Pregnant girls

My 2 girls have been sneaking out a lot lately and now they both are pregnant I have felt my one girls (tabby) kittens move and my other girl (kitty) I believe I've felt them move but I'm not a 100% sure if it was movement or just the babies laying down I was wondering how much time they may have left they have been sneaking out a lot lately so I'm not positive when they conceived but now that I know they are pregnant I've blocked any possible way for them to get out I've never worried about getting them fixed cause I've never had a problem of them getting out they will be fixed as soon as there babies are weaned

There both naturally very petite and they still seem to be on the smaller side I've put then on kitten chow and knr is there anything else I can do to fatten them up a bit ??

kat16 said:

There both naturally very petite and they still seem to be on the smaller side I've put then on kitten chow and knr is there anything else I can do to fatten them up a bit ??

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Well, I would offer them just about as much wet food as they want. Pregnant kitties eat A LOT. There are also high calorie supplements you can look into.

I have also heard that full fat goat's milk is great for helping underweight kitties put on weight.

I'm very glad to hear that you're having them spayed after these 2 litters wean.

They normally don't care for wet food so I'll have to try and get to eat as much as I can I've already set up nesting stations in spots that they like do you know if they can have there kittens in the same room or will it cause fighting ? Cause the spot they spend the most together is my room and that's where I have the nesting boxes

kat16 said:

They normally don't care for wet food so I'll have to try and get to eat as much as I can I've already set up nesting stations in spots that they like do you know if they can have there kittens in the same room or will it cause fighting ? Cause the spot they spend the most together is my room and that's where I have the nesting boxes

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One user on here had a pair of pregnant cats (mother and daughter) who co-parented each other's litters. And pregnant and nursing cats in feral colonies will sometimes co-parent kittens. But then again, there are some mother kitties who are incredibly protective over their babies and may not want other cats near them.

I would say that you dont really need to separate them unless they give you a reason to (if they are fighting or acting aggressively towards each other).

Okay thankyouu so much

I have 2 bags set up with staril scissors floss and gloves cause I heard sometimes they need help with umbilical cord is there anything else I should get? I'm a little nervous lol

kat16 said:

I have 2 bags set up with staril scissors floss and gloves cause I heard sometimes they need help with umbilical cord is there anything else I should get? I'm a little nervous lol

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Most mother cats know how to cut the umbilical cord. Hopefully you wont have to worry about that.

I would say to try not to let them eat more than 3 or 4 placentas each though (eating more will give them diarrhea, not a serious problem, but you probably dont want your cats to have the runs while they are nursing kittens haha).

OK thankyouuu

kat16 said:

I have 2 bags set up with staril scissors floss and gloves cause I heard sometimes they need help with umbilical cord is there anything else I should get? I'm a little nervous lol

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Do not cut off the cord with sharp scissors.   They usually use blunt scissors for it.   You can also use floss for it, or even your own nails.

Moms teeth arent sterile, so you dont need to overdo the sterility, its enough its clean.

Its only if the cord is old, you want to cut it off hours after the delivery, when you can use sharp scissors.

Sterility becomes important, if for example, you know the first cat you helped does has a contagion, or you suspect it has a contagion, say distemper or Felv,  and you need to help the other cat too.   In such a case you must do your outmost to be sterile, not to transfer a contagion. 

But in normal, butter and bread cases, normal good  cleaness is enough.

Have also a scale, for measuring the weights every day.

Get home glucose sugar (brand name may be dextropur or dextrose).  If its very difficult to find, white caro syrup or even honey are OK.   You can need in in several different scenarios, both for cats and for humans.

  Get home minerale salt, or a bottle of minerale water (you see on the label it contains lotsa of different salts).  an alternative is of course, flavorleess baby pedialyte. 

Get home some kmr (you seems to have it already?  WHAT brand, exactly?)  or full fat goats milk...  Get home a needleless syringe of 1 or 1,5 ml... You can often get them for free in the pharmacia. Its used for dosing medicines.

Fleece or flannel is good in bedding.

Ah,  when you begin to feel the kittens move, you have 2-3 weeks to the delivery.   They say 2 weeks, but some forumists feel them already 3 weeks before.  I suppose its in part, if you are good at feeling off the tummies every day, or just happen to discover,  because the movements are so big anybody would notice...

But the exact hour is very difficult to make any guesses on.  Just to prepare and be ready.  As you seems to do.  

@Raina21   has give good advices.   Just to second them.  

Thank you the scissors aren'aren't sharp they are blunt and I know about the sterilization I'm just really nervous lol and I'm not sure on the exact brand I got of kmr when I get home I'll check I got it from pet smart I have 2 nesting stations with a fleece blankets and spare blankets to switch out once they get dirty I'll pick a scale up on the way home thank you guys so much

StefanZ the brand of the kmr is petAg

kat16 said:

@StefanZ the brand of the kmr is petAg

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That is a very good brand.  Especielly their KMR in powder is very reliable.  Their premade liquid less so.  OK to begin with, but for longer using the powder is better.

Re fatting up.  If you dont have problems with salomonella in eggs in your place, so raw egg yolk with for example, this kmr or with minced meat, or whatever, is very nourishing.

The powder is what I have I bought the biggest can they had lol and thank you I'll have to try it

They've eaten 2 cans of 9lives plus care wet food and about a cup each oand a half each of dry food today

I was also wondering about how many kittens should they have this is both of there first litters

There is really no way to tell how many kittens a cat will have without knowing how many eggs she released when she ovulated (which is basically impossible). So it really doesnt matter if it's their first litter. First time mothers have an equal chance of having large litters as cats who have had multiple litters.

Ok thank you I was just curious I'll keep everyone posted on updates

Question: my girls are just laying around today they've only gotten up to eat what could this mean?

It means they're pregnant and tired. [emoji]128533[/emoji] it's rough on them.