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I'll try to make the story short. A black cat showed up on my porch one day all skin and bones and losing her hair, and I felt sorry for her, so I started feeding her scraps of meat from the table. When she decided to start sleeping in our lawn chairs, I started buying her real cat food (the wet kind in a can). Any way, now she's basically my friend and lives here. She owns the outside of this house now. Over the past week, I've started to notice that her stomach is swelling quite a bit and her mammories are swollen. I believe her to be pregnant. I don't have money for a vet, so can't get professional help here. She's nice and healthy now, and her hair is all grown back nice and silky. I think she's capable of having them, but I have no idea what to do when she does. I've googled it, and I've read some of the threads here, and from the perspective of someone who has no clue what's going on, it's a bit confusing with the weening and all that. What I really want to know, is when she has these kittens do I need to do anything except keep her fed so she can feed them, and make sure they're warm and dry? Or do I need to do more for her? I'm worried because if she's pregnant now, she'll have them sometime in the winter, I believe. This is Alabama, so it won't get really cold until January or late December, but I'd really like some advice from someone who has ever been in a situation like this. I can't bring her in the house per lease policy, so I made her a place in the shed where I can keep it warm.. if she'll stay there.
What I'm asking is if anyone has a very simple guide, or some simple advice for someone who is having kittens, but doesn't know heads from tails about it.
What I'm asking is if anyone has a very simple guide, or some simple advice for someone who is having kittens, but doesn't know heads from tails about it.