Hey everyone,
Recently a pregnant stray started to come around our (my GF and I) place. She's all black and I'm guessing that she's a Bombay as I had one growing up as a kid. I'm not sure how far along she is but she is definitely pregnant. I'm guessing she's about halfway or a little past halfway there (4-5 weeks). Unfortunately while the manager at our place is pretty lenient about letting us feed any strays that come by there's no way he'd be ok with us taking care of an entire litter, not to mention I'm almost positive that my GF and I wouldn't even have the time necessary to care for her and her litter all day. I've been desperately looking around in an attempt to find cat shelters and tried putting up an ad on craigslist as she's a wonderful cat but there is simply no way she'd get the proper care needed from my GF and I. So far my only options if I can't find a home for her are to take her to our local Humane Society (San Gabriel, CA) or leave her to give birth here somewhere. She doesn't always hang around at our place (other folks here feed her) and I know that pregnant cats are supposed to be on a special diet (although she's been a bit fussy and doesn't really eat from us). I simply don't know what to do. Do you folks have any recommendations? If anyone in the area is interested in taking a look at her I'd be more than happy to show her to someone capable of giving her a good home.
This is a picture of her.
We named her Uhura, yes, after the character from Star Trek. She's pretty tiny (don't let the picture fool you) and I'm guessing that she may have been the runt of the litter. Unfortunately if I can't find a home for her within the next week or so, then I'll probably end up taking her down to the Humane Society.
Recently a pregnant stray started to come around our (my GF and I) place. She's all black and I'm guessing that she's a Bombay as I had one growing up as a kid. I'm not sure how far along she is but she is definitely pregnant. I'm guessing she's about halfway or a little past halfway there (4-5 weeks). Unfortunately while the manager at our place is pretty lenient about letting us feed any strays that come by there's no way he'd be ok with us taking care of an entire litter, not to mention I'm almost positive that my GF and I wouldn't even have the time necessary to care for her and her litter all day. I've been desperately looking around in an attempt to find cat shelters and tried putting up an ad on craigslist as she's a wonderful cat but there is simply no way she'd get the proper care needed from my GF and I. So far my only options if I can't find a home for her are to take her to our local Humane Society (San Gabriel, CA) or leave her to give birth here somewhere. She doesn't always hang around at our place (other folks here feed her) and I know that pregnant cats are supposed to be on a special diet (although she's been a bit fussy and doesn't really eat from us). I simply don't know what to do. Do you folks have any recommendations? If anyone in the area is interested in taking a look at her I'd be more than happy to show her to someone capable of giving her a good home.
This is a picture of her.
We named her Uhura, yes, after the character from Star Trek. She's pretty tiny (don't let the picture fool you) and I'm guessing that she may have been the runt of the litter. Unfortunately if I can't find a home for her within the next week or so, then I'll probably end up taking her down to the Humane Society.