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We brought home a stray that about 5 weeks ago, about week and a half ago we realized that she was pregnant. She is an outdoor cat and LOVES her freedom. We actually have no idea where she sleeps, just that she is always back in the morning for breakfast. we have been working very hard to make our detatched laundry room a place where she feels safe and comfortable. There are 5 boxes of various sizes with different cat like attractions (one low and dark, one large and soft, one very hidden etc) in the laundry room and we are hoping that she can find one of them suitable for the kittens' arrival. We can't bring her inside the house because she fights with our indoor only cat.
Over the past few days we have been fairly certain (from what we have read on the internet) that she will have the kittens very soon. Her nipples are pink and elongated with little crusty bits at the end (dried milk from what we have read) she just seems to move very laboriously (just like me when I am 9 months pregnant), we have felt the kittens move, she was eating ravenously over that past 2 weeks but seems to be eating a normal cat's portion now.
2 nights ago we shut her in for the night and she escaped from the locked cat door twice and after that we let her go. Last night she didn't escape because we took measures but she really tried very hard to get out. She meows pathetically when we look in on her through the window and tries to run out the door when we open it. I hate to see her unhappy but we are just so very worried that she will have the kittens outside and they will not be safe and/or we will never find them. We don't have any idea how old mama is or if this is her first litter or not. But I also am concerned that the stress of not being able to get out is bad for her and the kittens.
I would love advice on how to care for mama cat while we are waiting for the kittens and what do do to keep her in after the kittens arrive before it is safe to spay her. I would not like to have to do this all over again in 10 weeks
This will be our first litter too.
Over the past few days we have been fairly certain (from what we have read on the internet) that she will have the kittens very soon. Her nipples are pink and elongated with little crusty bits at the end (dried milk from what we have read) she just seems to move very laboriously (just like me when I am 9 months pregnant), we have felt the kittens move, she was eating ravenously over that past 2 weeks but seems to be eating a normal cat's portion now.
2 nights ago we shut her in for the night and she escaped from the locked cat door twice and after that we let her go. Last night she didn't escape because we took measures but she really tried very hard to get out. She meows pathetically when we look in on her through the window and tries to run out the door when we open it. I hate to see her unhappy but we are just so very worried that she will have the kittens outside and they will not be safe and/or we will never find them. We don't have any idea how old mama is or if this is her first litter or not. But I also am concerned that the stress of not being able to get out is bad for her and the kittens.
I would love advice on how to care for mama cat while we are waiting for the kittens and what do do to keep her in after the kittens arrive before it is safe to spay her. I would not like to have to do this all over again in 10 weeks
This will be our first litter too.