Huge pregnant cat--any help???

She might be starting labor if she is breathing fast. She looks close to me.

Was she breathing fast when you first put her inside? If she pants then it could be labor. (http://www.cat-pregnancy-report.com/)
When Coco was Preg she was huge and you could see the Kittens kicking from across the room.

Do you have a Box for her to have them in? Do you have any other Cas and are yo going to keep her.

Just wondering why are you continually letting your cat get pregnant? Please, please, please get her spayed when she weans this litter...And please don't put those poor kittens outside that is a death sentance. She does sound like she is getting close.

Please dont put Mum back outside unless she has been spayed, it isn't good for her health to have all these litters, and if you put the babies outside with her as well, you are just starting off a feral colony who will continue to breed, so please try and find a shelter space or homes for them where they will be neutered.

I would not put her outside again. See if you can find good homes for them.

I can't help you with the birthing process, but I would suggest rather than putting her outside with her kittens, only for them all to get pregnant, or die, that you take them all to an animal shelter where they will be spayed/neutered and hopefully find a forever home where they can all be indoor cats.

Two cats and their offspring are theoretically capable of producing 80-million cats in 10 years!!!

The American Humane Association says about 2.8 kittens result from every romantic liaison between two feral cats. With two litters born each year, and the new cats having kittens of their own, the numbers increase exponentially. That's 12 kitties in one year, then 66, then 382. By the 10th year, there are 80,399,780 cats, all descended from those two efficient reproducers.

If you cannot find homes for them or afford to get the momma fixed, the nicest and most humane thing to do would be to take her and her babies to your local shelter where they will be spayed/neutered and given to loving homes.

Okay, I think she's gotten the point on needing to get the cat spayed, and not to put them back outside.

Now on to the labor, keep us updated on the babies!!

I hope you arent scared away by some of the posts. I'm sure everyone means well. A lot of people join this site because they had a pregnant cat, then later learn the importance of alterations and spay their girls.

Anyway, good luck with your impending litter. As someone else mentioned, setting up a birthing box is a good idea, perhaps several different ones. Whenever I bring in a foster I offer her a covered box, an open top box, and her cage, all furnished with old sheets.

I also recommend keeping her confined to one room and making sure she cant get into any tight unsafe places, like in your closet up on a shelf, or behind your refrigerator.

If you plan on being present for the birth, you may want to gather some supplies, like scissors and thread for cutting any cords should the need arise, or towels and rags for cleaning off the kittens. There are threads and websites devoted to the birthing process itself, TCS is a plethora of information and support.

Again, good luck with your girl, keep us posted.

If she has had litters before,I highly doubt you will have to cut any cords! Just leave her alone while she is giving birth and let her do her thing. A lot of the time stray cats end up doing a worse job delivering if a human is present.

And please, please look for a shelter to take her NOW, so that her and her kittens will never reproduce!