Hello all
I've been reading the excellent cat pregnancy advice on this forum for the last month or so as my lovely kitty Tinkerbelle is pregnant. She is 14 months old and before I got round to spaying her (I was intending to!) she escaped one night in January and is now expecting babies. Don't worry...she shall be spayed shortly after the kittens are born and my vet is aware of the situation.
Although its an unplanned pregnancy, I could not be happier. She is expecting 2-3 kittens (according to the vet), 2 of which we shall keep and my relatives are fighting for the other one (if god willing, they are born safe and healthy).
She has been nesting since early February, eating loads and has become so affectionate! However, the wait is agonising. It seems like she acted 'more pregnant' (e.g. nesting) a few weeks ago, than now. Which makes the wait even more agonsing. But these days she sleeps plenty! I guess I am writing this message as I empathise so much with all of you who are also playing the waiting game.
Tinkerbelle has a strange habit though.....she suckles on Gizmo, my 9 year old neutered male cat, very frequently (the two of them are like best pals). Gizmo seems to let her as he is an attention addict. Does anyone have similar experience of this? I'm just wondering if she's going to continue this habit when she has her own babies to nurse!
I attach a link to some pics of my cats (Tinky is the brown tortoiseshell (her stomach is much more huge than in the pic..taken 3 weeks ago), Gizmo is the black and white one).....
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/giz...bum?.dir=/eecc
This is a great site. Its wonderful to read about the cat lovers and their cats out there.
Minxie x
I've been reading the excellent cat pregnancy advice on this forum for the last month or so as my lovely kitty Tinkerbelle is pregnant. She is 14 months old and before I got round to spaying her (I was intending to!) she escaped one night in January and is now expecting babies. Don't worry...she shall be spayed shortly after the kittens are born and my vet is aware of the situation.
Although its an unplanned pregnancy, I could not be happier. She is expecting 2-3 kittens (according to the vet), 2 of which we shall keep and my relatives are fighting for the other one (if god willing, they are born safe and healthy).
She has been nesting since early February, eating loads and has become so affectionate! However, the wait is agonising. It seems like she acted 'more pregnant' (e.g. nesting) a few weeks ago, than now. Which makes the wait even more agonsing. But these days she sleeps plenty! I guess I am writing this message as I empathise so much with all of you who are also playing the waiting game.
Tinkerbelle has a strange habit though.....she suckles on Gizmo, my 9 year old neutered male cat, very frequently (the two of them are like best pals). Gizmo seems to let her as he is an attention addict. Does anyone have similar experience of this? I'm just wondering if she's going to continue this habit when she has her own babies to nurse!
I attach a link to some pics of my cats (Tinky is the brown tortoiseshell (her stomach is much more huge than in the pic..taken 3 weeks ago), Gizmo is the black and white one).....
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/giz...bum?.dir=/eecc
This is a great site. Its wonderful to read about the cat lovers and their cats out there.
Minxie x