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Hi, First time poster... Long time reader here,
My cat Skittles is pregnant. She got pregnant on March 21st. Her temp dropped Thursday night to 99.8 degrees. She is not producing milk but she is nesting. She has not left her nesting box but to eat since Thursday night. Last night her temp went up to 100.9 and then this morning it is back down to 99.6. She is also not very big but at her visit to the vet 2 weeks ago the vet said that she would have a small litter. I took her back to the vet when she was about 7 weeks because I had not seen the kittens moving. She has shown no other signs of going into labor other than nesting. Should I take her into the vet? I am worried that my vet might be tired of me. Am I worrying too much?
Back info on Skittles... She was found outside in Jan of 2012. She had worms and was nearing starvation. She was about 4 months old according to the vet. After meds and several trips to the vet we decided that she was healthy enough to be fixed in Nov of 2012. 3 days before her appt my grandmother past away. My grandmother did not have life insurance and it but us into some money troubles for a few months. In March we had rescheduled her appt to get fixed and the day she was scheduled I ended up in the ER and in Surgery. We rescheduled her appt for 3 weeks later but it was too late. On March 21st, while I was in the hospital my husband accidentally let her out. She was only outside for about 4 hours until he was able to catch her but that was enough. This is the only time she has gotten out and so we know that she got pregnant this day. My younger cat Captain is fixed. We got Captain when she was 3 weeks old and bottle fed her. She did not have the same health problems as Skittles so we did not wait with her. I have never owned a cat that was not fixed... Skittles is an exception because her health was so poor when we got her. So please no yelling about over population. I know this is not an ideal situation but I was not comfortable aborting the kittens.
My cat Skittles is pregnant. She got pregnant on March 21st. Her temp dropped Thursday night to 99.8 degrees. She is not producing milk but she is nesting. She has not left her nesting box but to eat since Thursday night. Last night her temp went up to 100.9 and then this morning it is back down to 99.6. She is also not very big but at her visit to the vet 2 weeks ago the vet said that she would have a small litter. I took her back to the vet when she was about 7 weeks because I had not seen the kittens moving. She has shown no other signs of going into labor other than nesting. Should I take her into the vet? I am worried that my vet might be tired of me. Am I worrying too much?
Back info on Skittles... She was found outside in Jan of 2012. She had worms and was nearing starvation. She was about 4 months old according to the vet. After meds and several trips to the vet we decided that she was healthy enough to be fixed in Nov of 2012. 3 days before her appt my grandmother past away. My grandmother did not have life insurance and it but us into some money troubles for a few months. In March we had rescheduled her appt to get fixed and the day she was scheduled I ended up in the ER and in Surgery. We rescheduled her appt for 3 weeks later but it was too late. On March 21st, while I was in the hospital my husband accidentally let her out. She was only outside for about 4 hours until he was able to catch her but that was enough. This is the only time she has gotten out and so we know that she got pregnant this day. My younger cat Captain is fixed. We got Captain when she was 3 weeks old and bottle fed her. She did not have the same health problems as Skittles so we did not wait with her. I have never owned a cat that was not fixed... Skittles is an exception because her health was so poor when we got her. So please no yelling about over population. I know this is not an ideal situation but I was not comfortable aborting the kittens.