Hi all! Just joined this forum because I have some questions about a cat I rescued. For a little background I foster and TNR and have even fostered a pregnant cat before, but she was completely feral and I couldn't touch her and managed to trap her the day before she gave birth, so I don't have any experience with the stages of cat pregnancy.
The cat I am fostering currently is one I rescued myself (it wasn't given to me by the rescue I usually work with, it was a pregnant stray I caught myself, but her and the kittens will be spayed/neutered by the rescue and adopted out once the kittens are weaned). She is a fairly petite cat and I have no idea how far along she is in pregnancy. Her belly is large, and definitely noticeably pregnant, but not nearly as large as some photos I've seen of pregnant cats. This is definitely her first litter. In the last couple days she has removed all the hair from her nipples. I can easily feel the kittens moving by gently putting my hand on her side. Since yesterday she seems to be having Braxton hicks contractions and when she does I can feel what seems to be the outline of entire kittens and they seem to be the size of what I'd expect full term kittens to be, but it's hard to tell. She spends all her time in her nesting box, besides when I'm in the room to snuggle with her, but she's done that since I brought her home. These are all the basic details I can provide. Does anyone have a time frame of how far along they think she is? Thank you!
The cat I am fostering currently is one I rescued myself (it wasn't given to me by the rescue I usually work with, it was a pregnant stray I caught myself, but her and the kittens will be spayed/neutered by the rescue and adopted out once the kittens are weaned). She is a fairly petite cat and I have no idea how far along she is in pregnancy. Her belly is large, and definitely noticeably pregnant, but not nearly as large as some photos I've seen of pregnant cats. This is definitely her first litter. In the last couple days she has removed all the hair from her nipples. I can easily feel the kittens moving by gently putting my hand on her side. Since yesterday she seems to be having Braxton hicks contractions and when she does I can feel what seems to be the outline of entire kittens and they seem to be the size of what I'd expect full term kittens to be, but it's hard to tell. She spends all her time in her nesting box, besides when I'm in the room to snuggle with her, but she's done that since I brought her home. These are all the basic details I can provide. Does anyone have a time frame of how far along they think she is? Thank you!