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I have two cats, one 3 years old (Rommy - spayed) and one around 4 years old (Chloe - not spayed). It's kind of backwards because Rommy stays indoors and Chloe goes outside from time to time. The only reason we spayed Rom is because she had surgery on her mouth and the vet said they would reduce the price to spay her. So of course we agreed. We didn't think there were any Toms around us because we live in the woods around a bunch of dog owners. The only cats we knew of were long gone or killed by wolves/coyotes.
Jan 31 Chloe went missing. She was gone all day and all night, a total of 26 hours. Scared the crap out of me. The past few weeks she's been getting fatter and her nips have gotten bigger and pink. About a week ago my grandmother saw another cat casually walking up our drive like it belonged here. It was black like our Chlo-bug so she called out to it. It ran away and she saw it had a white beard and white boots. Chloe only has white on her chest and tummy. So there is, in fact, another cat around. We don't know if it's male or female or where it came from. We haven't seen it since.
Chloe hasn't been acting differently but she keeps getting bigger. She would be in her 7th week if she is pregnant. We can't feel movement or lumps. She hasn't been eating differently and we've put her on kitten food just in case. She got like this last year, big belly and pink nips, but she went back to normal after a few weeks. Could there be something wrong with her or is she simply pregnant? And what should I do if she is? The last time we had a pregnant cat I was young and my grandmother had to help with the delivery. I'm a very paranoid person. I don't want to hurt her or her kittens. She scares me every time she jumps and recently she's started losing her balance because of her large belly. I managed to catch her twice without touching her belly much, I just went for her armpits and hind end.
I just need to know what to look out for if she's pregnant, behavior and other things. I'm new to this.
Thanks in advance!
~Amber
Jan 31 Chloe went missing. She was gone all day and all night, a total of 26 hours. Scared the crap out of me. The past few weeks she's been getting fatter and her nips have gotten bigger and pink. About a week ago my grandmother saw another cat casually walking up our drive like it belonged here. It was black like our Chlo-bug so she called out to it. It ran away and she saw it had a white beard and white boots. Chloe only has white on her chest and tummy. So there is, in fact, another cat around. We don't know if it's male or female or where it came from. We haven't seen it since.
Chloe hasn't been acting differently but she keeps getting bigger. She would be in her 7th week if she is pregnant. We can't feel movement or lumps. She hasn't been eating differently and we've put her on kitten food just in case. She got like this last year, big belly and pink nips, but she went back to normal after a few weeks. Could there be something wrong with her or is she simply pregnant? And what should I do if she is? The last time we had a pregnant cat I was young and my grandmother had to help with the delivery. I'm a very paranoid person. I don't want to hurt her or her kittens. She scares me every time she jumps and recently she's started losing her balance because of her large belly. I managed to catch her twice without touching her belly much, I just went for her armpits and hind end.
I just need to know what to look out for if she's pregnant, behavior and other things. I'm new to this.
Thanks in advance!
~Amber