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We recently added a young cat to our family she was supposed to be 4 months old. She has been with us a month now. I have noticed she has been getting plumper. She has never been outside while we have had her. So I am positive she was pregnant when I got her. I think she may be a little older than they said when we picked her up. Since we have had her for a month I am guessing she has about two weeks left before she delivers. You can feel the kittens moving. After she has her kittens we will be scheduling her spay appointment as we really only wanted one cat.
Anyway, for the first couple days she stayed in my daughters room to get comfortable in our house. At first she was pretty skittish but she has warmed up fine now to the people in the household. The people we got her from had a dog and kids and they said she was very friendly. They did not mention any aggression towards dogs. So I don't know if this is new because she is pregnant or if she didn't really like dogs before and that is why they gave her away.
I have been trying to introduce them slowly but she just hisses at them. If they are in their crates she will go into the room they are in but run if one of them barks. The other day someone let one of the dogs in from going potty and instead of going to his crate he pranced right into the living room ignoring the cat but she ran into my daughters room and he followed and proceeded to pick up all the cat toys he could fit in his mouth. I called him and he turned around. She was hissing at him and went towards him but his tail kept her away. It swings rather quickly. Maybe since it smacked her in the face a couple times while she was trying to smack him she thought he was doing it on purpose. After being thwarted that way she went to attack his face but I pushed her away and took him out of the room. He ignored her the whole time. He just likes to pick up soft toys and carry them around so he usually goes in the kids room to pilfer their stuffed animals.
Another incident all he did was run into the living room and I called him and he turned right around and came back. She ran out of my daughters room and chased him but stopped before going in the room with the dogs. I don't think he noticed.
I am a little worried if she actually does get him he will decide to fight back and not run away. He is a medium sized dog so he could very easily hurt her. Although currently all he has in mind is being a big goof. I have stopped all introduction attempts for now as I don't want any of the animals to get hurt as well as to avoid stressing her out while she is pregnant. They currently have separate time to be free in the house.
Is there a way to get her to accept the dogs?
Anyway, for the first couple days she stayed in my daughters room to get comfortable in our house. At first she was pretty skittish but she has warmed up fine now to the people in the household. The people we got her from had a dog and kids and they said she was very friendly. They did not mention any aggression towards dogs. So I don't know if this is new because she is pregnant or if she didn't really like dogs before and that is why they gave her away.
I have been trying to introduce them slowly but she just hisses at them. If they are in their crates she will go into the room they are in but run if one of them barks. The other day someone let one of the dogs in from going potty and instead of going to his crate he pranced right into the living room ignoring the cat but she ran into my daughters room and he followed and proceeded to pick up all the cat toys he could fit in his mouth. I called him and he turned around. She was hissing at him and went towards him but his tail kept her away. It swings rather quickly. Maybe since it smacked her in the face a couple times while she was trying to smack him she thought he was doing it on purpose. After being thwarted that way she went to attack his face but I pushed her away and took him out of the room. He ignored her the whole time. He just likes to pick up soft toys and carry them around so he usually goes in the kids room to pilfer their stuffed animals.
Another incident all he did was run into the living room and I called him and he turned right around and came back. She ran out of my daughters room and chased him but stopped before going in the room with the dogs. I don't think he noticed.
I am a little worried if she actually does get him he will decide to fight back and not run away. He is a medium sized dog so he could very easily hurt her. Although currently all he has in mind is being a big goof. I have stopped all introduction attempts for now as I don't want any of the animals to get hurt as well as to avoid stressing her out while she is pregnant. They currently have separate time to be free in the house.
Is there a way to get her to accept the dogs?