Hello All,
Well I have two mysteries on my hands. For the past month or so I've seen this little black kitty around our house. This isn't strange as there's about 80 million cats in our neighborhood and our yard seems to be the hang out.
However, for the past week, this little girl has been coming to visit us almost everyday. We have no idea if she's a stray or not, she has no collar and I haven't seen her "hanging out" exclusivly in anyone's driveway/backyard like most of the other cats around here.
She's also very hungry, but she could just be a mooch.
The other thing is I think she may be pregnant. I've never seen a pregnant cat before, so I'm not sure what to look for, but I picked her up and noticed that her nipples seemed really large and prominent for such a small cat. That had me looking at her belly which does seem to bulge. Moreso than my female cat who is about her same size. We have guinea pigs and she's reminding me of them when they first start to show, however when I gently feel, I can't feel any discernable shapes that may be kits, she just feels round all over.
We may be able to take her to the vet this weekend, but I don't want to take her if she belongs to someone. I'd be pretty upset if someone grabbed either of my kitties and started to take care of them.
I guess I would like people's opinions/advice on what to do. We do have two cats of our own already and I'm concerned about disease as they are primarily indoor kitties. Also, our little girl cat is very type "A" and absolutely will not tolerate any cat other than her brother. In fact, just seeing this other cat through a window causes her to attack him.
But I'm worried about this little outside girl. She's so sweet and very tiny, I doubt that she's full grown. And it's getting very cold outside now.
Thanks for any help you can offer. I can try to take pictures of her if we can't get her to the vet's.
~Julia
Well I have two mysteries on my hands. For the past month or so I've seen this little black kitty around our house. This isn't strange as there's about 80 million cats in our neighborhood and our yard seems to be the hang out.
However, for the past week, this little girl has been coming to visit us almost everyday. We have no idea if she's a stray or not, she has no collar and I haven't seen her "hanging out" exclusivly in anyone's driveway/backyard like most of the other cats around here.
She's also very hungry, but she could just be a mooch.
The other thing is I think she may be pregnant. I've never seen a pregnant cat before, so I'm not sure what to look for, but I picked her up and noticed that her nipples seemed really large and prominent for such a small cat. That had me looking at her belly which does seem to bulge. Moreso than my female cat who is about her same size. We have guinea pigs and she's reminding me of them when they first start to show, however when I gently feel, I can't feel any discernable shapes that may be kits, she just feels round all over.
We may be able to take her to the vet this weekend, but I don't want to take her if she belongs to someone. I'd be pretty upset if someone grabbed either of my kitties and started to take care of them.
I guess I would like people's opinions/advice on what to do. We do have two cats of our own already and I'm concerned about disease as they are primarily indoor kitties. Also, our little girl cat is very type "A" and absolutely will not tolerate any cat other than her brother. In fact, just seeing this other cat through a window causes her to attack him.
But I'm worried about this little outside girl. She's so sweet and very tiny, I doubt that she's full grown. And it's getting very cold outside now.
Thanks for any help you can offer. I can try to take pictures of her if we can't get her to the vet's.
~Julia