, haha. Because
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  • I love this story because it shows that we're all so similar. Two cat moms raising their children together and relying on each other is beautiful. Humans have a tendency to corrupt everything, and they could easily take this story somewhere it doesn't belong, arguing about morality or truth. But cats don't need to do that, and that's what makes this beautiful.

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    they immediately brought them together before any markings developed in the
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  • I really love Esther Perel. She's so wise, so intelligent. She has this way of looking at things that feels both empathetic and detached from emotion. I think it's almost a superpower in psychology and being a therapist. 

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    coats. One had two orange and a black, the other had one orange and a black.
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    They were raised as one litter. Cersei was a much better mom than
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    Diana...who was kind of a deadbeat mom, Imao. All babies were placed in good
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    homes. Two are with my sister, full grown now. Including a female orange
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    which is really rare. So I'm glad she stayed in the family, lol.
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