Time for birth?????

Well it seems like shes never going to have them!!!! She seems to have lost interest in food and is starting to be a bit short with me. I guess this means she could deliver soon??? I havent seen anything come out yet so i'm not sure what do you think a day? thanks in advance for any help!!

It is hard to say because each cat is different. Some get real affectionate, while others get aggressive, some eat right up to the first contraction while others stop eating 24 hours before the first kitten is born. It isn't a cut-and-dried procedure to predict. I would just put her in a room with a choice of nesting boxes and check on her periodically-

i know the felling i'm dying for my mikayla to have kittens!!!

Keep us updated! Like Mary Anne said each cats behaviour varies so much, you really can't tell. Good luck.

Well nothing yet, i've been checking on her every hour trying to sit with her and talk to her. I'm still trying to gain her trust as shes a stray that was dropped off at my house les then a week ago so were still learing about each other. I just hope once she has them she'll trust me enough to be with them and check them!!! Shes been abused in the past so i know shes going to be a bit scared!!! But i will keep posted im hoping sometime this weekend as i have it off!!! thanks for the support!

Well i checked in on her and her blanket has some blood on it, so i'm assuming that means soon?? Shes ok right its just the pre birth stuff??? she expelled it sometime this morning and its now like 6 so if she doesnt start birthing soon do i get worried?? thanks
jenn

Jenn it would be the plug-

Is she having any contractions?

No not that i can tell yet. Shes just in her nesting area's being kind of grouchy. Then again she bit my friend the other day who has spent just as much time with her as i have, i just hope once the kittens come she'll allow me to help her and not bite me, i've only had her a week so our bond isnt there and she was abused so she is not a very trusting cat.

well she started having her kittens and i went to check on the first one and she ate the arm off??????? will she do this to all of them??? how to i stop it i'm freaking out!!!!!!! please!!!!!!

we have another dead one i think they are all dead they are comming out with no fur making no noise nothing!!!!! very very small too how do i know??

The only thing you can do is let her deliver them and if they are born alive, take them away from her right now. Put them in a warm place- use the tips on www.kitten-rescue.com to keep them warm and get them fed, but prepare yourself for the possibility they may not survive. Apparently she knows something is wrong and she is trying to do something about the ill ones- I am sorry you have to deal with this. Take the dead ones and wrap them up carefully in a newspaper and place them somewhere out of the way for now and see if she has any live birth kittens.

ok thanks she just delivered a third with fur her first one with fur but he was sooo small and not breathing so far 3 of 3 are dead i just hope its not me??? i mean they were sick and didnt develop right??? or did i do something wrong???? i'm sooo confused!!!!!!

Oh dear ... Hissy has given you excellent advice. I'll be online a while so we are here if you need us.

You didn't do anything wrong, dear - sometimes this just happens - nature is a quirky b*tch. Please don't hold yourself responsible.

You did nothing wrong. If she was put outside and got pregnant by a local tomcat he could have passed something to her kittens, or these kittens were just premature and she is aware that something is dreadfully wrong. Don't get upset that she started to get rid of one, in her mind she is trying to keep her family save and get rid of anything that brings predators to her nest. It doesn't matter that she is safe inside your home, she still is driven by instinct.

Please get her spayed after this is over for her. And do not let her outside, losing all these kittens will automatically throw her into a heat cycle and if she gets out, she will get pregnant again.

You said these kittens have no hair? If they have no hair they are way to early to come on teh scene, and unless you are really skilled at stimulating, and tube feeding premature kittens, it is doubtful they will survive. I'm sorry, I just don't sugarcoat things-

Kali, I am going to merge your threads together. The subject line is a bit shocking for some of our members so merging them will just put the whole story together.

Also in reading the entire thread, you said she has been abused. That could be why this is happening, it depends on the nature of the abuse, but again, please get her spayed after this nightmare is over for both of your sakes.

ok thanks i need the reassuring because its pretty tough to have to see this, i just didnt expect it but i knew i had no idea what had happened to her before this last week that i had her. She already has an appt i got it for her as soon as she came into my care to get spayed shoted tested ect. now what will happen if she doesnt have any alive??? will the milk go away??? how do i know when she's done having them??? thanks again

I would call your vet and talk to him. That is what they get the big bucks for. But your vet needs to know this is happening, and he can advise you best as to what to do, and how to tell when she is done. How is she doing now?

I am very very sorry that you have to deal with this and i wish you all the best. Is she done yet? Hopefully, one will survive. My cat is having kittens soon, so this all kind of scares me. Hope this does not happen. Good Luck and please remember that you did nothing wrong.


All the best,
Natasha