Information, please on pregnant cat

Hi everyone I've been reading through other posts. My cat is pregnant, not sure how far she . Been seeing the kittens move for over a week now. She is not very fussy prefers to be some where quiet. have noticed the kittens are not moving as much. she moves blanket about in her nesting box when no one is around but that's all she will have to do with it. she eats a lot but doesn't seem to be drinking much. is this normal? this is my first lot of kittens and so nervous x

sharron said:

 Been seeing the kittens move for over a week now.

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It shoulndt be no more than about one week left...

I will send some links in the evening, in in 10 hours...

Is she eating much canned / wet food?  If so, she doesnt need to drink much extra.   If she ates most dry, try to get her to drink more.  Have perhaps some tuna juice in her drinking water.  Or a little cream...   Several different dishes with water may also help some.

Drinking fountains are very effective to get cats to drink enough.

Good luck!

Thank you she is having a mix of wet and dry food I'm using the spare room at moment with her bed in it i put her in there at night as she is getting quite nasty with the other two cats which are both female

Good you isolate them cats.

If they were best friends, the isolation wouldnt be necessary.  But as they arent, and I suppose she felts threatened by the other females...   Mom must be kept unstressed.  If she wants to be left alone be her "room-mates", let her be for herself.

Here are the promised links on birthing...

If you have any question or comments, please ask.  I or somebody else will answer!  

Good luck!

One from this site:  http://www.thecatsite.com/a/pregnancy-and-delivery-in-cats

http://www.icatcare.org/advice/my-cat-having-kittens    ( This is a link to a group of articles on cat pregnancy, birth and kittens.   Read the ones on normal cat birth and on " when to wait and when to worry"  )  

http://www.cat-world.com.au/parturition-birth-in-cats

http://www.icatcare.org/advice-centre/cat-care/normal-cat-birth

Thank you very much will check them out now x

Thank you Stefanz they are very helpful if hope very thing goes smoothly cos there's a lot to remember and do if it doesn't x

This is my little girl before she got pregnant x

Your girl looks alot like mine. How cute.

She does only she not as loving at moment just wants to be on her own were ever its quite x

Yes mine is on the contrary she wants to be with me all the time or will go to my dads room and sit on window to look outside...I cant wait for her to have her babies already.

I can't wait either keep checking on her how long have you got left think it'd got about a week but not 100 percent x

Well I went to the Vet on Monday and he did an Xray and the babies have their skeletons formed completely already..you can see the babies all formed..so we do know she is over 8 weeks so he said she should having them by the end of this week..meaning Friday or weekend. ...im so anxious. ..and she is having 6 babies! Are her babies vesible with the naked eye when they move?

I've seen them moving quite a bit but over last few days they haven't been moving as much x

Took she temperature this morning read you can take it from under her arm pit it was 91.04 why would it be this low have I done it right tools it from her front x

How much food should she be having now yesterday she had 3 sachet of meat dish of biscuits and a little bottle of milk is that enough for her. Her stomach is really hard now and seems to been nearer her back legs then he's middle x

She has started making a howling kind of cryin noise does this mean she is in labour x

Just over past hour she has been howling /crying could this be the start of labour has any of yours been doing this x

sharron said:

Took she temperature this morning read you can take it from under her arm pit it was 91.04 why would it be this low have I done it right tools it from her front x

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I guess her temp has dropped as shortly before the delivery..  a quite some drop, the normal temp in fore leg armpit is about 99.   When falling, 96-93 perhaps...   Yours more than average.

So yes, I guess her howling is the beginning of labor.   Most cats dont howl, they try to be quiet, but I suppose a home cat who feel safe, may give louds from her...

Holding thumbs and sending *vibes!*

Thanks will keep you posted on what happens x

Just to let you all know still no kittens here she is eating like a pig and crying and lot. I'm sure if she gets any bigger she will pop lol. Any body into kittens yet or are we all still playing the waiting game x