I was looking around the internet for info on cats and came across this site. Hopefully someone here can help me.
Last night my boyfriend and I were sitting out on his porch when we heard some meowing coming from somewhere near us. We looked and underneath my car was a little cat. We called and she came. She has a flea collar and does not have her front claws, leading us to believe that she is an indoor cat. Since it was about 2 am, we could not ask his neighbors if she was theirs. He lives on a very busy and dangerous road, so instead of seeing her get injured, we decided to take her into his garage where we have couches and comfortable chairs. She was very friendly and the more we pet her, the more we realized that her nipples were very large and distended. She began looking around the room, as if she was nervous. This lead me to believe that she was pregnant and would birth kittens soon. At the time the thought never occurred to me that she might have ALREADY given birth and had, for some reason, left her kittens to roam around. However, she did get out of the garage at one point and was in no hurry to be anywhere. In fact, she walked back into the garage without us forcing her to.
So I guess what I'm wondering is: should I be preparing a place for her to have the kittens, or could she already have had them somewhere?! She is a VERY tiny cat and her stomach hangs down. When I feel her stomach, there seems to be bulges, but are these just the milk sacks? Also, if she already had her kittens, why would she leave them when they obviously still need her milk? I'm just full of questions about this whole situtation, as I am eager to help this young mother that I came across. Please, if you have any information to offer, it would be greatly appreciated.
Last night my boyfriend and I were sitting out on his porch when we heard some meowing coming from somewhere near us. We looked and underneath my car was a little cat. We called and she came. She has a flea collar and does not have her front claws, leading us to believe that she is an indoor cat. Since it was about 2 am, we could not ask his neighbors if she was theirs. He lives on a very busy and dangerous road, so instead of seeing her get injured, we decided to take her into his garage where we have couches and comfortable chairs. She was very friendly and the more we pet her, the more we realized that her nipples were very large and distended. She began looking around the room, as if she was nervous. This lead me to believe that she was pregnant and would birth kittens soon. At the time the thought never occurred to me that she might have ALREADY given birth and had, for some reason, left her kittens to roam around. However, she did get out of the garage at one point and was in no hurry to be anywhere. In fact, she walked back into the garage without us forcing her to.
So I guess what I'm wondering is: should I be preparing a place for her to have the kittens, or could she already have had them somewhere?! She is a VERY tiny cat and her stomach hangs down. When I feel her stomach, there seems to be bulges, but are these just the milk sacks? Also, if she already had her kittens, why would she leave them when they obviously still need her milk? I'm just full of questions about this whole situtation, as I am eager to help this young mother that I came across. Please, if you have any information to offer, it would be greatly appreciated.
