Winn just had 1 little kitty, almost 3 hours ago. She's happy and content, the kitten is nursing, and she doesn't appear to still be in labor.
When I finally got miss-escapee home (she's a 5 year old inside cat who has never had an interest in going outside, ever, until she did), I noticed she was pregnant. I think this was around august 7th? I expected it since the neighbor feeds all the strays so there are always cats around. She never got big huge pregnant, but had a firm round belly. I figured she had 2 or 3. I also could never feel more than one at a time, and never felt anything move at all (winn wasn't loving me touching her belly so I only tried a handful of times). I could see it move when she laid on her side. She looked a little fatter, but not like a hugely pregnant cat. I was on the fence about keeping one.
As soon as I got up this morning, she was yowling at me. I knew it would be today. She had never started nesting, and never lost interest in food, but I knew she was getting close. I went to work (only 3 hours), and came home and she was still meowing like crazy and so very clingy. She wanted food, so I gave her a can, she ate her usual amount, and when she came back to her blanket she always lays on, there was some clear/pink fluid. She alternated between her blanket and my bed (where I was quietly "ignoring" her while playing on my computer). She was breathing kind of heavy. I noticed around 6:15 that she was missing from either spot. She never wanted anything to do with the three nesting boxes I made up for her. I found her in a tv cabinet on top of a bunch of old VHS tapes that were just thrown about in there. Could not have been comfortable. I moved her, put two towels down, and put her back. She delivered pretty quickly. She was mad, and yowled and hissed. I saw a tail so I reached down to see if it was stuck or anything and it wasn't, but I got bit. lol, poor kitty. When the kitten was out, she growled at it, and then just glared at it for probably a full minute. Then started cleaning it.
She had it at 6:25, and 3 hours later, nothing more. Her belly still feels round, but not real firm. I can't detect kitten shapes.
Like I said, I was on the fence about keeping one. But then I saw the kitty closer, it is a classic tabby, my favorite, in tortie colors. I doubt I will be calling her "Wolfgang" like I had planned, but keeping her none the less. And learned my lesson about indoor cats needing to be spayed too
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I weighed her about an hour ago, she's 3.25 oz.
The pictures are horrible, I lost my camera, and my phone is bad, but better than nothing.
When I finally got miss-escapee home (she's a 5 year old inside cat who has never had an interest in going outside, ever, until she did), I noticed she was pregnant. I think this was around august 7th? I expected it since the neighbor feeds all the strays so there are always cats around. She never got big huge pregnant, but had a firm round belly. I figured she had 2 or 3. I also could never feel more than one at a time, and never felt anything move at all (winn wasn't loving me touching her belly so I only tried a handful of times). I could see it move when she laid on her side. She looked a little fatter, but not like a hugely pregnant cat. I was on the fence about keeping one.
As soon as I got up this morning, she was yowling at me. I knew it would be today. She had never started nesting, and never lost interest in food, but I knew she was getting close. I went to work (only 3 hours), and came home and she was still meowing like crazy and so very clingy. She wanted food, so I gave her a can, she ate her usual amount, and when she came back to her blanket she always lays on, there was some clear/pink fluid. She alternated between her blanket and my bed (where I was quietly "ignoring" her while playing on my computer). She was breathing kind of heavy. I noticed around 6:15 that she was missing from either spot. She never wanted anything to do with the three nesting boxes I made up for her. I found her in a tv cabinet on top of a bunch of old VHS tapes that were just thrown about in there. Could not have been comfortable. I moved her, put two towels down, and put her back. She delivered pretty quickly. She was mad, and yowled and hissed. I saw a tail so I reached down to see if it was stuck or anything and it wasn't, but I got bit. lol, poor kitty. When the kitten was out, she growled at it, and then just glared at it for probably a full minute. Then started cleaning it.
She had it at 6:25, and 3 hours later, nothing more. Her belly still feels round, but not real firm. I can't detect kitten shapes.
Like I said, I was on the fence about keeping one. But then I saw the kitty closer, it is a classic tabby, my favorite, in tortie colors. I doubt I will be calling her "Wolfgang" like I had planned, but keeping her none the less. And learned my lesson about indoor cats needing to be spayed too
.I weighed her about an hour ago, she's 3.25 oz.
The pictures are horrible, I lost my camera, and my phone is bad, but better than nothing.
