Hi. I'm a new user to the forum and have a few questions about a cat my mother-in-law found and I have aquired. I'm not much of a cat person but she was so thin and dirty, I decided I would bring her home and clean up to make her an indoor cat. The first night she was here she ate a whole can of cat food and all of the dry food I left out, as well as her water. When I first picked her up the first thing I noticed was that her nipples were hard, but when I talked to my in-laws they didn't really say much about it. I have noticed within the 2 days that I've had her that they are still hard and are starting to swell up. There isn't a whole lot of hair under her belly and around the nipples, but she doesn't look like she has recently had kittens or anything and isn't leaking milk. I can also feel little lumps as I rub her belly (gently). I have contacted my vet and have an appointment for her on Monday, but was kind of wanting some other thoughts or opinions as to whether it could be something else. You can definately tell where her abdomen is swollen and where it ends because it kind of just drops off into the rest of her body. It's hard as well. I'll attach some pictures of her to give a visual idea as to what I'm talking about. **She has also been sleeping alot...is this normal for cats?
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