when can cats get pregnant after giving birth to a dead kitten

[hc375]

tldr: a year old cat had a kitten, only one, but when we found it, it was dead. almost 2 months after that ordeal, the mom looks like shes about to pop. how long after giving birth to the first kitten could she get pregnant again?

longer version: we had no idea she was pregnant the first time but she is really showing it right now. we've been meaning to get her fixed but we have to wait until a certain time of year to get a discount on it. otherwise we cant afford it. for the very few that might remember my lengthy posts about Dog the cat being pregnant, this is Dog's kitten that is likely pregnant right now. all 5 of Dogs kittens did fine for about a year except for the runt, who has been missing for a while now.

just confused because this cat id really big but its not even been 2 months since she had the dead kitten

 

[EmersonandEvie]

A cat's gestation is right at 60ish days. She could have gotten pregnant immediately after giving birth. Even if the kitten had lived and she was nursing, she still could have gotten pregnant immediately.

 

[moxiewild]

Yep, what EmersonandEvie said!

I had a <1 year old feral show up with a four week old kitten who had been severely injured. Took the kitten to the vet, trapped Mom the next day, kept them crated and worked on socialization and kitten’s recovery.

It wasn’t until a month after bringing them inside (so, kitten was 8 weeks at this point) that Momma felt safe enough to come out of the crate in front of me.

Girl was VERY pregnant. Took her to the vet, 7 kittens due at any time. She must have gotten pregnant again pretty immediately after giving birth.

We also didn’t know she was pregnant the first time. Usually their first litters are much smaller. You may be noticing it this time around because she is expecting a much larger litter than last time.

 

[Sarthur2]

Are any of these “kittens” spayed or neutered?

Please keep the males and females separated or you will be overrun with kittens.

Even this pregnant cat can get pregnant AGAIN a mere week after delivering her current litter.