Hi everyone, I've been looking over these forums and they seem very helpful, so here is my story.
My boyfriend and I live in a small house with one female cat (fixed) that I've had for 8 years. In august we noticed a small cat (possibly a kitten) kept coming around, we'd see her in the yard quite often, but she would take off when we went out. She was SO skinny and sickly and I was worried for her that she didn't have anywhere to live, so I started feeding her and soon enough she moved right onto our back porch. She became very friendly with us and we let her in the house every now and again, her and my cat pretty much stay away from each other, no major conflicts, not best friends, etc.
Fast forward to this week. We noticed a huge cut on her neck and decided to let her in. My boyfriend assumed she was pregnant because let's face it, stray females usually do get pregnant. We haven't let her back out because of this cut, I tried to clean it up a bit and put anti-bac ointment on. We don't want the cut to get infected. But now we've taken notice and are fairly sure she is pregnant, and seems to be getting a lot larger by the day. Before we were sure (last week) I contacted a clinic to see if we could get her fixed, but at this point I think she may be about 2 weeks from birth. We really do not have a lot of money for any of this (which is why we had contacted the clinic), we can't afford vet visits etc. and really have no clue what to expect or do. I am willing to let her have the kittens and keep them in the house until they are old enough to be adopted, but I don't know how to handle any of this. I'm also willing to let an experienced person take her and handle it, and we would take her back afterwards, or she could be put up for adoption also, i just want to help her (and the kittens). I just don't know what to do or who to contact. The lady at the clinic has not contacted me back yet, I think she may have been out of the area this weekend.. If anyone has any advice or anything please let me know. Thank you so much!
tricia.
My boyfriend and I live in a small house with one female cat (fixed) that I've had for 8 years. In august we noticed a small cat (possibly a kitten) kept coming around, we'd see her in the yard quite often, but she would take off when we went out. She was SO skinny and sickly and I was worried for her that she didn't have anywhere to live, so I started feeding her and soon enough she moved right onto our back porch. She became very friendly with us and we let her in the house every now and again, her and my cat pretty much stay away from each other, no major conflicts, not best friends, etc.
Fast forward to this week. We noticed a huge cut on her neck and decided to let her in. My boyfriend assumed she was pregnant because let's face it, stray females usually do get pregnant. We haven't let her back out because of this cut, I tried to clean it up a bit and put anti-bac ointment on. We don't want the cut to get infected. But now we've taken notice and are fairly sure she is pregnant, and seems to be getting a lot larger by the day. Before we were sure (last week) I contacted a clinic to see if we could get her fixed, but at this point I think she may be about 2 weeks from birth. We really do not have a lot of money for any of this (which is why we had contacted the clinic), we can't afford vet visits etc. and really have no clue what to expect or do. I am willing to let her have the kittens and keep them in the house until they are old enough to be adopted, but I don't know how to handle any of this. I'm also willing to let an experienced person take her and handle it, and we would take her back afterwards, or she could be put up for adoption also, i just want to help her (and the kittens). I just don't know what to do or who to contact. The lady at the clinic has not contacted me back yet, I think she may have been out of the area this weekend.. If anyone has any advice or anything please let me know. Thank you so much!
tricia.
