Last Summer a pregnant stray showed up at our house. I faithfully read all the advice the members here gave. Having never had a cat before, we learned to feed our pregnant cat, to cage or confine her and to feed her nourishing kitten food. On August 22th she gave birth to four cute, healthy kittens. You helped us know when to introduce solid food to them, how to encourage litter box training and when to allow them to go to their forever homes. Who ever knew you can clip a kittens claws??? Their new "mom" tells me the kittens never fight her clipping their nails at all because I had done it and they were used to it! We were happy that the two boys got adopted into the same home and the sisters are also together in their new home. We could not have asked for a better ending to a unfortunate pregnancy.
The mom cat is newly spayed and will live with us. For anyone dragging their feet, PLEASE spay or neuter your pets! We were so fearful that these kittens would not be adopted. Here in our area of the US, there are kittens being euthanized at shelters weekly. We were very fortunate to send them to two loving homes to two families that have had kittens before and even know the benefits of having multiple cats.
Also, know that keeping a pregnant cat and her litter of kittens is very costly. We only spayed one cat. With all her medical bills, food and litter costs - we have probably spent nearly $300 and still need her boosters for the distemper and FIV shots in a few more weeks.
Again, thank you all and thank you also for listening to my final ramblings in this "Pregnant Cat and Kitten" section. Maybe I'll run into some of you elsewhere on this forum!
The mom cat is newly spayed and will live with us. For anyone dragging their feet, PLEASE spay or neuter your pets! We were so fearful that these kittens would not be adopted. Here in our area of the US, there are kittens being euthanized at shelters weekly. We were very fortunate to send them to two loving homes to two families that have had kittens before and even know the benefits of having multiple cats.
Also, know that keeping a pregnant cat and her litter of kittens is very costly. We only spayed one cat. With all her medical bills, food and litter costs - we have probably spent nearly $300 and still need her boosters for the distemper and FIV shots in a few more weeks.
Again, thank you all and thank you also for listening to my final ramblings in this "Pregnant Cat and Kitten" section. Maybe I'll run into some of you elsewhere on this forum!
