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my cat is pregnant has had her milk in for 4 days now had a show for days ago... her temperature was 37 yesterday and today its 36.5 is this a big drop???? she is showing no signs of labor at all.. she is very big but worried as she had a show days ago and her milk is white so not the see through colostrum  xx
 

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my cat is pregnant has had her milk in for 4 days now had a show for days ago... her temperature was 37 yesterday and today its 36.5 is this a big drop???? she is showing no signs of labor at all.. she is very big but worried as she had a show days ago and her milk is white so not the see through colostrum  xx
Difficult to know what her normal temp is!  The drop is best seen against what she normally has.  The most common temp in healthy cats is about 38,5  Celsius.

So it sounds like the temp has dropped yes.     Now, all these signs, like temp drops, arent 100%  reliable.   Also,  a good thing to know, is cats manage a little too long pregnancy well, better than humans.  While the kittens dont manage well premature delivery, unlike humans...

That said, is there anything which may worry or dusturb the mom?   Perhaps even you beeing visible stressed and nervous.  Cats do have some ability to wait with the delivery if they are in danger or the situation not suitable...

So.  Calm yourself.  At least, appear you are calm and sweet.   Breath deep and calmy.  Up with the head. Put a smile on your face!  See?  Already you feel better.

Make sure she has it nice and comfortably.   Massage her tummy.  It helps the hormnoes  coming.

Of course, if you DO have access to a friendly, good veterinarian, phoning him and asking for advice is not wrong.   Phoning an unfriendly vet will just stress you out...   You know perhaps someone else used with birhting cats, or at least dogs?   Or know a resourceful mom of several kids, who is used to organize and manage things even in stressful and difficult situation?   Phone her and get her help to calm yourself.   :)

I will send some links in a couple of minutes.

Keep reporting and asking!

Good luck!

Most of these links have been readied by our forumist  Red Top Rescue:

We have a good collection of articles in the Cat Health section which you can access by scrolling up to the brown bar, clicking on Articles,and then choosing the Cat Health section and scrolling through the choices.  To make this super easy for you, I am copying the links regarding birth, delivery and newborns for you here.  After reading this information, let us know if you have any more questions.  And good luck with your approaching new arrivals.

Birth, Delivery and Newborns

How to Tell if My Cat is Pregnant?

Cat Pregnancy

How Do I Know When My Cat Will Give Birth?

Pregnant Cat? What to Prepare For the Birth

Help! My Cat is Having Kittens!

Premature Kittens

Post-Birth Complications in Cats

And also:

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"   )  
 
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hi my cat is 63 days pregnant sleeps all day and had a show a week ago has had her milk in for  nearly a week now, when i looked at her today her vulva was slighty opened which was never like that before why??
 

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It may be so! 

Keep reporting!

Good luck!
 
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right so i get up this morning and blue has been sick has runny poo but decided to wee on the carpet this is not like her maybe things are moving? is this normal????? can someone pls help with some advise
 

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They often have runny poo shortly Before the delivery.   And having diarrhea, they dont Always manage to  use the litter. Exactly like severly sick humans.

If there doesnt seems any other faults with her, see this as a sign the delivery is very near now.

But if she is seemingly sick otherwise too - Contact your vet.    You dont want your high preg sick for real...

Good luck!
 
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