It's my own fault. Loudmouth is 3 weeks into her new litter, with only 3 weeks or so to go before her appointment for spaying, so I've been keeping her inside. She hasn't gone out AT ALL since about a week before her last litter was born. But today the weather was so nice, I decided to open a window in the living room where I could watch her and tell her to get out of the window. But I of course fell asleep in the chair, and next thing I know I'm waking up to a flapping screen and no Loudmouth to be found. Also, her 2 5 month old unspayed kittens from her last litter got out too. I've found Yellow and Blue (the 2 girls, denoted by collar color) but Loudmouth is flat out gone. I know she's out there prowling, and there are far too many toms for her to NOT get preggers again.
I don't know what to do. Vets here won't spay if she's got milk, and they won't spay if they're 2 weeks pregnant or more. Even if I wait till the very last day, that still only puts her kittens at 5 weeks old, not weaned, and her not dried up. I've heard about a different altering procedure where they make 3 small incisions called a laproscopy, or something similar. But I don't know the cost on that, and I don't know if it can be done while nursing.
I'm seriously to the point where I really need to find a new home for her. This will be the 3rd time she's been pregnant with me, and the 2nd time she's managed to get preggers BEFORE her apt to get fixed. She's so slippery. And what if she doesn't come back? I'm already supplementing her 7 kittens by bottlefeeding them Justborn milk replacer, because she doesn't feed them enough. How on earth am I supposed to be the ONLY source fo their food? Good grief what a mess.
I've never EVER felt the need to just dump off a cat somewhere, but now I understand why people do it. Sometimes their pets are just too much for them to cope with, and letting them go somewhere else can seem like a better alternative than taking them to a high-kill shelter. I seriously need some help with this one. Maybe now the human society will work with me, though I'm not holding out much hope. They haven't done anything for the other 2 litters, so they in part allowed the burden of at least 13 new cats to enter this world. I'm at the end of my rope and doing what I can. Any suggestions are welcome. And support. Oh yeah, support would be nice.
I don't know what to do. Vets here won't spay if she's got milk, and they won't spay if they're 2 weeks pregnant or more. Even if I wait till the very last day, that still only puts her kittens at 5 weeks old, not weaned, and her not dried up. I've heard about a different altering procedure where they make 3 small incisions called a laproscopy, or something similar. But I don't know the cost on that, and I don't know if it can be done while nursing.
I'm seriously to the point where I really need to find a new home for her. This will be the 3rd time she's been pregnant with me, and the 2nd time she's managed to get preggers BEFORE her apt to get fixed. She's so slippery. And what if she doesn't come back? I'm already supplementing her 7 kittens by bottlefeeding them Justborn milk replacer, because she doesn't feed them enough. How on earth am I supposed to be the ONLY source fo their food? Good grief what a mess.
I've never EVER felt the need to just dump off a cat somewhere, but now I understand why people do it. Sometimes their pets are just too much for them to cope with, and letting them go somewhere else can seem like a better alternative than taking them to a high-kill shelter. I seriously need some help with this one. Maybe now the human society will work with me, though I'm not holding out much hope. They haven't done anything for the other 2 litters, so they in part allowed the burden of at least 13 new cats to enter this world. I'm at the end of my rope and doing what I can. Any suggestions are welcome. And support. Oh yeah, support would be nice.