Hello,
Recently I've been caring for a stray kitten whom I previously thought was spayed because of her ear tip. However, the tip is on the "wrong" ear (right instead of left), is a little bit uneven and goes quite far down the ear. Now I've noticed that she has a somewhat enlarged belly area (moreso on the sides than the bottom) and I fear she might be pregnant. I've never witnessed her go into estrus, but I have seen an unfixed male cat attempt to mate with her once, and during that one time she did make some distressed mews & lordosis behavior.
I've been trying VERY hard to capture this kitten to take her to get spayed (if she needs it) but she's eluded me for 11 days thus far. She won't go in a humane pet trap because she was accidentally captured in one previously when the apartment was trying to get rid of raccoons. I'm very fearful of her having kittens because the apartment may decide to whisk her away to a kill shelter, and to make matters worse, an unknown neighbor recently threatened to poison the cats with rat poison.
Does anyone know if this appears to be a genuine ear tip, or is it some sort of injury or congenital issue? Can spayed cats show mating behavior in the presence of unfixed males? I'll keep trying to capture her either way, but it would put my mind at ease to know what others think. Thank you.
Recently I've been caring for a stray kitten whom I previously thought was spayed because of her ear tip. However, the tip is on the "wrong" ear (right instead of left), is a little bit uneven and goes quite far down the ear. Now I've noticed that she has a somewhat enlarged belly area (moreso on the sides than the bottom) and I fear she might be pregnant. I've never witnessed her go into estrus, but I have seen an unfixed male cat attempt to mate with her once, and during that one time she did make some distressed mews & lordosis behavior.
I've been trying VERY hard to capture this kitten to take her to get spayed (if she needs it) but she's eluded me for 11 days thus far. She won't go in a humane pet trap because she was accidentally captured in one previously when the apartment was trying to get rid of raccoons. I'm very fearful of her having kittens because the apartment may decide to whisk her away to a kill shelter, and to make matters worse, an unknown neighbor recently threatened to poison the cats with rat poison.
Does anyone know if this appears to be a genuine ear tip, or is it some sort of injury or congenital issue? Can spayed cats show mating behavior in the presence of unfixed males? I'll keep trying to capture her either way, but it would put my mind at ease to know what others think. Thank you.