Skittles kid is pregnant

Good idea. Buts its all too bad. I mean you were trying to be a good cat owner and the vet doesn't do his job..
But look at the good side of things, they are going to be Reallly cute babies!

That is true they will be cute and plan to make sure they are FIXED this will not happen again

Yeah. Get a better vet this time Though it wasn't your fault.
Do you have any pics of the mama?

I do I will look tomorrow she is perdy I have a baby pic that is all since she was Skittles Kitten and one given to me 2 weeks ago somewhere on my Hard drive lol

Why does she require a c-section?

Originally Posted by gayef

Why does she require a c-section?

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I am not sure I think they are doing it to make sure when they open her to spay her and to also make sure nothing is wrong from when she was suppose to be spayed. I recall the stitches on all of them.

If it is possible to wait until after the babies are born to spay her, that would be preferable ... however, if medically, they feel safer in performing the c-section, that is certainly understandable. It is just that when a cat is spayed, the necessary organs to help in milk production are removed and you normally end up having to hand-raise the kittens.

Originally Posted by momof3rugratz

I do I will look tomorrow she is perdy I have a baby pic that is all since she was Skittles Kitten and one given to me 2 weeks ago somewhere on my Hard drive lol

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any pics work, a baby one and an adult one would be cute

Gaye - I have heard something different with C-sections, that as it is the kneading the kittens do that stimulates the milk production, they can still feed and raise kittens normally after one. I have rescue friends who have had to have c-sections on cats and not had to hand-raise kittens afterwards.

then you was lucky ,when lilly had to have a c section she lost 3 kittens the last one was a bit week to suckle plus mum had no milk even after this injection thing that the vets gave her. she didnt bond with the kitten or take notice of him untill 2 days after , i had to hand feed and stimulate and keep him warm , after 4 days he died even after lilly took to him. plus if there are alot of kittens to feed from mum then the stitchs could easily be pulled out or get an infection from being scratched. unless its nesscary for a c section i dont think it should be done.

Wow tasha that sounds terrible! I didn't know that anyting like that could happen. Maybe it would be better if she had then regularly then...

Originally Posted by booktigger

Gaye - I have heard something different with C-sections, that as it is the kneading the kittens do that stimulates the milk production, they can still feed and raise kittens normally after one. I have rescue friends who have had to have c-sections on cats and not had to hand-raise kittens afterwards.

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It isn't the c-section I am worried about - it is the fact that they are going to spay her once they have taken the kittens. A spay involves removing the ovaries and from what I know of the feline reproductive system, after a queen delivers, it is the ovarian hormones that drive the milk production - when they are removed, that stops and the milk production ceases.

Ah, that would explain why the person on my other cat forum who's cat had to have a c-section wasn't spayed afterwards.