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Hi Everyone!
I'm new here although I have been lurking for weeks! We have a gorgeous kitty that was actually my teenage son's friends cat, who I had agreed to "watch" while they looked for a new home for her. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. So I finally told them to not to bother to look for a home for her that we would love to keep her. After that I had made arrangements to have her spayed, but she managed to escape a few days before her appointment. So here we are expecting kittens.
Lilybear is just over 2 years old and I just recently found out that this will be her 4th (and last litter) Her first litter I was told she had 2 kittens that both died. Her 2nd litter I'm still unclear how many she had but I know two survived and her 3rd litter she had 4 and 3 survived. I believe she had about 6 or 7 months before becoming pregnant for this current litter. She was with us for about 4 months before she escaped, and one of her babies is with my son's friend and he is about 9 months old I believe.
I feel so badly that this poor cat has been through so many litters in her short life and of course it has me worried if it has been too soon for her to have recovered enough to have healthy kittens. I have a zillion questions since I have not had a cat that has had kittens since I was a child myself!
I know exactly when she mated because it was the only time she had ever gotten out of the house. June 11th, making her 66 days today!
She is showing no real obvious signs that labor is approaching other then occasionally getting into the area I have prepared for her to nest.
What are the most obvious signs that labor is close?
I keep checking her lady parts but see nothing unusual.
She is still eating normally.
The only real sign that maybe we are getting close is she is sleeping much more and very restless the past two nights.
For those of you that have had kittens how many days were your cats pregnant?
She is a quite small cat and before getting pregnant people often would mistaken her for a 6 month old kitten rather then a full grown cat. So I'm worried with her being such a small cat she might have difficulties. Any suggestions as a first time kitten mommy?
Tracy
I'm new here although I have been lurking for weeks! We have a gorgeous kitty that was actually my teenage son's friends cat, who I had agreed to "watch" while they looked for a new home for her. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. So I finally told them to not to bother to look for a home for her that we would love to keep her. After that I had made arrangements to have her spayed, but she managed to escape a few days before her appointment. So here we are expecting kittens.
Lilybear is just over 2 years old and I just recently found out that this will be her 4th (and last litter) Her first litter I was told she had 2 kittens that both died. Her 2nd litter I'm still unclear how many she had but I know two survived and her 3rd litter she had 4 and 3 survived. I believe she had about 6 or 7 months before becoming pregnant for this current litter. She was with us for about 4 months before she escaped, and one of her babies is with my son's friend and he is about 9 months old I believe.
I feel so badly that this poor cat has been through so many litters in her short life and of course it has me worried if it has been too soon for her to have recovered enough to have healthy kittens. I have a zillion questions since I have not had a cat that has had kittens since I was a child myself!
I know exactly when she mated because it was the only time she had ever gotten out of the house. June 11th, making her 66 days today!
She is showing no real obvious signs that labor is approaching other then occasionally getting into the area I have prepared for her to nest.
What are the most obvious signs that labor is close?
I keep checking her lady parts but see nothing unusual.
She is still eating normally.
The only real sign that maybe we are getting close is she is sleeping much more and very restless the past two nights.
For those of you that have had kittens how many days were your cats pregnant?
She is a quite small cat and before getting pregnant people often would mistaken her for a 6 month old kitten rather then a full grown cat. So I'm worried with her being such a small cat she might have difficulties. Any suggestions as a first time kitten mommy?
Tracy