Here is the story... My best friend since childhood had 4 breeding sphynx. After a series of very unfortunate events, she broke down and was unable to care for them, so we took them in. We picked up the first 2 last Friday. One male, and one female. My friend said that about a month ago, they mated, but she thought that the female was infertile because she is over 2 and had never gotten pregnant...
So Monday we take both to the vet and ask if she is PG... the vet feels around, says she does palpate anything so we schedule their FeLV/FIV/FIP testing as well as a HCG screening for Wednesday... they received their vaccinations and all was negative on the screens... however that night, we noticed slight a bloody discharge on the poo coming from the female... called the vet and she said it was stress related from the new home and vaccinations and to give her some pepto...
Fast forward to last night, I'm laying on the floor playing with them and notice her nipples are bright pink and somewhat large...
From all the cat breeding books I've read and searches on the internet, I found that that can be a first sign of pregnancy...
So I called my friend and she informs me that she never really kept tabs on when her cats bred... she was guestamating a month, but it wasn't like she kept a calendar... she figured if they got PG, they got PG... they could have done the deed anytime...
Now I'm worried that I vaccinated a pregnant cat... we so want to do right by these cats!
I know that there is nothing I can do... what's done is done... I've read that their are three options on the outcome of the kittens if she is PG (dead, deformed, ok)... but I just feel lost...
So just to help me out... can anyone tell me if this is pinking??
If it is than I will continue to worry until I can get her into a vet next week... if not... I might be able to get a good nights sleep...
Thanks in advance...
So Monday we take both to the vet and ask if she is PG... the vet feels around, says she does palpate anything so we schedule their FeLV/FIV/FIP testing as well as a HCG screening for Wednesday... they received their vaccinations and all was negative on the screens... however that night, we noticed slight a bloody discharge on the poo coming from the female... called the vet and she said it was stress related from the new home and vaccinations and to give her some pepto...
Fast forward to last night, I'm laying on the floor playing with them and notice her nipples are bright pink and somewhat large...
From all the cat breeding books I've read and searches on the internet, I found that that can be a first sign of pregnancy...
So I called my friend and she informs me that she never really kept tabs on when her cats bred... she was guestamating a month, but it wasn't like she kept a calendar... she figured if they got PG, they got PG... they could have done the deed anytime...
Now I'm worried that I vaccinated a pregnant cat... we so want to do right by these cats!
I know that there is nothing I can do... what's done is done... I've read that their are three options on the outcome of the kittens if she is PG (dead, deformed, ok)... but I just feel lost...
So just to help me out... can anyone tell me if this is pinking??
If it is than I will continue to worry until I can get her into a vet next week... if not... I might be able to get a good nights sleep...
Thanks in advance...