Hi, I'm new here and have been reading a lot of threads, trying to get as much info as possible. A little about us:
I adopted an abandoned cat, the owners were kicked out of their house and just left her there! The landlord(my husband's friend) asked if we wanted her and for some wonderful reason my husband who is not a cat person at all said yes! Anyway, he said he thinks she is about 4 months old. I noticed her belly was slightly swollen and my first thought well she's too young to go in heat(I thought that happened later) maybe she has parasites really badly. After trying to figure out why her intestines where so low, and Me being really worried that something clearly wasn't right) the vet realized she is pregnant! she guessed 3-4 weeks. I personally disagree with that but what do I know?! I'm told she probably has 2 kittens in there. I was given the option to spay her but I just couldn't do it. But I will definitely do it after she has her babies! She is a beautiful kitty, a gray american bobtail, but she is a rumpy, no tail at all! and her first night with us, she laid right on my husband's chest, and I do believe she is slowly turning him into a cat person, or she is at least trying her hardest to do so
Now that I got our introduction out of the way, I am really worried because she is so young. Is this dangerous for her, what's the likelihood these babies will be stillborns or she will have complications? Is there any way to tell how far along she is, my vet even admitted she doesn't work with pregnant cats much and isn't as knowledgable. I feel like I didn't get much info besides putting her on kitten food and letting her eat as much as she wants. She has worms, they gave her pregnancy safe meds on Thursday but I think I still see bit of white dried worms stuck on her butt(the skin, not fur, and sorry, TMI) when will this get better?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.i know the basics from this site And maybe that is all I need but I'm on edge just as though I was pregnant. In fact I think I'm worse with her then I was with any of my pregnancies! Where's a 'What to Expect When Your Cat is Expecting' book when you need one?!
Thanks in advance, I look forward to being part of this group!
I adopted an abandoned cat, the owners were kicked out of their house and just left her there! The landlord(my husband's friend) asked if we wanted her and for some wonderful reason my husband who is not a cat person at all said yes! Anyway, he said he thinks she is about 4 months old. I noticed her belly was slightly swollen and my first thought well she's too young to go in heat(I thought that happened later) maybe she has parasites really badly. After trying to figure out why her intestines where so low, and Me being really worried that something clearly wasn't right) the vet realized she is pregnant! she guessed 3-4 weeks. I personally disagree with that but what do I know?! I'm told she probably has 2 kittens in there. I was given the option to spay her but I just couldn't do it. But I will definitely do it after she has her babies! She is a beautiful kitty, a gray american bobtail, but she is a rumpy, no tail at all! and her first night with us, she laid right on my husband's chest, and I do believe she is slowly turning him into a cat person, or she is at least trying her hardest to do so
Now that I got our introduction out of the way, I am really worried because she is so young. Is this dangerous for her, what's the likelihood these babies will be stillborns or she will have complications? Is there any way to tell how far along she is, my vet even admitted she doesn't work with pregnant cats much and isn't as knowledgable. I feel like I didn't get much info besides putting her on kitten food and letting her eat as much as she wants. She has worms, they gave her pregnancy safe meds on Thursday but I think I still see bit of white dried worms stuck on her butt(the skin, not fur, and sorry, TMI) when will this get better?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.i know the basics from this site And maybe that is all I need but I'm on edge just as though I was pregnant. In fact I think I'm worse with her then I was with any of my pregnancies! Where's a 'What to Expect When Your Cat is Expecting' book when you need one?!
Thanks in advance, I look forward to being part of this group!