i took in "my" stray kitty tonite because it is so awfully cold out tonite is there a way to tell if a cat is pregnant besides taking her to the vet? her tummy seems big but she has so much fuzzy winter fur that i can't see her nipples...and i felt her tummy a bit while petting her and i don't feel any movement other than a bit of gurgling through her intestines. both my cats were spayed at 5 months so i have never been through any pregnant cats situations. i plan on calling the cat rescue we got our second cat from tomorrow and see if they have an opening in a foster home for this stray. she is very sweet and loving and seems quite comfortable being inside. i believe she may have been an inside cat at one point. and i also believe she may be a little more than a year old right now.
a little history behind this cat:
we have quite a few strays around that stay well hidden and only come out at night. this stray has been around my street since about May (that i noticed). her and a little white kitten would be seen during the day and would also come to our ground level window when they saw our cats sunbathing there in September the bigger cat (my stray cat) befriended me finally after feeding her numerous times. i wasn't sure if she belonged to someone or not....so i was feeding her anyways. she looked to be in good health...not skinny and with clear eyes and very well kept coat. she is a VERY sweet cat and if i could have another one i would keep her. about the end of October i noticed she looked kind of fat from the ribs back if you were looking down on her body. the next week she didn't seem as chunky so i brushed it off thinking maybe i had seen her after she had eaten a baby rabbit or something outside and had a full tummy. in the past 3 or 4 weeks she looks fat again. i live in a triplex and one of the other tennants took in the teeny white kitten that was sometimes seen with "my" stray kitty. he also took my kitty in but apparently let her back outside because she was "too aggressive" and was always wanting to go back outside. i'm not sure what kind of aggressive he meant, but i can only assume it was because she wanted love. she is a lover that's for sure. and she always is trying to sneak in the door when you open it hehe. anyways....i told myself that if she was still coming by the window when it got cold out then she was definately a stray and i would find her a home. it has gotten very cold here in the past two weeks and i haven't seen her as much, but tonite when i was leaving for the store she was there at the door. and this time she meowed at me!! she has never uttered a peep that i have heard other than loud purring. so i picked up a few things to help cat-proof our spare room and when i got home she came running out from the bushes to see me. i got the room ready and brought her in. she seems fine with being insde...very calm and still very lovey. her and my younger cat have been playing footsies underneath the door the past few hours. like i said earlier i am calling the rescue organization tomorrow where we got our second kitty from...i know they will be able to find her a good home. it's such a shame we cannot keep her because she truly is a lap cat and she has such a pretty face and gorgeous green eyes!!
although she hasn't learned to hold still for a picture lol
a little history behind this cat:
we have quite a few strays around that stay well hidden and only come out at night. this stray has been around my street since about May (that i noticed). her and a little white kitten would be seen during the day and would also come to our ground level window when they saw our cats sunbathing there in September the bigger cat (my stray cat) befriended me finally after feeding her numerous times. i wasn't sure if she belonged to someone or not....so i was feeding her anyways. she looked to be in good health...not skinny and with clear eyes and very well kept coat. she is a VERY sweet cat and if i could have another one i would keep her. about the end of October i noticed she looked kind of fat from the ribs back if you were looking down on her body. the next week she didn't seem as chunky so i brushed it off thinking maybe i had seen her after she had eaten a baby rabbit or something outside and had a full tummy. in the past 3 or 4 weeks she looks fat again. i live in a triplex and one of the other tennants took in the teeny white kitten that was sometimes seen with "my" stray kitty. he also took my kitty in but apparently let her back outside because she was "too aggressive" and was always wanting to go back outside. i'm not sure what kind of aggressive he meant, but i can only assume it was because she wanted love. she is a lover that's for sure. and she always is trying to sneak in the door when you open it hehe. anyways....i told myself that if she was still coming by the window when it got cold out then she was definately a stray and i would find her a home. it has gotten very cold here in the past two weeks and i haven't seen her as much, but tonite when i was leaving for the store she was there at the door. and this time she meowed at me!! she has never uttered a peep that i have heard other than loud purring. so i picked up a few things to help cat-proof our spare room and when i got home she came running out from the bushes to see me. i got the room ready and brought her in. she seems fine with being insde...very calm and still very lovey. her and my younger cat have been playing footsies underneath the door the past few hours. like i said earlier i am calling the rescue organization tomorrow where we got our second kitty from...i know they will be able to find her a good home. it's such a shame we cannot keep her because she truly is a lap cat and she has such a pretty face and gorgeous green eyes!!
although she hasn't learned to hold still for a picture lol
