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My cat got out of the house between jan. 13-15 and she got pregnant. I'm guessing her due date is near or has passed since mating. For about 2 weeks now i've felt the kittens move and shes also been nesting. For the past couple of days she's been really constipated and having trouble going to the bathroom. She's become really affectionate and wants her tummy rubbed all the time. She follows me around the house every where i go and when i"m sleeping she is constantly scratching in one of her nesting spaces. Nahla is still eating normal. I've taken her temperature a few days in a row and it was 97.4, 97.6, and 99.5. When should i be expecting the kittens? I'd like to be there during her labor because a stray i had taken in awhile back killed her kittens when she had them. So i want to being able to intervene if necessary. Kittens and mama will be spayed/neutered when they are weaned. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.  
 

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Is there a normal color for discharge? I cant quite tell what color it is i'd say between yellow and orange looking? 
 

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My cat got out of the house between jan. 13-15 and she got pregnant. I'm guessing her due date is near or has passed since mating. For about 2 weeks now i've felt the kittens move and shes also been nesting. For the past couple of days she's been really constipated and having trouble going to the bathroom. She's become really affectionate and wants her tummy rubbed all the time. She follows me around the house every where i go and when i"m sleeping she is constantly scratching in one of her nesting spaces. Nahla is still eating normal. I've taken her temperature a few days in a row and it was 97.4, 97.6, and 99.5. When should i be expecting the kittens? I'd like to be there during her labor because a stray i had taken in awhile back killed her kittens when she had them. So i want to being able to intervene if necessary. Kittens and mama will be spayed/neutered when they are weaned. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.  
She is surely near now.  Although we cant know the exact hour.

Re the constipation:  Much water to drink help always some.  If you do have access to canned crushed pumpkin, not flavored, some of this is nice to regulate the poo.  Both constipation and even some sorts of diarrhea and loose poo.    Some good quality food oil helps too.  I would recommend cold pressed olive oil, or coldpressed rapeseed / canope oil.   Minerale oil is even more potent, but then you must find a brand you are entirely sure its harmless to use.

The dischararge you mentioned sounds normal, unless its pus in it...  Colored dischares are always somewhat suspected - try and smell on it...  As it is difficult to give sure advice online, its always best to be there in place, look oneself, and use sound judgement...   :)

Good luck!!

ps.  Thsi with moms killing her kittens.  This is very unusual. May happen if the mom is stressed into extremis, but this danger nonexistent with your home girl.

Are you sure she killed them?  Gore, Open wounds and all? Perhaps even eaten up??   Them being all dead borne isnt that unusual.

We had one such example the other day.  Only the first of them was born alive, the four other were dead although big and seemingly healthy.   A tragedy, and not fun for us advisors either, but the mom and the kitten are alive and well.

That said, its surely best if the owner / caretaker can be near and ready to assist.  Sometimes it does save the day.

And especielly here when your girl apparently wishes your company and help.
 
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Thank you. Going the bathroom seems easier for her tonight compared to this morning so hopefully she's getting back to normal with that. I'm glad the discharge sounds normal I was a bit worried. As of right now she's going in and out of nestings laying down and licking herself. She was meowing a lot but not so much anymore. She was acting really strange earlier not wanting me to touch her but now she's being all lovey again. Maybe tonight will be the night. I've been waking up for about a week straight through the night checking on her. It gets tiring. Lol. I guess at least we're both pregnant together.

As for the cat I had before she had one of the kittens at my bedroom door and then went and found another nesting spot. There was one kitten alive and cleaned and another with her bottom half eaten. I'm not sure if maybe she accidently did it while eating the after birth because I wasn't there with her but the other two were also dead. When we found the live kitten we tried bottle feeding because kaci didn't let her nurse but the kitten ended up passing a couple days later and then kaci disappeared along. It was hard cleaning up the mess with the poor kittens but hopefully labor and delivery will go smoothly with nahla.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to smell because nahla won't let me anywhere near her rear.
 

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. I'm not sure if maybe she accidently did it while eating the after birth
Yes, that may happen, this situation is described in the litterature.  Not common but may happen.

Good luck!

ps.  Holding control of the overall temp gives some warning about possible infection.

If you dont want to bother and stress her with measuring in the rectum, you can measure in the armpit of the foreleg, alike we humans usually do.

The temp in the armpit is about 3F lower than in the rectum, or about one full degree Celsius.
 
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Thank you very much. If she hasn't had them by tomorrow I'll try taking her temperature in her arm pit. I appreciate all the help.
 

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Thank you very much. If she hasn't had them by tomorrow I'll try taking her temperature in her arm pit. I appreciate all the help.
Take her temp in the armpit  alredy now, so you do have something to compare with...   It another way to measure, the the number as such will not be reliable.

But if you know the normal temp for her there, you will get a comparison next time...

It will be a little more safe, more reliable this way, than just relying on some numbers you found on internet.
 
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Okay I will do that before I head to sleep. I'll let you know what the temp is.
 
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It was 98.3F. Not sure if that's high for her armpit or not. Shes been feeling pretty warm today though, her ears and stomach.
 

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It was 98.3F. Not sure if that's high for her armpit or not. Shes been feeling pretty warm today though, her ears and stomach.
it should be comaprable to about 101 in the rectum.  So it seems to be the normal temp.  But its comparison with gives the most reliable results.  Tomorrow you will know more!

Good luck, and good night!
 
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Thank you. If we have kittens tonight or tomorrow morning I will post pictures! Good night :)
 
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No kittens. But she is hiding behind my bed which is odd because she's never expressed any interest towards it for a nesting spot.
 
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Well it turns out my dates were a week off, not sure how I got it mixed up. But I was getting worried because if I went off of January 15 she would be over 70 days pregnant. Were looking at the correct due date to be march 28. I've noticed light contractions today so we'll see if she has her kittens anytime soon.
 
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5 healthy babies. Were all born within 2 hours of first hard contractions.
 

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5 healthy babies. Were all born within 2 hours of first hard contractions.
Splendid!, well done!   Congrats!   Well haired and nicely rounded too!     :)    If they were royalties, they would get leutenants rank at once!    :)    At least.

Your first post were well over 2 weeks ago, and you though it was near.  Later you discovered you miscounted one week.

Still,  Its 7-9 days later birth than you though at first.

This means, this seems to be yet another example of  late deliveries, yet again proving late delivery are seldom a real problem for cats.   Its the premature ones which may be the real problem.
 
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