Hi everyone. Love the forum and hoping you can help.
There's a family a couple of streets away from me who have about 8 cats, maybe more. They take terrible care
of them: never let them inside, never feed them apart from scraps of food thrown out into garden, none of them
are neutered, and so on.
They had a female who was pregnant and looked a real mess, so I started caring for her, feeding her, letting her
sleep inside etc. She came back one day and had clearly had her kittens. This was about 6 months ago and now
I see several kittens sleeping outside this family's house. It's probably the ones she had last year.
Since then, since I've been taking better care of her, she's kind of moved in here. She sleeps here most
nights and is fed well. The trouble is, I think she's pregnant. She was in heat a few weeks ago and there were
tom cats all over (most of them belong to this same family). I'm not prepared to let her keep going through this
so if she's pregnant I think I'll care for her and make sure she has the kittens with no problems, find them great
homes (I'll probably keep one myself to ease the task). Then I want to get her spayed.
Other people have taken in cats from this family before. I don't think this family gives a damn really.
I see no reason not to save this lovely little cat from them. Get her spayed and give her a happy, non
stressful life.
She's much bigger than she was a few weeks ago and she's not eating any more than normal so she can't
really just be fat. And her nipples look pink to me. But I'm not experienced so I can't be sure. If she's going
\to have kittens in a few weeks I'd like to know so I can prepare.
I'll include a few pictures. One of her pinkish nipples, one of her size, and one from 2 months back so you can
compare. If she's pregnant she's be about 4 weeks along I think.
Here's her size from about 2 months ago.
Here's her size now.
And here's her nipples.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice you can offer!
Kris.
There's a family a couple of streets away from me who have about 8 cats, maybe more. They take terrible care
of them: never let them inside, never feed them apart from scraps of food thrown out into garden, none of them
are neutered, and so on.
They had a female who was pregnant and looked a real mess, so I started caring for her, feeding her, letting her
sleep inside etc. She came back one day and had clearly had her kittens. This was about 6 months ago and now
I see several kittens sleeping outside this family's house. It's probably the ones she had last year.
Since then, since I've been taking better care of her, she's kind of moved in here. She sleeps here most
nights and is fed well. The trouble is, I think she's pregnant. She was in heat a few weeks ago and there were
tom cats all over (most of them belong to this same family). I'm not prepared to let her keep going through this
so if she's pregnant I think I'll care for her and make sure she has the kittens with no problems, find them great
homes (I'll probably keep one myself to ease the task). Then I want to get her spayed.
Other people have taken in cats from this family before. I don't think this family gives a damn really.
I see no reason not to save this lovely little cat from them. Get her spayed and give her a happy, non
stressful life.
She's much bigger than she was a few weeks ago and she's not eating any more than normal so she can't
really just be fat. And her nipples look pink to me. But I'm not experienced so I can't be sure. If she's going
\to have kittens in a few weeks I'd like to know so I can prepare.
I'll include a few pictures. One of her pinkish nipples, one of her size, and one from 2 months back so you can
compare. If she's pregnant she's be about 4 weeks along I think.
Here's her size from about 2 months ago.
Here's her size now.
And here's her nipples.
Thanks in advance for any help and advice you can offer!
Kris.