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My husband and I found a very loving stay cat a little over a month ago. After checking to make sure she was not a lost pet, we adopted her into our family and named her Belle.
Well it was soon discovered that little Belle (who I think is still a very young cat herself due to her small size) was growing a very rounded belly. We were planning on taking her to the vet the week before we determined she was due to get her checked out and some advice for the kittens. However, having never had kittens before, we misjudged when she was due and she had four healthy kittens exactly a week ago.
We have been able to find most of the information we need from the Internet (well and let's be honest, Belle is doing all the work right now) on how to best care for Belle and the babies. I found this site yesterday though, and I thought it would be a good place to ask some questions we have that we are not getting consistsant answers to from our online searching.
We have decided to keep one of the kittens as well as Belle, so we will need both cats spayed/neutered. We would also like to get as many shots as possible for all the cats. We are planning on adopting them out around 8-10 weeks and have already started finding homes.
What is the cheapest/most practical way to accomplish all this? I have not owned a cat or kitten in my adult life and have no idea what these kind of things cost. We don't have a spare few hundred dollars to spend on the kittens right now, so how can all this be done at a reasonable price? Could the kitten and Belle be spayed at the same time? Would they have to go in to get shots at a seperate times?
Thank you guys for any and all advice/ help you can offer, about the questions I posted or anything else you can think of!
Pregnant Belle the week before giving.birth (she is a very small cat, we are guessing she is barely older than a kitten herself)
After giving birth
Belle yesterday with her kittens.
All the kittens in a row
Well it was soon discovered that little Belle (who I think is still a very young cat herself due to her small size) was growing a very rounded belly. We were planning on taking her to the vet the week before we determined she was due to get her checked out and some advice for the kittens. However, having never had kittens before, we misjudged when she was due and she had four healthy kittens exactly a week ago.
We have been able to find most of the information we need from the Internet (well and let's be honest, Belle is doing all the work right now) on how to best care for Belle and the babies. I found this site yesterday though, and I thought it would be a good place to ask some questions we have that we are not getting consistsant answers to from our online searching.
We have decided to keep one of the kittens as well as Belle, so we will need both cats spayed/neutered. We would also like to get as many shots as possible for all the cats. We are planning on adopting them out around 8-10 weeks and have already started finding homes.
What is the cheapest/most practical way to accomplish all this? I have not owned a cat or kitten in my adult life and have no idea what these kind of things cost. We don't have a spare few hundred dollars to spend on the kittens right now, so how can all this be done at a reasonable price? Could the kitten and Belle be spayed at the same time? Would they have to go in to get shots at a seperate times?
Thank you guys for any and all advice/ help you can offer, about the questions I posted or anything else you can think of!
Pregnant Belle the week before giving.birth (she is a very small cat, we are guessing she is barely older than a kitten herself)
After giving birth
Belle yesterday with her kittens.
All the kittens in a row