Hey all,
I'm really new to this, so I hope I'm doing this right. I'm getting really concerned about my cat.
She's about eight months old, and used to be a stray. She's my family's first cat, so we're still new to this.
When she followed my sister home in about middle September, I believe, she was a few weeks pregnant. Vet diagnosed and all. About two weeks before Halloween, she miscarried that litter. A week after that, she was in heat, I'm pretty sure- sticking her butt in the air all the time, clingier than usual, louder than usual. She had never stuck her butt up like that before and didn't ever do it again after four days of doing it, so I assume that was her in heat. She's an outside cat, and there are lots of strays near our neighborhood, so she spent that time away from our house before I could convince my parents to keep her inside (my mom's allergic to cats). It's easy to assume she got pregnant, since there are so many cats around here getting pregnant by stray toms.
Anyway, she is currently staying inside because of the freezing temperatures outside, and I changed her diet a bit. So when she got fat, I thought it was just her getting pudgy. But she put on a lot of fat REALLY quickly. Like, we went on vacation for a week, her food regimen stayed the same, but when we got back her stomach was HUGE. It now sways from side to side as she walks, and it feels rather firm to the touch. She hasn't gotten wider anywhere else on her body.
I thought she obviously must be very pregnant, except that one of the biggest signs of pregnancy is the pinking up of the nipples, and hers are still brown and shriveled, although they are sticking up if that means anything. She's gotta be pretty far along, but her nipples aren't matching any description of pregnant ones I've read about.
Also, today she's started meowing almost nonstop, just wandering the basement and not shutting up. I've fed her, she's got water, her litterbox is clean, I tried letting her outside but it's too cold and she blatantly didn't want to, and I'm not sure what her deal is. I've petted her, she's got her bed nice and fluffy, and she just won't stop. Any ideas?
Here are pics of her today, her stomach is huge.
And here's a picture of one of her nipples; they all look like this, none are producing milk (obviously), and they don't look anywhere close to pinking up anytime soon. Does this mean she's not pregnant? Could this be a tumor? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I'm really new to this, so I hope I'm doing this right. I'm getting really concerned about my cat.
She's about eight months old, and used to be a stray. She's my family's first cat, so we're still new to this.
When she followed my sister home in about middle September, I believe, she was a few weeks pregnant. Vet diagnosed and all. About two weeks before Halloween, she miscarried that litter. A week after that, she was in heat, I'm pretty sure- sticking her butt in the air all the time, clingier than usual, louder than usual. She had never stuck her butt up like that before and didn't ever do it again after four days of doing it, so I assume that was her in heat. She's an outside cat, and there are lots of strays near our neighborhood, so she spent that time away from our house before I could convince my parents to keep her inside (my mom's allergic to cats). It's easy to assume she got pregnant, since there are so many cats around here getting pregnant by stray toms.
Anyway, she is currently staying inside because of the freezing temperatures outside, and I changed her diet a bit. So when she got fat, I thought it was just her getting pudgy. But she put on a lot of fat REALLY quickly. Like, we went on vacation for a week, her food regimen stayed the same, but when we got back her stomach was HUGE. It now sways from side to side as she walks, and it feels rather firm to the touch. She hasn't gotten wider anywhere else on her body.
I thought she obviously must be very pregnant, except that one of the biggest signs of pregnancy is the pinking up of the nipples, and hers are still brown and shriveled, although they are sticking up if that means anything. She's gotta be pretty far along, but her nipples aren't matching any description of pregnant ones I've read about.
Also, today she's started meowing almost nonstop, just wandering the basement and not shutting up. I've fed her, she's got water, her litterbox is clean, I tried letting her outside but it's too cold and she blatantly didn't want to, and I'm not sure what her deal is. I've petted her, she's got her bed nice and fluffy, and she just won't stop. Any ideas?
Here are pics of her today, her stomach is huge.
And here's a picture of one of her nipples; they all look like this, none are producing milk (obviously), and they don't look anywhere close to pinking up anytime soon. Does this mean she's not pregnant? Could this be a tumor? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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