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my girlfriend and I were recently adopted by a small black female stray cat who we think is no older than a year old.
When she first started visiting, we started feeding her outside and gradually moving her food closer to us to the point that she let us pet her, a few weeks after that we ended up feeding her inside, letting her come and go as she pleased (she actively chose to sleep inside during the night and go about her business during the day)
Around two-three weeks ago, we took her to the vets to see if she was chipped, which she wasn’t and we were told that we can take her on or take her to a charity, so we decided to take her on.
During the vet trip, they gave her a general checkup to make sure she’s okay and they said there’s a 97% chance she’s pregnant.
Come to now, we can 100% tell that she is pregnant and can occasionally see/feel the little kittens moving around. Because of how pregnant she looks we’ve been keeping her shut inside so she doesn’t give birth outside, but she actively tries to get outside at around midnight to 2am and between 8am to 9am. We feel terrible that she’s being so restless.
We have a birthing box set up underneath a desk with a blanket covering it so it’s in the dark, we keep dry food out for her 24/7 and feed her wet kitten food mixed with water three times a day (she doesn’t seem to eat the dry food and doesn’t seem to drink water, that’s why we’ve been adding it to her wet food.)
We’re completely unsure about what to do/expect due to either of us never having a female cat, let alone a pregnant one. Any tips and advice will be greatly appreciated!
We plan on getting her spayed after she’s given birth and weened the kittens.
my girlfriend and I were recently adopted by a small black female stray cat who we think is no older than a year old.
When she first started visiting, we started feeding her outside and gradually moving her food closer to us to the point that she let us pet her, a few weeks after that we ended up feeding her inside, letting her come and go as she pleased (she actively chose to sleep inside during the night and go about her business during the day)
Around two-three weeks ago, we took her to the vets to see if she was chipped, which she wasn’t and we were told that we can take her on or take her to a charity, so we decided to take her on.
During the vet trip, they gave her a general checkup to make sure she’s okay and they said there’s a 97% chance she’s pregnant.
Come to now, we can 100% tell that she is pregnant and can occasionally see/feel the little kittens moving around. Because of how pregnant she looks we’ve been keeping her shut inside so she doesn’t give birth outside, but she actively tries to get outside at around midnight to 2am and between 8am to 9am. We feel terrible that she’s being so restless.
We have a birthing box set up underneath a desk with a blanket covering it so it’s in the dark, we keep dry food out for her 24/7 and feed her wet kitten food mixed with water three times a day (she doesn’t seem to eat the dry food and doesn’t seem to drink water, that’s why we’ve been adding it to her wet food.)
We’re completely unsure about what to do/expect due to either of us never having a female cat, let alone a pregnant one. Any tips and advice will be greatly appreciated!
We plan on getting her spayed after she’s given birth and weened the kittens.