I think its possible the mother was being protective of her babies. I got friendly with Joeys mother before I tried picking up Joey. She warmed up to me pretty fast, but because my husband rushed over to one of the puppies, she didn't seem to like him so much. This really bothered him because he just loves animals. On our second visit, things went more smoothly. I think animals read our feelings and if you were nervous, she could have picked up on this. If your really interested, maybe a second visit would help determine if she's really aggressive. This is like one of those nature/nurture questions and while I believe that an animal is hard-wired by heredity, we can modify that behavior greatly (not so much with cats, lol). |