I know there are a lot of similar threads to this so apologies for another...
My cat is heavily pregnant but I do not know exactly when she mated (definitely spaying after kittens - felt really stupid when I realised I'd let her 'get caught'). I keep thinking "it must be now" but then nothing!
She has very large nipples, easily felt through her thick fur, although I am unable to tell if she has started lactating yet. I can easily feel the kittens move (over the last day or two she doesn't like me to do this, even though she was fine with it before) and I can actually see her stomach bumping around with their movement inside. She is obviously struggling to move as comfortably as usual in terms of jumping up into chairs, etc, or finding a comfortable sleeping position. She is still eating a lot but has had rather loose, smelly stools today which is a new thing. Over the last 24 - 48 hours she has become more restless, seeming unable to stay comfortable in one place for very long and pacing around the house. She has also been keen to try to get in every time I open a cupboard and today she was snuggled in amongst the toys on my child's bed, something I haven't seen her do before. She is doing a lot of genital licking and appears very red and swollen down there.
Having said all this; she isn't off her food, making an obvious nest, being very vocal or demonstrating any obvious temperature changes.
So - is it likely that she is close to labour or am I just wishful thinking?!
My cat is heavily pregnant but I do not know exactly when she mated (definitely spaying after kittens - felt really stupid when I realised I'd let her 'get caught'). I keep thinking "it must be now" but then nothing!
She has very large nipples, easily felt through her thick fur, although I am unable to tell if she has started lactating yet. I can easily feel the kittens move (over the last day or two she doesn't like me to do this, even though she was fine with it before) and I can actually see her stomach bumping around with their movement inside. She is obviously struggling to move as comfortably as usual in terms of jumping up into chairs, etc, or finding a comfortable sleeping position. She is still eating a lot but has had rather loose, smelly stools today which is a new thing. Over the last 24 - 48 hours she has become more restless, seeming unable to stay comfortable in one place for very long and pacing around the house. She has also been keen to try to get in every time I open a cupboard and today she was snuggled in amongst the toys on my child's bed, something I haven't seen her do before. She is doing a lot of genital licking and appears very red and swollen down there.
Having said all this; she isn't off her food, making an obvious nest, being very vocal or demonstrating any obvious temperature changes.
So - is it likely that she is close to labour or am I just wishful thinking?!
