Okay I just joined this site but have been reading depth for DAYS at all of the "I don't know if my cat is pregnant" and "how to tell if your cat is pregnant" posts. This may be a bit all over the place but here's the story:
I have two cats, Buttons, a black cat with a white patch who is almost two (intact, going to be neutered any day now) and Bella, a tiny tortie (possible torbie) who is almost a year old who is not spayed. Now I definitely know the importance of spay/neuter so I definitely don't need/am not looking for that advice. I had meant to have it done just before Christmas but a family emergency came up unexpectedly. We had done a great job of keeping our two cats separate, they actually were buddies who cuddled (when I was present) for the most part
but there were a few times where Bella would go to get a bite to eat and Buttons would jump down and try to grab her neck, he never succeeded at mating though. When she was in heat they were completely separated. Fast forward to December, Bella went into heat the week of December 18th and stopped suddenly on December 22nd (previously Bella would go into heat every 2 weeks for 7 days). I was gone for most of the day on the 21st and 22nd so I have a feeling my dad (who lived upstairs) or my boyfriend accidentally let them be together because her heat just stopped so suddenly. We left on Christmas holidays to my family's place down the island on the 23rd and took Bella with us, she was pretty scared ad stayed in the spare room in her crate basically the whole time. She's never done that. So Bella has not gone into heat since, her little nips are SO big, you could never even know she had nipples before unless you really dug around in her fur. She HATES being alone now, she cries and tries to jump onto my leg and pull me back into the room if I leave. She wants me to sit on the floor with her. She hates her stomach being touched but it's probably because I'm always trying to see her nips or feel her belly! She has definetely gained some weight, and has "sides" to her now. She's always been such a tiny cat that any amount of increase is noticeable! It also looks like her underbelly is getting a bit bigger, but it's definitely the sides. She meows a lot, and seems to be nesting like I've read about.
What I'm concerned about is her nipples are quite dry with black spots on them? The tips almost look like black spotted dry scabs sort of maybe? And I'm also concerned that I can't really feel any movement!? Is this bad? The lumps I can feel are kind of farther back, even up higher sometimes but they move around quite often. Sometimes they'l be by her hindlegs and then they''ll be down by her belly. Then the other ones I can feel are sometimes up near her ribcage then they move lower down or up her side more. She's still jumping a lot too
I'm just really worried I guess,
she's my baby and I want to take care of her as best I can. I've set up quite a few nests for her even though I'm not completely convinced she's pregnant. It's really hard going back and forth every few minutes nevermind everyday, thinking "Yep, she's definitely pregnant!" to, "well..maybe not?.." haha! Maybe some of you can give me some insight!? Anything would be helpful at this point! I know vets could give me insight, however I've heard so much about vets damaging kittens and that makes me nervous too! Plus I'd kind of rather save my money and wait it out and spend my money on having the kittens spay/neutered etc before they go to good homes
And yes, I plan to have her spayed 8 weeks after the kittens are born or sooner if she's not pregnant
I have two cats, Buttons, a black cat with a white patch who is almost two (intact, going to be neutered any day now) and Bella, a tiny tortie (possible torbie) who is almost a year old who is not spayed. Now I definitely know the importance of spay/neuter so I definitely don't need/am not looking for that advice. I had meant to have it done just before Christmas but a family emergency came up unexpectedly. We had done a great job of keeping our two cats separate, they actually were buddies who cuddled (when I was present) for the most part
What I'm concerned about is her nipples are quite dry with black spots on them? The tips almost look like black spotted dry scabs sort of maybe? And I'm also concerned that I can't really feel any movement!? Is this bad? The lumps I can feel are kind of farther back, even up higher sometimes but they move around quite often. Sometimes they'l be by her hindlegs and then they''ll be down by her belly. Then the other ones I can feel are sometimes up near her ribcage then they move lower down or up her side more. She's still jumping a lot too
And yes, I plan to have her spayed 8 weeks after the kittens are born or sooner if she's not pregnant