Heavily Pregnant Cat Due Any Day.

[Samanthaxxxx]

Hey guys I have a stray and she’s pregnant she’s due any day now and she won’t stop eating, I literally mean every 5 minuets or so she is sooking for more food i don’t know what to do I have had experience with pregnant cats but I’ve never had a heavily pregnant cat non stop eat days before giving birth. And I can’t find anything else on line about it. Is this normal behaviour or is she just hungry I’ve tried different foods etc but nothing seems to be stopping her hunger.

 

[Kat0121]

Hi and welcome!! Pregnant queens need lots of nutrition so this is normal. She should be allowed to have as much food as she wants and after she delivers too. She will be nursing and will need the calories. Tagging in some of out PC&KC experts to chime in. Sarthur2 StefanZ

 

[StefanZ]

Agree, she needs much nourishments. It depends also, on what food you are giving her. Common cheap cat food you find in the usual shops, is OK but needs to eat more of it, to get the same nourishment.
Easiest is to give food labelled Kitten, or Nursing moms. It contains much proteins of animal source, and much fat.
It may be dry food for kittens, and it may be wet food. Its often easier to make fullworthy cat food as wet food, than as dry food...

Some goats milk, or full fat youghurt, some cheese, - these contain also extra calcium.
egg yolk is good too.
Egg shells from boiled eggs, crushed into a fine powder, are useful to get much calcium. (egg shells are made of almost pure calcium). You sprinkle a little as if it were salt on the food.

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

Thanks for the reply guys..
yeah I understand she need to eat just never experienced it before not every 5 minuets anyway. I have attempted her on every type of food from 3 different shops and She will bill dose all that food haha. As long as it’s normal I don’t mind feeding her as much as she wants.
She seems to like hone cooked chicken a lot more then cat food atm and seems to get full off that a lot more so seems like she’s going to be a spoiled kitty for a couple of weeks.

 

[StefanZ]

Cooked chicken is good but she needs also fat and some calcium

 

[Sarthur2]

Yes, and taurine, so give cooked chicken along with canned wet cat food. Give her access to unlimited kitten chow and water. She will poop a lot too. Poor thing sounds starved! Thank you for taking her in.

Have you made a nest for her? How long have you had her?

We would love to see a photo!

 

[talkingpeanut]

Are you able to keep her completely inside until the kittens have weaned? Thank you for helping this family!

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

About 5 weeks or so when I realised she was pregnant.
And yes I think I’m going to adopt her. And get her desexed etc.

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

But as I was writing that message and about to take a photo of her I believe he mucas plug just came out

 

[Sarthur2]

It does look like it could be her plug. Keep us posted.

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

She’s pushing atm so baby’s ain’t far away

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

Update she has 4 kittens so far
Two tabby grey, one black and one ginger.
Will post photos after they settle down a little

 

[ashade1]

Awe! Way to go momma! My last pregnant cat stopped for snacks in between kittens lol.

 

[Samanthaxxxx]

Here are the 4 healthy babies.

 

[raina21]

Awww well look at those precious babies

 

[Sarthur2]

Glad it went well and babies are healthy!