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unsure pregnancy
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If she goes out and hadn't been neutered she will get pregnant, and might already be pregnant. Please get her neutered ASAP.
<edit> if she isn't pregnant now she will get pregnant very soon since she is being allowed out. Spaying will not only prevent pregnancy, but reduce her risk of getting breast cancer and almost remove the risk of pyometra - a very serious and often fatal infection of the uterus. She will also wander (so is more at risk of a road accident and whatever other outdoor hazards are where you live) when calling and is at risk of FeLV / FIV which can be spread by sexual intercourse.
If she is pregnant you might find the idea of a spay-abort revolting - I do - but I find the idea of the cats and kittens that can't get a home being euthanased for that reason even more revolting.
If money is an issue, remember that raising a litter of kittens costs far more than spaying. I worked out that the last litter I fostered cost me about 5x the cost of spaying the mother, and the rescue I fostered for paid for their vet check and so on once I'd taken the kittens back for homing. With the vet checks, vaccinations and microchips it would have been more like 10x the cost of spaying. The mother in this case came from a BYB - she was being left out all the time and moved home of her own accord to someone who couldn't keep her but did attange for her to be fostered and so on.
<edit> if she isn't pregnant now she will get pregnant very soon since she is being allowed out. Spaying will not only prevent pregnancy, but reduce her risk of getting breast cancer and almost remove the risk of pyometra - a very serious and often fatal infection of the uterus. She will also wander (so is more at risk of a road accident and whatever other outdoor hazards are where you live) when calling and is at risk of FeLV / FIV which can be spread by sexual intercourse.
If she is pregnant you might find the idea of a spay-abort revolting - I do - but I find the idea of the cats and kittens that can't get a home being euthanased for that reason even more revolting.
If money is an issue, remember that raising a litter of kittens costs far more than spaying. I worked out that the last litter I fostered cost me about 5x the cost of spaying the mother, and the rescue I fostered for paid for their vet check and so on once I'd taken the kittens back for homing. With the vet checks, vaccinations and microchips it would have been more like 10x the cost of spaying. The mother in this case came from a BYB - she was being left out all the time and moved home of her own accord to someone who couldn't keep her but did attange for her to be fostered and so on.
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please neuter her if she is not already pregnant. The pics you have uploaded are not very helpful im afraid, i cnt really see the nipples and her stomach looks normal. I dont mean this in a nasty way i mean in just as advice, as your cat is all black, her kittens assuming they will be black or black and white will be fairly undesirable. That isnt me trying to offend you cus i love all cats its just people buying kittens atm are always looking for something 'deiiferent' or 'special' and rescues are full to the brim of black and black n white cats!
Also you should not be letting her mate with unknown cats it can be dangerous and she shouldnt be pregnant at just 6 months of age poor thing she is still a kitten herself. I really hope she is fully vaccinated and just please let her be neutured for the safety of you cat, wellbeing of any kittens, and supporting shelters and rescues who are struggling so bad atm. Please take this as advice im not critisising you in anyway you are not the first and wont be the last x x x
Also you should not be letting her mate with unknown cats it can be dangerous and she shouldnt be pregnant at just 6 months of age poor thing she is still a kitten herself. I really hope she is fully vaccinated and just please let her be neutured for the safety of you cat, wellbeing of any kittens, and supporting shelters and rescues who are struggling so bad atm. Please take this as advice im not critisising you in anyway you are not the first and wont be the last x x x
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In australia and yhe state I live we cant get them spayd until they are 6 months old and I thought they couldnt get pregnant till they were 6 months old and im really hoping shes not but I do have homes for them thank god I feel terrible cause she is so young guess I was nieve 
Yeah, some do get "receptible" earlier... So if you let them out, you must count with risks...
It is almost worse in Sweden, till for a couple of years ago the recommended age here was one year.
It is firstly now the standard seems to be 6 months.
The trick? You try to lie a little, and advance the age. No big deal if she isnt registered.
Or you try to talk the vet over. Tell she seems to have been in heat the last week, it is over now, but you dont dare to wait. She is going out sometimes, and there are toms sometimes outside. They are friendly so you dont bother much, but with an almost grown up girl you dont dare even to sleep anymore...
Something like that.
Good luck!
It is almost worse in Sweden, till for a couple of years ago the recommended age here was one year.
It is firstly now the standard seems to be 6 months.
The trick? You try to lie a little, and advance the age. No big deal if she isnt registered.
Or you try to talk the vet over. Tell she seems to have been in heat the last week, it is over now, but you dont dare to wait. She is going out sometimes, and there are toms sometimes outside. They are friendly so you dont bother much, but with an almost grown up girl you dont dare even to sleep anymore...
Something like that.
Good luck!
