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Once she has delivered and you see how big the litter is, you can say you have a nursing mom and they will probably have some babies that need a mom.I probably won't mate her again and fostering I was going to do with ino and take in some abandoned kittens and bottle feed/have ino adopted as her own. The shelter by me said that I would be able to do that and would love to have a mama cat for some newborn kittens but then declined it because I have an intact female (because she was going to be foster mom). So that's kind of confusing. Haha. I plan to foster though in the future.
I just would like to know for now, though, if it does sound like labor and how soon I should expect kittens?
Yes, prelabor can take time. Its active labor with pushing which shall not be too long. With cats the active phase is shorter than with humans.Ino is fluctuating in temperatures 99.5-98.8, she's been expressing nesting behaviors, heavy breathing (no panting), pacing, restlessness for a little over a day, and I'm the last 12 hours her milk doubled, can squeeze and get milk to show up, her belly appeared to have dropped and her belly is harder and kittens seem tighter packed.
Is this going on longer than usual though? She keeps going in and out of signs of being in labor. The only thing that's really consistent is her wanting to look at you in the eyes whether you're near or far, and when it comes to her bottom, she cries and meows for you not to look at it or touch it. What's going on and how much longer should I wait until needing medical assistance for possible labor being long?
I haven't managed to get weights because I had to pack all the little ones up and go to the emergency hospital.the hurt foot kitten, I was told it heals by itself but it's like, molded to be straight. :/