My cat is 69 days pregnant

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Im new here to this site, My cat is 1 yr old and 5 months. She is 69 days pregnant by now and showing no signs of labor. Although my vet said that her estimated date is: May 22 +/- 7 days. What should I do
 

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According to your vet, it could be a few more days yet. They can go up to 72 days and still be normal, 63 is just an average. Especially if you don't know the exact date she was bred. What I have found to be helpful is to just observe your little girl. If she is calm, not meowing excessively, and acting normal, all is well. If she shows signs of labor and no kittens in over an hour, and she is stressed, call your vet right away. Please keep us updated, I would bet it is anytime now!
 
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Thank you so much! I am a bit worried because she is on her 69th day and still now showing labor.

As of now, she is active & eating well.
 

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It sounds like she is doing well and not showing labor signs quite yet. Mother Nature usually handles this quite well on her own time table. It tells me she and kittens are not quite ready and the gestational age is just an estimate.

Let us know when she begins to show signs of labor. It should be in the next few days!

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As long as she is not hiding, not meowing excessively, and eating, she should be OK. I know I thought a cat I had was NEVER going to have her babies, it seemed many months! She had 7 fine......
How many days was she pregnant? and are her kittens healthy?
 
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It sounds like she is doing well and not showing labor signs quite yet. Mother Nature usually handles this quite well on her own time table. It tells me she and kittens are not quite ready and the gestational age is just an estimate.

Let us know when she begins to show signs of labor. It should be in the next few days!

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Thank you so much! Im really worried that the kittens might die inside her
 

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That does not usually happen. Since she is not in distress, just be patient. All should be well.

Do you plan to spay your cat after this litter weans?

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Update: She has now given birth to three healthy kittens!!

My only concern is that they are all black!!??? Even tho their father is orange! Is this possible??? Or they are from a different father???
 

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No she's still fat
Not all are dropping, but the most common, they DO drop, and when so, we know the delivery is in a couple of days away, not more...
So its a practical way to rectyfy the count and get a timetable.

Congrats to these 3 nice kittens...

Momma is apparently carrying black.. She is tabby of some sort, also shaded of sorts; but she does carries black...
so the odd isnt kittens are black, but the odd is, none of them is a tabby... But not impossible someone will turn into a black tabby later on.

I suppose she is heterozygot on the tabby gene, and so, although statistics tells someone of her kittens should be tabby, but in reality its fully possible none is...
Daddy being red is a tabby of sorts, all reds are tabbies. but with some its ghost stripes, with other they carry the true tabby gene.... His are prob ghost stripes....
This with red and tabby is simplified, its more complicated, but my explanations works nicely for explaining...
 
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