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So I have a parade of stray cats in my neighborhood, and we took one in on November 17th. She was pretty skinny at the time, so we’ve been feeding her plenty to get her weight up. On the 18th, we took her into the vet and the vet said her nipples were larger than average, but since we weren’t familiar with the cat’s nipples, she wasn’t sure it meant she was pregnant—she could just be an extra nipply girl. She estimated that the cat was less than a year old and dewormed her. She didn’t do an X-ray or ultrasound because she said that she wasn’t very pregnant if she was pregnant, and kittens wouldn’t show up.
Since then, she hasn’t really ballooned up, but there’s a definite roundness to her body shape that my two other cats don’t have. I can’t tell if that means she’s pregnant, or her proportions are just a little out of whack because she was so skinny and now she’s plumping up from all of the food. Her nipples are basically the same as when we got her—pink, slightly large, but unchanging.
Her belly is most evident when she’s on her side, but when she’s standing you can’t really see any extreme bulging. Sometimes, the bulge is bigger on one side than the other.
Behavior wise, she seems really interested in closets, but I think it’s just curiosity about what’s inside the closed doors. She doesn’t linger too long once she’s gotten in, but she loves laying on the ground with one paw underneath the door feeling around for things inside the closet. She was incredibly affectionate when she first showed up, but she seems a little less affectionate now and doesn’t really tolerate me touching her belly anymore. She’s also still very active and kitten-like herself.
So my cat experts—what do we think? Pregnant or not? Thank you in advance for your help!
Since then, she hasn’t really ballooned up, but there’s a definite roundness to her body shape that my two other cats don’t have. I can’t tell if that means she’s pregnant, or her proportions are just a little out of whack because she was so skinny and now she’s plumping up from all of the food. Her nipples are basically the same as when we got her—pink, slightly large, but unchanging.
Her belly is most evident when she’s on her side, but when she’s standing you can’t really see any extreme bulging. Sometimes, the bulge is bigger on one side than the other.
Behavior wise, she seems really interested in closets, but I think it’s just curiosity about what’s inside the closed doors. She doesn’t linger too long once she’s gotten in, but she loves laying on the ground with one paw underneath the door feeling around for things inside the closet. She was incredibly affectionate when she first showed up, but she seems a little less affectionate now and doesn’t really tolerate me touching her belly anymore. She’s also still very active and kitten-like herself.
So my cat experts—what do we think? Pregnant or not? Thank you in advance for your help!
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