My 5 year old polydactyl is about to have her 3rd litter. She's a good mother, tentative, and even nursed her last kitten until he was almost as big as her. (I kept him) I know she's going to go into labor anytime now, especially since her milk really came in over the last 12 hours. She stays in my room, has everything she needs, food, water, litter box and I've also set up a couple nesting areas for her to choose from, and it's stopped her from snooping around and knocking things over. (Poor girl is a clumsy blimp right now) anyways, after waking up from a nap, I noticed she was missing! Which is an odd feat considering my door was locked and there's no way she could escape. I called out but received no response. Normally she'd come running when I call her. After a long while, she came out of hiding, which was the litter box. Apparently she was laying in there. I found that odd, but now that I think of it; during her last litter she moved all her kittens to the litterbox once. I moved them back as soon as I noticed, since I don't agree that a litterbox is a good place for new borns. Even now, I find her laying in there, instead of the nesting areas I set up for her. I'm going to take a guess and assume she might be attracted to her own scent? But that can't be comfortable, or sanitary for her. I also noticed within the past 12 hours, she's had very bad diarrhea. I heard her use the litterbox earlier and it sounded like pure liquid was coming out. I haven't changed her diet, and she hasn't consumed anything out of the ordinary. That's an unrelated question to her odd litterbox lounging. Do pregnant queens often experience diarrhea so close to giving birth? That's a first for me, considering its her third litter. Anyone? Not to mention she's making a real mess.