We adopted a 1 yr old unspayed female cat about a month ago and we weren't in a rush to get her spayed because we keep our cats indoors and only have a slightly older, spayed female cat, but now I'm starting to worry she may be pregnant since I think the other family she was with let her outside and they said she had already had a litter (although I thought a year old was too young for that).
When we got her she was a bit thin, closer to 6 or 7 lbs but now she is up to 10 and staying around there. The thing is her stomach is really noticeable, I hardly see any weight gain in other places, and it feels firm when I touch it, much more so than the chubby parts on our other cat. Her nipples look slightly prominent but not as much as some of the pictures I've seen, but enough that my husband pointed it out (he thought it was something growing on her haha!). She hasn't noticeably changed her behavior, isn't nesting, or eating any more or less than what seems usual for her. From what I've read I figured the signs would be a lot more obvious by now, since the earliest she could've gotten pregnant was a month ago when we got her.
I've never had an unspayed cat before much less a pregnant one, am I just being paranoid? Is her stomach firmness something to be worried about? Or is she really just gaining some weight?
When we got her she was a bit thin, closer to 6 or 7 lbs but now she is up to 10 and staying around there. The thing is her stomach is really noticeable, I hardly see any weight gain in other places, and it feels firm when I touch it, much more so than the chubby parts on our other cat. Her nipples look slightly prominent but not as much as some of the pictures I've seen, but enough that my husband pointed it out (he thought it was something growing on her haha!). She hasn't noticeably changed her behavior, isn't nesting, or eating any more or less than what seems usual for her. From what I've read I figured the signs would be a lot more obvious by now, since the earliest she could've gotten pregnant was a month ago when we got her.
I've never had an unspayed cat before much less a pregnant one, am I just being paranoid? Is her stomach firmness something to be worried about? Or is she really just gaining some weight?