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Hi all, so my cat is currently pregnant and somewhere around 7 weeks along (we think!). I am a worrier, and though prepared for the birth I’m concerned she may go into Labour when I am at work and without showing any major signs. Any slight change in her behaviour has me getting more anxious too.
My partner has been off of work the last week so I have been somewhat more relaxed knowing that he’ll be there (although I knew she wasn’t far enough along to birth that week anyway) but now he has returned to work today and I’m also at work in a few hours for around 6 hours.
This is her first pregnancy, and she had an ultrasound on the 5th and the vet said they all looked healthy and growing well and that she didn’t have long left. She didn’t say an estimate though, only that she didn’t have long and since we don’t know the exact day, I’m rough guessing around the 22nd March was conception. She had her first visit on the 12th April where we guessed around 3 weeks in then (22nd March) she was showing most signs of pregnancy then (pinking up, belly enlargement).
Mum has been even more clingy the last day or so, she’s always by my side, following me into most rooms if she’s not laying on the floor, laying on the bathroom mat if I’m in there and this morning wouldn’t leave my side in the bed. She’s currently curled up on my feet as it’s all there was space for.
There is lots of movement from the kittens so I’m wondering if she is just seeking comfort for that? She is napping lots but she’s not the most active cat anyway so this isn’t much of a change for her and not really something I can gauge for her pregnancy.
My next query is what I should do with my other cat. We’ve been discussing what the best method is throughout the pregnancy but I’m still unsure. Do we keep him in the pen and allow her the house so that she can comfortably choose somewhere (though hopefully one of the 3 nesting boxes around the house haha) and I was going to shut the living room off as she’s been scanning behind the sofa a lot (I think her top choices are behind there and the nesting box in the bedroom) but I don’t want her to birth behind there as there are Or do I keep her in the bedroom so that she feels comfortable within that space and I know the babies will be somewhere in the bedroom when she’s ready. She’s usually very calm whenever she’s had to be shut in the bedroom and just lays on the bed, even when the door then opens she’ll usually still nap on the bed until she chooses to leave so I’m thinking she would be okay there but I’m aware I don’t want to stress her out or for her to feel trapped.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance to one worrisome grandma to be!
(Pics attached below of her belly if that helps)
My partner has been off of work the last week so I have been somewhat more relaxed knowing that he’ll be there (although I knew she wasn’t far enough along to birth that week anyway) but now he has returned to work today and I’m also at work in a few hours for around 6 hours.
This is her first pregnancy, and she had an ultrasound on the 5th and the vet said they all looked healthy and growing well and that she didn’t have long left. She didn’t say an estimate though, only that she didn’t have long and since we don’t know the exact day, I’m rough guessing around the 22nd March was conception. She had her first visit on the 12th April where we guessed around 3 weeks in then (22nd March) she was showing most signs of pregnancy then (pinking up, belly enlargement).
Mum has been even more clingy the last day or so, she’s always by my side, following me into most rooms if she’s not laying on the floor, laying on the bathroom mat if I’m in there and this morning wouldn’t leave my side in the bed. She’s currently curled up on my feet as it’s all there was space for.
There is lots of movement from the kittens so I’m wondering if she is just seeking comfort for that? She is napping lots but she’s not the most active cat anyway so this isn’t much of a change for her and not really something I can gauge for her pregnancy.
My next query is what I should do with my other cat. We’ve been discussing what the best method is throughout the pregnancy but I’m still unsure. Do we keep him in the pen and allow her the house so that she can comfortably choose somewhere (though hopefully one of the 3 nesting boxes around the house haha) and I was going to shut the living room off as she’s been scanning behind the sofa a lot (I think her top choices are behind there and the nesting box in the bedroom) but I don’t want her to birth behind there as there are Or do I keep her in the bedroom so that she feels comfortable within that space and I know the babies will be somewhere in the bedroom when she’s ready. She’s usually very calm whenever she’s had to be shut in the bedroom and just lays on the bed, even when the door then opens she’ll usually still nap on the bed until she chooses to leave so I’m thinking she would be okay there but I’m aware I don’t want to stress her out or for her to feel trapped.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance to one worrisome grandma to be!
(Pics attached below of her belly if that helps)
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