How do I keep my other pets away from my pregnant cat?

I have her nesting box in my room, where it is warm and dark, but my other cat princess and my dog chloe love being in there. My queen sleeps in her nesting stop a lot. But I read online that you need to keep her alone. I cant lock her in the room, because she wont be able to use the litter. My other cat sleeps in my room with her, but I cant prevent them from going in? Ideas and thoughts? Is it really a big stress to keep her alone?

I'm no expert but if she doesn't seem bothered, I wouldn't try to keep them away if it's really hard to do. I would just keep an eye on her and look for any cues if she seems annoyed by them. I would probably seperate during labor and be very cautious after the babies are born

I agree with Kara.  If they are good friends and she doesnt mind them being near, there is no real need for separation.  Separation may even stress her up if they are really close friends.

The rule of thumb for separation exists if she IS bothered or stressed by the others in any way; if so, do separate.

"Obey the mom and her needs".

IF you must isolate her, it cant be helped. You must have her litter in your room, being also her room.

Even if it is somewhat smelly for you.

Good luck!

Can you just get another litter box for her in the room?    That's what I do.   You're going to need to do that for the kittens anyway when they start eating on their own and learning to use a litter box.  they will need to have small boxes available nearby .  

It depends on the cat and on your other pets, but some mother cats do get stressed about other pets coming near when they have baby kittens.   and not all other animals can be trusted not to hurt the kittens.    So I do think it is a good idea to at least plan to keep a separate nursery room for the mother and kittens,  for while they are tiny and helpless and the mom is very protective. 

Sometimes it can turn out that they don't mind the other pets being around,  and other pets can turn out to be wonderful at helping care for the kittens....but that should be supervised at first.

 So personally I just have a litterbox in the bedroom.  I scoop it out a couple times a day ( or more if there is something smelly).  and I keep air freshener and matches handy.    I also feed  a balanced raw meat and bone diet,  and have found that really cuts down on the odor.

Thank you for all your answers


My cats do get along sometimes as they sleep together on my bed, but just yesterday night my other cat tried jumping on the bed and my queen attacked her?

meowitsathena said:

My cats do get along sometimes as they sleep together on my bed, but just yesterday night my other cat tried jumping on the bed and my queen attacked her?

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Oh, high pregs and moms being touchy is quite common, so this is nothing peculiar.

It happens even now and then even their loved Mom get herself a smack of two.

But this means also, they although pals are NOT so close friends as I hoped for, so you should continue with the main plan, to have her in her own chambers.  why not toghether with you, her Mom.   And her litter.       As skissed above.

Good luck!

Ok, yeah, if she seems upset with the other cat, I would keep her in a seperate room. I had mine in my bedroom. When I first got her, my dog wanted to chase her and lunged at her a few times so I decided I would keep her in our bedroom and slowly introduce the two. Well then I found out she was pregnant so in order not to further stress her out with the dog, I kept her in the room. I would let her explore the house and put the dog in another room from time to time but mostly she was in my room. It wasn't a problem, I just brought the litter box in the room (she is still in there with her kittens.. She moved everyone into the walk in closet, of course!) I just clean the litter often because she pooped a lot when pregnant. Also water/food up there and a lot of nesting boxes to choose from. She did get very restless at times, especially near the end. but I think that's a normal pregnancy thing. The last 2 weeks of her pregnancy the dog settled down and they now get along great (more so that she now tolerates the dog sniffing her) but I still keep them seperate at night and when I am away, just in case. Our bedroom has become her safe haven and is where she keeps her kittens, I can't imagine her wanting to move them out of our room anytime soon! I am looking forward to having the litter pan in the basement, but that will come with time!

I felt bad separating her but I don't think she minded much and it was for her sake