could my cat be pregnant

i have a female cat and 3 male cats i took the female in for a neightbour book the spray but shes a house cat and all wouldnt to do was go outside she got out anyway she could she seem alot more loving and eating more. there is toms around the area please help 

An unspayed cat who's been outside is more than likely pregnant. If she only just got out, or isn't far along you can still get her spayed asap.

I agree with MissyMotus.

Away to a vet and ask for spaying NOW.

If your other cats are not neutered yet, consider to neuter them too.   It is best so for everyone involved.

You can perhaps even get a discount from the vet, perhaps 4 for the price of 3?

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Good luck!

i think she about 4 weeks i will not be get her fix untill the kittens are born . do you have any signs i could look out for if she is pregnant

Usually their nipples start to turn pink and get bigger after 3 weeks or so.

Honestly, October-December is when most outdoor females in temperate climates AREN'T pregnant. Being inside can mess up their cycles, though, so no guarantees. And if you live somewhere with no/mild winters there may not be any off months. But these 3 months are usually "safest" for doing TNR if you want to avoid a lot of spay/aborts. So there is a chance she's not pregnant. I would have the vet take a look, and spay her quick if he thinks she's not pregnant yet. Are your boy cats fixed?

my male cats are not fixed i took my female cat in for a neighbour because he fall ill after week or so of her being here my male cat was trying to makte her and she would do anything to get outside her belly feels blotted. she become more fussy but im taking her to vets to double check 

I'm pretty sure she will be pregnant, and I have no idea how you manage to live with un-neutered male cats given the overpowering smell of their urine, and the urine spraying most male cats do.  It really is in their best interests to get them neutered ASAP.

OrientalSlave said:

I'm pretty sure she will be pregnant, and I have no idea how you manage to live with un-neutered male cats given the overpowering smell of their urine, and the urine spraying most male cats do.  It really is in their best interests to get them neutered ASAP.

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actually, all cats urine smells strong, even females, so that argument is invalid, and not all toms will spray in the house, I've had intact  tomcats in the house who were absolute gentlemen, used the litter box even, then once they went outside they did their territory marking.

if the female is pregnant and he/she doesn't want to get her spayed then so be it.

if she is not and you don't want to have her spayed, it's as simple as keeping your males and the female seperate until the heat cycle is over.
 

Why would the OP not want to have their cat spayed?  She will not get pyometra (potentially fatal infection of the uterus) and depending on how old she is she may get some protection against breast cancer - unfortunately the more times she has called the less protection spaying gives her.  She is also going to be frustrated a lot of the time, when she is calling and can't find a mate.

Seriously, if the OP doesn't want kittens then neutering is not only best for her health, but kindest as well.

And whilst all pee (humans included smells), I have no problems detecting tom-cat pee as distinct from general pee smells.  You were also lucky your males didn't mark in the house.  For the OP, the presence of a female in heat is just the thing to encourage entire males to start spraying.

Finally - 'keep them apart'.  There are quite a few people here for whose cats that method of contraception didn't work.  Someone let one out.  Female cats who are calling get pretty devious, sneaky and fast in their desparation to find a mate.

h3tty said:

my male cats are not fixed i took my female cat in for a neighbour because he fall ill after week or so of her being here my male cat was trying to makte her and she would do anything to get outside her belly feels blotted. she become more fussy but im taking her to vets to double check 

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Is there any reason why you and your neighbour are keeping cats that are not neutered? it seems that it is an accident waiting to happen, as it is indeed impossible to keep them apart indefinitely. I had a female once who managed to get out the top 4inch gap of a window and came back pregnant two days later, missing her spay appointment. And in the same house, the cats will all be miserable all the time as the female will keep coming into heat.

Gibbly, it is of course everyone's own decision as to spay and neuter. But this is a pro-spay/neuter site for all cats not part of recognised breeding programmes, and we do encourage and educate people into getting their cats fixed.

OP, you have been given some good advice here.

Please consider spaying your cat after the kittens come if she is pregnant or as soon as possible if she is not.  May I ask why  you have not spayed or neutered them yet?

Cats are very different from humans; if she is in heat she will go to great lengths to find a male cat.  Also having 3 so accessible to her makes it that much easier for her to become pregnant, and difficult for you to prevent the pregnancy.  They are driven to mate if they are not spayed.  My step-dad went through some interesting times with one of his cats before he married my Mom.  Including no sleep at night for anyone in the house because she was calling for a mate.  He said it sounded like she was in agony...  This cat would tear through window screens to get out.  She did have a litter; with a complicated delivery...and then ended up not being the best Mom on the block.  And then there was the task of finding good homes for the kittens.

There are also the other health benefits others have mentioned.  I have only dealt with outdoor unneurtered males so all my spraying experience has been with them.  But I've always thought that neutering them to prevent unwanted cat pregnancies was equally important to spaying a female.  I guess along the lines of the unfairness of human birth control falling on primarily the woman's shoulders.  I am glad you plan to take her to the vet to be checked.  They should be able to advise your further too.  It sounds like you care a lot about your kitties.  Good luck!!

Gibbly said:

actually, all cats urine smells strong, even females

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There is nothing like tom spray, even girls that spray don't smell like studs. Even when using the litter tray entire males urine smells once they are mature, spraying or not. And neutered cats urine doesn't even come close in scent to entire males. 

Especially when having multiple entire males in one house the chances of spraying greatly increases, as does them fighting for territory. 

It's not as simple as keeping them apart while she's in heat, there are many males who will harass females no matter what. One female living with three entire males would likely not have a stress free time. Her heat cycles would also likely be very close together with all the hormone filled cats around her, being shut in a room cats can still smell each other.

Hopefully the OP will spay this female and neuter the males asap. There is no reason at all for any of these cats to remain unfixed.

My previous post was removed but for anyone who saw it prior... I was not ranting at the OP. I was disagreeing with the advice given by Gibbly to the OP.

Levi68 said:

My previous post was removed but for anyone who saw it prior... I was not ranting at the OP. I was disagreeing with the advice given by Gibbly to the OP.

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I didn't see it, but don't think anyone will be agreeing with Gibbly 

I think we have already lost the OP. Please everyone refer to the rules at the top of this forum and do not post anything that is likely to turn people away, especially when we do not even know their circumstances.

I did see it and I understood who you were ranting at.

It doesn't matter if you keep her in if your unneutered males are inside. . .or are they outside? Anyway, I agree that if she's living with intact males she's almost certainly pregnant. Now you say she won't be spayed until she's had kittens, do you want a litter from her even if she's not pregnant now, or do you mean you won't abort?

Considering that in the current situation, most kittens born end up dead before they're a year old, I don't quite understand the unwillingness to do a spay/abort. . .what difference is there if they're killed before or after they're born? But of course this is a choice the owner has to make.

Anyway, if you want to know for sure if she's pregnant, you'd have to take her to the vet. But under the circumstances I think it's pretty likely she is.

Hello again and I happy you are still with us here.

It is a sad fact of life that female cats will do anything to get out once they are in heat, especially when they know there are male cats around. And once out, even for only a few hours, she will become pregnant 99% of the time. Your original question as to what to look for to check if she is pregnant was pretty well answered, and I know you intend to take her to the vet, which is the only way to be sure. I am glad you will have her spayed after she has had the kittens. But remember that a female with kittens can get pregnant again within days of giving birth, and will do so when there are tomcats in the house. They will find a way to get together. Also. tomcats will kill kittens so they can mate again with the mother -it is part of nature's way of making sure they pass on their genes. Even the father of the kittens will do this as they don't know whose kittens they are. So I strongly suggest that while waiting for your female to give birth, you get your male cats neutered. It is a very minor operation for a cat - they recover totally within 24 hours, and will never notice what has happened.

Good luck, and please do ask questions here at any time. Our members only want to help, and they have seen so much unhappiness resulting from cats getting accidentally pregnant that they do get a bit heated when they hear of such things.

thank you i will difo go get my males done and no i dont wont kittens but its abit late now