A heavily pregnant tiny cat jumped in through our cat flap this morning, demanded food and then curled up on my lap. She is so tiny I am worried, she seems to have a very large lump across her tummy. I can feel nothing moving and yet her nipples are enlarged and a little crusty. Just how early can young cats get pregnant? There is a cat problem in the village but we are a mile from the village so she has either been dropped off at our farm or she was desperate to move into a house where there are already 7 cats and 2 dogs.
She is quite bossy and obviously a survivor I want to give her a chance. I am experienced with animals but have never had a pregnant one as all my animals have been neutered. We have goats, llamas and tortoise but they are all boys.
I will take a photo and post it here tomorrow but I didn't want to frighten her today by sticking a camera in her face.
I have got so much info from this wonderful site I feel I can cope for a couple of days but I am going to take her to the vet simply because she is so small. Do cat ever have to be aborted because they are too young and too small to deliver? I have made her a box and a basket with pillow cases in them following all the advice from here, but she just wants to curl up on my lap. I am not too sure what to do with her tonight, but at least she knows about the cat flap, and I do not want to shut her in, mind you I think I will have difficulty in extricating her frm my lap...!!LOL
Anyway I will keep you all informed and if anyone has any advice re size etc. I would love to hear it.
Thanks for a great site.
Washy in France
She is quite bossy and obviously a survivor I want to give her a chance. I am experienced with animals but have never had a pregnant one as all my animals have been neutered. We have goats, llamas and tortoise but they are all boys.
I will take a photo and post it here tomorrow but I didn't want to frighten her today by sticking a camera in her face.
I have got so much info from this wonderful site I feel I can cope for a couple of days but I am going to take her to the vet simply because she is so small. Do cat ever have to be aborted because they are too young and too small to deliver? I have made her a box and a basket with pillow cases in them following all the advice from here, but she just wants to curl up on my lap. I am not too sure what to do with her tonight, but at least she knows about the cat flap, and I do not want to shut her in, mind you I think I will have difficulty in extricating her frm my lap...!!LOL
Anyway I will keep you all informed and if anyone has any advice re size etc. I would love to hear it.
Thanks for a great site.
Washy in France