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post #61 of 613
4/26/10 at 2:40pm
Yeah this felt like a little wave on the side of her stomach.
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post #62 of 613
4/26/10 at 2:42pm
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Yeah this felt like a little wave on the side of her stomach.
Well then , I think you just met your first baby!!
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post #63 of 613
4/26/10 at 2:46pm
Aww, I think part of it was patience on my part and part patience on her part. She was on her back and I just stayed there. I would have missed it if I didn't keep my hand there for at least 5 or more minutes.
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post #64 of 613
4/26/10 at 3:29pm
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Yeah, I have to wait to feel Baby Girl's kittens move. The thumps sound like little kicks. If Carly will let you you could kinda rub with a littel presure and see if you can make them move. Baby Girl is getting where she won't let us touch her belly again. We are going to try and clip the hair on her belly tomorrow. She's staying awake more yesterday and today and just walking around the house. She's also trying to get outside more. Earlier today I let her out of her room and after a while she went back in on her own. I think it will be either this weekend or early next week (Baby Girl). I still think Zoe and Carly will go before her. They do seem to like to keep us guessing.
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post #65 of 613
4/26/10 at 3:33pm
I dunno, Baby Girls getting pretty close too... I guess we'll have to see! Just watching her now, I feel so bad...she's just so BIG! I hope she has them soon!
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post #66 of 613
4/26/10 at 3:59pm
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Yeah, we are at the waiting stage. But all these kittens are going to be adorable. I can't wait.
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post #67 of 613
4/26/10 at 3:59pm
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Yeah, we are at the waiting stage. But all these kittens are going to be adorable. I can't wait.
Meee too!
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post #68 of 613
4/26/10 at 4:06pm
Please tell me that this is normal. Carly went to her "spot" under my bed but it was covered with things like books and little boxes. We are trying to discourage her from nesting there. Well she scraped at the books and went to town trying to get them out of her way. I was worried that she was peeing under there so I'm going to have my husband move the bed so I can check. Then she goes to eat and to her litterbox and after the litterbox she is scooting her butt on the carpet leaving poop stains on it. I had her wormed so that's not it but she had a lot of crusties on her butt so I had to clean her up. I'm a very neat person so I cannot have that on my bed or on my carpet.
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post #69 of 613
4/26/10 at 4:18pm
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She has probably gotten too big to clean herself back there. Usually scooting on the carpet is to clean or scratch themselves. You said she had crusty stuff so it's most likely she just needs help cleaning after she potties. They have cat cleaning cloths at Wal-Mart you could get or even just some baby wipes would do. Oviously you could also use a warm wash cloth (I prefer using ones I can throw away). Try this and see if it helps.
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post #70 of 613
4/26/10 at 4:29pm
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She has probably gotten too big to clean herself back there. Usually scooting on the carpet is to clean or scratch themselves. You said she had crusty stuff so it's most likely she just needs help cleaning after she potties. They have cat cleaning cloths at Wal-Mart you could get or even just some baby wipes would do. Oviously you could also use a warm wash cloth (I prefer using ones I can throw away). Try this and see if it helps.

I agree! I hope it gets better You may want to start thinking about confining her to one room...
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post #71 of 613
4/26/10 at 6:58pm
Yeah I have those wipes I bought them at Wal-Mart when she first came to us. I am going to start keeping her in the restroom. She went and hid under my daughter's bed and I had to go and find her but at least she came out to me and followed me when I asked her to. She was mad at me for cleaning her up I know but she had poop all over her rear and I thought for sanitary reasons I had to get it off. Poor baby. I did trim her hair on her rear area but I just think her belly is making it hard for her to be coordinated.
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post #72 of 613
4/26/10 at 7:28pm
Poor girl...although she may not appreciate it now, she's lucky to have a mommy like you I don't know if I'm imagining it or not, but I think Zoe might be getting her milk in! Fingers crossed!!!!!!
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post #73 of 613
4/26/10 at 7:41pm
Okay I'm freaking out! She used the litterbox and I noticed she was acting funny and had something on the end of her tail. It was litter and I went to clean her up and noticed there was bright red blood around her anal area. She had some loose stool that was very smelly in the litterbox and seems to have trouble sitting on her rear end. Could she have popped a hemorrhoid? I double and triple checked the blood is not coming from her vulva area. I noticed that her stool was very firm and hard today but the last was loose.
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post #74 of 613
4/27/10 at 4:19am
Oo, I can't say I know anything about that, but my only suggestion is to maybe call your vet and see what he suggests and try posting this in the cat health forum for you and Carly!
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post #75 of 613
4/27/10 at 6:41am
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Howis Carly doing this morning? Did you call the Vet? I know my mom's dog (a min pin) used to get an intestinal infection and would poop blood, they would put her on meds for it, not sure if it could be the same thing. One of my older cats did have some blood in her stool when she was about a year old, I can't remember what the vet called it but she was put on meds to get rid of it.
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post #76 of 613
4/27/10 at 8:51am
This is what I think happened. I was combing her from the impromptu cleaning I had to give her. I was combing around her back end and she was enjoying it so I kept doing it to make sure there were not matts back there and to give her a little scratch. This was right where the anal glands are and not realizing that cats have anal glands I probably pressed on them with the comb and created a sensation for her to express them because the stool and her rear area smelled awful. It was worse than anything I've ever smelled before. After digging online I figured that's what it was because of the loose stool and smell. Now to call the vet to be sure he won't want to see her for infection. There is no more blood, no more smell, and no more loose stool so she is probably just fine but to be on the safe side I will call.
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post #77 of 613
4/27/10 at 8:57am
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I did some searching and it seems that it's normal for a cat that has been constipated to bleed. It said that the tissue is thin, easily irritated, and easy to bleed. I think you should just watch to see if there is anymore problems. You could call the vet, too. But I think if she doesn't do it again then it should be fine.
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post #78 of 613
4/27/10 at 9:11am
I agree. It's nothing to do with the stomach because she's still eating away and begging for treats. It was either anal gland related or hemorrhoid related. Either way I think she is fine.
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post #79 of 613
4/27/10 at 12:35pm
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You can see the babies moving in her belly now. She was laying down sleeping and her belly just kept moving. She is starting to act very uncomfartable (like she can't find a comfartable position).

Baby Girl is mad at me. We clipped the hair on her belly. I didn't shave it because I was worried the clippers might catch her nipples. I used the 1/8 " attachment.
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post #80 of 613
4/27/10 at 1:18pm
That's a releif! Annnd, the waiting game continues on! My guess for the due date is tomorrow, so I'm still hoping!! How many days do your girls have left?
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post #81 of 613
4/27/10 at 1:20pm
We still have 2 weeks! Both of you are going to have kittens with eyes open before even one of mine is born.
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post #82 of 613
4/27/10 at 1:30pm
Who knows...Carly could go a little sooner Two weeks will go by pretty fast!
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post #83 of 613
4/27/10 at 1:46pm
I'm sure I will be wishing for this point when the kittens are climbing all over us.
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post #84 of 613
4/27/10 at 1:50pm
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Baby Girl is 58-62 days. I have been going with the due date of May 2, so that puts her at 58 days. She is far enough that if she has them in the next couple days we will still be in the full term range. What I've read they can have them between 58-71 days, the average being 63-65 days.

The last 3 days Baby Girl stayed awake alot through the day. Today she has been really grouchy (even before clipping her belly). She has started looking for the male cats and attacking them, they don't fight back so they run from her. I think she is starting to nest, she was in the corner by the fireplace and digging at the carpet. It's the only dark, secluded corner in the house (other then under beds).
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post #85 of 613
4/27/10 at 2:07pm
OH yeah that's definitely nesting behavior. The only nesting I've seen Carly do was under my bed by the wall. She might have done it under my daughter's bed too but I wouldn't have known about it. From my reading, you see them start nesting about 2 weeks before delivery and see kittens moving about a week before. I think Baby Girl is going to have her kittens this week. I'm going to say Saturday.
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post #86 of 613
4/27/10 at 2:07pm
It sounds like Baby Girl could be any day now too! I'm getting so excited, and I keep thinking, "this might be it!" but no... she wants me to keep waiting. The babies are just squirming like crazy in there though!
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post #87 of 613
4/27/10 at 5:03pm
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I think she'll wait til next week. This is her today.

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post #88 of 613
4/27/10 at 5:55pm
See Carly's nipples still have the hair around them. I've noticed from every picture online of pregnant cats, the hair around the nipples goes. Must be so it's easier for the kittens to latch on.
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post #89 of 613
4/27/10 at 7:21pm
Ya, traditionaly the idea is that the babies can get to the nipples easier, but with kitties like Zoe and Carly, who have longer fur, it's still pretty hard.
By the way, Baby Girl is really cute
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post #90 of 613
4/27/10 at 7:27pm
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Baby Girl has spent the last several weeks grooming around the nipples. I think this helps to remove the hair around them. Hers have had those circles around them for as long as I can remember. I used the clippers to shorten the hair on her belly. Her nipples seem to be dry and a bit flaky, but no milk yet. Maybe Carly's hair was too long to notice?
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