Ok, so I could have sworn a while back that she had already had her kittens. I thought for sure she suddenly looked smaller.... well, I didn't see her for 4 days and I was worried sick. Finally she came to eat. She ate an entire can of food to herself, and ate with gusto! She was very hungry. She has gotten to the point now where she will let me pet her, etc. She gets very excited and loves it. She purrs like a little motorboat!
Yesterday she came for food again and I was feeling her tummy. She still looks very bloated, and like she is still pregnant! She was letting me touch her tummy, and I thought for a second that I could feel little bones inside her tummy. Baby ribcage? So i decided, since she was being so sweet and loving, that I would test the waters on picking her up. I picked her up, and thinking she must still be pregnant, I took her in my room which is a tiny travel trailer. I went to put her in the tiny bathroom area, and the moment I set her down, she darted out the little bathroom door before I could shut it, and started climbing, maniacally, up the screen door that goes outside. She was yowling the whole time. I tried to comfort her, tell her it was ok, but she continued climbing up and then she stepped on the door handle and the door flew open with her attached to the screen. I wanted to grab her, but she was so stressed, I didnt want to get attacked. She climbed to the top of the screen door and jumped all the way down to the ground!
I was so upset, thinking she may have hurt herself or her babies, but she seemed fine. After that, she was reluctant to let me pet her.
Now I feel horrible. I wish she could understand that its warm in here and I just want to help her.
If she had already given birth almost 2 weeks ago, would her belly still look bloated on the sides like shes still pregnant? I am thinking I was mistaken and that she has not yet given birth. I am not sure what to do. It's been getting VERY cold. Last night, their water bowls froze over the top. If she gives birth in the cold like that, will she and babies freeze to death from the liquid and blood that comes with child birth??
I am so drained, mentally, emotionally, etc from these cats. If the neighbors don't start to step up and do something soon, after I have been SO nice about it, telling them we can work as a team to take care of this (get them all speutered, etc), I am going to be forced to call AC again. Of course, if it comes down to that, I will ask that they leave me as the caregiver for the 8-10+ that I have been feeding, so that nothing happens to them. Maybe if it comes down to that, Animal Control will finally provide me with some help to get these cats all fixed so they stop breeding, fighting, spraying. Theyre driving me nuts, but I love them all and I refuse to turn my head. I want so badly for these cats to have the life that they deserve. I am at my wits end about this whole thing.
I am waiting on a trap in the mail, and I have some funds so far (thank you Bella713 and Pami! <3) but being poor myself, this is going to be impossible without help. I am just completely overwhelmed. I will have a trap soon, but with there being around 10+ cats eating, the food goes by really fast and next thing I know, I am spending more on food to keep these guys fed. I hope that in the long run it doesn't prove to be impossible for me to keep these cats fed when the help runs out. I really don't know what to do!!! I have had several breakdowns over this and I feel like its controlling my life. But I have really fallen in love with these kitties, and when they are all fixed it will be even easier to love them without the spraying, fighting, kittens that break my heart, etc. I sure wish Kern County cared a little more about the animals, instead of doing nothing and letting the problem get worse and worse. They spend more money killing animals here than they do saving them, by far.
Sorry for venting, but I appreciate that all of you care so much about cats, too, and understand my feelings. Everyone I know is sick of hearing about it!
Love Always,
~ Bobbi ~
Yesterday she came for food again and I was feeling her tummy. She still looks very bloated, and like she is still pregnant! She was letting me touch her tummy, and I thought for a second that I could feel little bones inside her tummy. Baby ribcage? So i decided, since she was being so sweet and loving, that I would test the waters on picking her up. I picked her up, and thinking she must still be pregnant, I took her in my room which is a tiny travel trailer. I went to put her in the tiny bathroom area, and the moment I set her down, she darted out the little bathroom door before I could shut it, and started climbing, maniacally, up the screen door that goes outside. She was yowling the whole time. I tried to comfort her, tell her it was ok, but she continued climbing up and then she stepped on the door handle and the door flew open with her attached to the screen. I wanted to grab her, but she was so stressed, I didnt want to get attacked. She climbed to the top of the screen door and jumped all the way down to the ground!
If she had already given birth almost 2 weeks ago, would her belly still look bloated on the sides like shes still pregnant? I am thinking I was mistaken and that she has not yet given birth. I am not sure what to do. It's been getting VERY cold. Last night, their water bowls froze over the top. If she gives birth in the cold like that, will she and babies freeze to death from the liquid and blood that comes with child birth??
I am so drained, mentally, emotionally, etc from these cats. If the neighbors don't start to step up and do something soon, after I have been SO nice about it, telling them we can work as a team to take care of this (get them all speutered, etc), I am going to be forced to call AC again. Of course, if it comes down to that, I will ask that they leave me as the caregiver for the 8-10+ that I have been feeding, so that nothing happens to them. Maybe if it comes down to that, Animal Control will finally provide me with some help to get these cats all fixed so they stop breeding, fighting, spraying. Theyre driving me nuts, but I love them all and I refuse to turn my head. I want so badly for these cats to have the life that they deserve. I am at my wits end about this whole thing.
I am waiting on a trap in the mail, and I have some funds so far (thank you Bella713 and Pami! <3) but being poor myself, this is going to be impossible without help. I am just completely overwhelmed. I will have a trap soon, but with there being around 10+ cats eating, the food goes by really fast and next thing I know, I am spending more on food to keep these guys fed. I hope that in the long run it doesn't prove to be impossible for me to keep these cats fed when the help runs out. I really don't know what to do!!! I have had several breakdowns over this and I feel like its controlling my life. But I have really fallen in love with these kitties, and when they are all fixed it will be even easier to love them without the spraying, fighting, kittens that break my heart, etc. I sure wish Kern County cared a little more about the animals, instead of doing nothing and letting the problem get worse and worse. They spend more money killing animals here than they do saving them, by far.
Sorry for venting, but I appreciate that all of you care so much about cats, too, and understand my feelings. Everyone I know is sick of hearing about it!
Love Always,
~ Bobbi ~