Hi folks,
Just wandered onto the site and registered because it seems to have a lot of good knowledge and insight.
We just adopted Zoë, an adult female. She had been taken in by a friend of a relative who thinks she was abandoned. We got her this morning, and she's settling in well.
We plan on taking her to a vet clinic at the local PetCo tomorrow morning (weather permitting, we're expecting 4-8 inches of snow tonight). We'll certainly have her scanned for a chip, but our biggest question is about that bulge in her middle.
She is not a fat cat, but she is big around the middle. I haven't poked around too much, but what I can feel is pretty firm. It isn't in the belly area, but rather about mid-way between her front and hind legs, where her ribcage ends. Her nipples do not appear enlarged or pink. And since she had been roaming free until recently, we have no idea how far along she might be.
Any ideas? Educated guesses? I'm sure the vet will tell us tomorrow (if we and they both make it), but we're very curious now.
And yes, she and any potential offspring will be neutered and spayed, as appropriate.
Thanks for any advice,
QP
Just wandered onto the site and registered because it seems to have a lot of good knowledge and insight.
We just adopted Zoë, an adult female. She had been taken in by a friend of a relative who thinks she was abandoned. We got her this morning, and she's settling in well.
We plan on taking her to a vet clinic at the local PetCo tomorrow morning (weather permitting, we're expecting 4-8 inches of snow tonight). We'll certainly have her scanned for a chip, but our biggest question is about that bulge in her middle.
She is not a fat cat, but she is big around the middle. I haven't poked around too much, but what I can feel is pretty firm. It isn't in the belly area, but rather about mid-way between her front and hind legs, where her ribcage ends. Her nipples do not appear enlarged or pink. And since she had been roaming free until recently, we have no idea how far along she might be.
Any ideas? Educated guesses? I'm sure the vet will tell us tomorrow (if we and they both make it), but we're very curious now.
And yes, she and any potential offspring will be neutered and spayed, as appropriate.
Thanks for any advice,
QP