Is she about to have the babies.

My neighbor's cat is pregnant. The other day she almost looked like a football, but today it looks like she is WAY bigger on the underneath of her belly. It is like they moved from up on the sides to under her stomach and down. The are not all the way like down her body. When I say that I mean it looks like they haven't moved towards all the way towards her vagina. If I remember right with Baby Kitty after that happened she gave birth pretty soon. So am I right to think she is going to have them soon, or is it different with every cat? 

Ryan Glenn said:

 
My neighbor's cat is pregnant. The other day she almost looked like a football, but today it looks like she is WAY bigger on the underneath of her belly. It is like they moved from up on the sides to under her stomach and down. The are not all the way like down her body. When I say that I mean it looks like they haven't moved towards all the way towards her vagina. If I remember right with Baby Kitty after that happened she gave birth pretty soon. So am I right to think she is going to have them soon, or is it different with every cat? 

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If she has dropped, as it sounds, it should be soon yes.  She shouldnt be outside now, I hope they have prepared for her to be inside.

If not, can you help out in some way`?

I will have to post pictures of her. They have two places for her to nest (thankfully they trust me and listened to what I was saying). But they do not stay at their house right now. I was going to see if I could bring her over to my house. These kittens will be a product of inbreeding. though mommy and daddy have different dads, but same mom. They are a few generations apart as well. 

I'm sorry to hear about this situation and glad you are doing your utmost to help mom and these kitties. Is she outside while they aren't home? How long will they be gone? As StefanZ very rightly states it is MUCH safer and nicer for both her and the kittens if she is able to give birth inside.

Are you also able to bring up spaying and neutering with this family or might that be too touchy of a subject?

tulosai said:

I'm sorry to hear about this situation and glad you are doing your utmost to help mom and these kitties. Is she outside while they aren't home? How long will they be gone? As StefanZ very rightly states it is MUCH safer and nicer for both her and the kittens if she is able to give birth inside.

Are you also able to bring up spaying and neutering with this family or might that be too touchy of a subject?

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She is inside I just do not want her to have the kittens alone. Yes I am very aware that most cats can do just fine on their own and almost never need help, but I would still like someone to be there. They were going to spay their female and then they heard about what happened to Baby kitty (My female). By the time they were going to get their male fixed she was pregnant. Now though they have way to much going on and will not be able to. 

Ryan Glenn said:

She is inside I just do not want her to have the kittens alone. Yes I am very aware that most cats can do just fine on their own and almost never need help, but I would still like someone to be there. They were going to spay their female and then they heard about what happened to Baby kitty (My female). By the time they were going to get their male fixed she was pregnant. Now though they have way to much going on and will not be able to. 

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While it's true that odds are she'll be fine I'd never recommend to someone to let their cat be alone during a birth if there's any other option- while things going poorly is unlikely sometimes when things go wrong they go really wrong so I don't think you're silly to be concerned.

Please keep us updated!

So you now have your neighbor's cat inside your house with you? And you will keep her and the kittens when they come for now so that she is not outside or moving from house to house? I'm just confused as to where she is staying.

Sometimes I am told to leave them be. Believe me I know to leave them alone unless they cannot do it on their own. Morticia (AKA Baby Kitty) gave birth to all of her kittens perfectly fine on her own until she had the last one. It was breech and its sac was popped. Even with me pulling every time she had a contraction it still took us  minuets. I finally had to grab some of her fur on one side and slip my finger in to pop its head out. It was dead when it came out. I tried to revive it but it didn't work. While I was rubbing it the amniotic fluid that it had breathed in was coming out of its mouth. I felt bad. I quickly hid it so that she couldn't see. My dog saw it on the other hand. He picked it up from my hand and was licking it. I even put it in a box so we could bury it the next day and he tore the box up. I woke up in the middle of the night to find him licking it. It was laying between his paws. I know that was soooo off topic. But sometimes people like to hear that story. I will keep you all updated. I hope I will get to experience the birth. It was amazing when I watched Baby Kitty. I know a lot of people think it is gross, but it is a great learning experience. 

sarthur2 said:

So you now have your neighbor's cat inside your house with you? And you will keep her and the kittens when they come for now so that she is not outside or moving from house to house? I'm just confused as to where she is staying.

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She is inside my neighbors house. My neighbor had something VERY bad happen to her, so at the moment she is not staying at her house. I was thinking about asking my neighbor if I could bring her over to my house. We already agreed that if she gave birth and she still was not staying at her house then I would bring the kittens and her cat Elsa to my house. 

My question is this: Where is the cat? With you or at the neighbor's house with no one home?

Oh, our comments crossed. The cat should not be alone. She should be with you. Please ask right away if you can bring the pregnant cat to stay at your house for now. Who is feeding this poor, alone cat?

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My question is this: Where is the cat? With you or at the neighbor's house with no one home?

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I know what your question was. I just didn't see it until after I was done responding to tulosai's question. After I saw yours I responded. 

I posted another comment asking if you can get the cat to your house NOW instead of it being alone so she can be around you for the birth.