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I took my female cat (Cookie) in as a stray around the last week of November. My male cat (Rigby) is fairly young and I had intentions on getting him neutered, I didn't think she would go into heat as quickly as she did. I also didn't know if she had been spayed or not, turns out she wasn't though and went into heat about 2 weeks after bringing her home. I know she was in heat around December 11th through 15th. I took her to the vet for a check up on Jan 12th and he said she was about 30 days pregnant which would fit my time frame. I hadn't been able to feel the kittens moving, and I ended up taking her to the vet again on February 2nd for some issues she was having with diarrhea. They told me then she had some mammary development and would probably have her kittens in the next week. It's not been a week, and today was the first time I was able to feel the kittens move. I'm just getting anxious about the birth because I work third shift and every other time I've had a cat who had kittens in my lifetime, they had them at night time. I just want to be here in case anything goes wrong. According to the time frame, I'm thinking she wouldn't be due until around this weekend.
Over the last few days though also, he nipples have became padded feeling around them. I guess it's milk developing? No milk is coming out of the nipples though. She has become more distant over the last week. I put her bed in my laundry room and she likes to stay in there most of the time, but she was never a very friendly cat anyway. Just wondering if I can get some insight as to when I should expect kittens. How common is it for a cat to go over their due date, and what are some signs of labor or that she will be going into labor soon?
Here is a pic of her a day or two ago.
Over the last few days though also, he nipples have became padded feeling around them. I guess it's milk developing? No milk is coming out of the nipples though. She has become more distant over the last week. I put her bed in my laundry room and she likes to stay in there most of the time, but she was never a very friendly cat anyway. Just wondering if I can get some insight as to when I should expect kittens. How common is it for a cat to go over their due date, and what are some signs of labor or that she will be going into labor soon?
Here is a pic of her a day or two ago.