Usually when she is lactating it would be within the last week.
As others have said, it was normal for a vet to not be able to feel for sure. There is a window around 3-4 weeks when an experienced vet can often feel them . but after that , what he said was correct, it gets harder to feel.
The kittens won't be pointed unless she happened to mate with a male who Is pointed or carrying one copy of that gene and some of the kittens inherited it. That's not impossible because the gene for that pattern has been widely spread through the general domestic cat population , which is how there are a lot of pointed domestic shorthair cats that people mistakenly think are Siamese. but non- pointed ( full coloration) is more common, so I hope there are people wanting those kittens too. ( What colors they might be depends on the male. but if she is a seal point, her male kittens willmost likely be black ( or if the male is tabby they could be brown tabby, or if he has white markings they could get those. ) . Females could be any of those, or if the male was red, the females would be tortoisehell.
I would keep the neutered male away from the kittens for about the first 3 or 4 weeks. Keep the mama and kittens in their own room at first. after that you can let him in if the queen is not stressed out by it, and watch closely to see how he and she behave. Some Siamese males are very nurturing with kittens and once they're up and moving around he might share kitten-sitting responsibilities. but never assume any male cat is going to be OK with kittens especially newborn , and don't assume the queen will be OK with it even if the cat is her good friend. It is really best to leave the mom and kittens separate from other pets in the house while the kittens are very tiny.
I would get a nest set up for her now in a quiet room, if you haven't already.
Great to hear you will be getting the vax and altering done and keeping kittens at least 10 weeks and that you will have help from a rescue in finding/ screening homes.
As others have said, it was normal for a vet to not be able to feel for sure. There is a window around 3-4 weeks when an experienced vet can often feel them . but after that , what he said was correct, it gets harder to feel.
The kittens won't be pointed unless she happened to mate with a male who Is pointed or carrying one copy of that gene and some of the kittens inherited it. That's not impossible because the gene for that pattern has been widely spread through the general domestic cat population , which is how there are a lot of pointed domestic shorthair cats that people mistakenly think are Siamese. but non- pointed ( full coloration) is more common, so I hope there are people wanting those kittens too. ( What colors they might be depends on the male. but if she is a seal point, her male kittens willmost likely be black ( or if the male is tabby they could be brown tabby, or if he has white markings they could get those. ) . Females could be any of those, or if the male was red, the females would be tortoisehell.
I would keep the neutered male away from the kittens for about the first 3 or 4 weeks. Keep the mama and kittens in their own room at first. after that you can let him in if the queen is not stressed out by it, and watch closely to see how he and she behave. Some Siamese males are very nurturing with kittens and once they're up and moving around he might share kitten-sitting responsibilities. but never assume any male cat is going to be OK with kittens especially newborn , and don't assume the queen will be OK with it even if the cat is her good friend. It is really best to leave the mom and kittens separate from other pets in the house while the kittens are very tiny.
I would get a nest set up for her now in a quiet room, if you haven't already.
Great to hear you will be getting the vax and altering done and keeping kittens at least 10 weeks and that you will have help from a rescue in finding/ screening homes.
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