I feel so sorry for the mama cat. She looks at us with a scared look, if I had to call it something. I don't know if it's because we're touching her babies or because she's afraid of us. It's a pitiful sight either way.
>She looks at us with a scared look... I don't know if it's because we're touching her babies or because she's afraid of us
1) Her babies are dying.
2) She doesn't trust you, and you're touching her babies.
3) She has no other choice.
Of course she's scared. You would be too in a similar situation, I'd wager. Imagine a new mother in the hospital with a dying infant. And that doesn't even include the "delivering my baby to a scary, incomprehensible monster" aspect that mom-cat has to deal with.