Cat Birthing Question

Hello,

I hope this is the right place to post on this topic...I'm new. I have a prego foster cat in my room at the moment. I've never assisted a birth. Heck, I've never even seen ANYTHING give birth! (I'm so excited! ) So I guess she's nearing, she was guessed to be due at the end of this month.

My couple questions are: 1. How do I know she is nearing? 2. When will she likely deliver (day/night)? 3. How soon can you handle the kittens? 4. What supplemental food should I give her?

Any other information would be great! Thank you so much!

-Elise

Usually you can tell when they are nearing birth when their titties start to get enlarged from milk and they get very lovable and don't want to be left alone. My experience with what time they usually give birth has almost always been late in the evening to the early am hours. I usually give my nursing mothers Iams kitten food and KMR. I feel it helps them to keep producing their milk. I'm sure you will get alot of information from this forum that will be very helpful to you. Good luck.