Great picture - very apropos for Mother's Day!
Or even just to see Naomi pregnant with 8 babies. She was huge.Okay, since you haven't read the entire thread yet, here's the gist of it. @Wendydelmo
has been fostering two cats, Naomi and Wynonna. Naomi is Wynonna's mother, and when Wendy began fostering them (I think; I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) Wynonna had 4 newborn kittens with her (either that or they were born shortly after Wendy took them in). Naomi, on the other hand, was very pregnant, as in HUGE! There were some anxious days waiting for Naomi's kittens to be born, especially after Naomi apparently went into first stage labor which did not progress to second stage. After that stopped, Naomi went into serious labor the next day, which was about three and a half weeks ago. She gave birth to eight adorable kittens, with the entire thing "televised" via a live feed on Wendy's FaceBook page. Wynonna served as Naomi's midwife during this process. From the time labor came close, Naomi kept stealing Wynonna's kittens and attempting to nurse them. After the birth, Wynonna started stealing Naomi's new kittens to nurse. Wendy was doing her best to keep the newborns restricted to nursing from Naomi for the first couple of days so that they would all get the colostrum, which was difficult since the two mothers were cooperating with each other and not Wendy. Once the first couple of days were past, they seriously went over to shared nursing responsibility, which is very good because eight kittens is really too many for one mother. The four older kittens have been encouraged to begin eating some canned food mixed with KMR, which takes some of the weight off. Oh yes, and about 36 hours after the eighth kitten was born, Wendy found a ninth kitten, dead and apparently licked clean by the two mothers in an attempt to revive it. We don't know for sure, but we assume that the ninth was stillborn. All twelve of the surviving kittens have been named for country and western singers.
And I still suggest that you read the whole thread to get a feeling for the anxiety and excitement all of this has caused, not to mention for all of the pictures and videos that Wendy has posted.
Margret
:jaw:@Stewball
- Naomi was pregnant with 9 (count 'em, NINE) babies. One died. She had a right to be huge!
Hmm. You need to talk to the owners of the cat, not just the neighbor, to see what's what. If it is really their cat, attempt to discern how she got out and got lost. I think the point of this whole thing is to return the cat to its owner. They have the right to let their cat out if they choose. However, maybe they'll think twice next time, since their cat could get hit by a car, or just simply never be returned by someone. How far away do they live?
The cat got out and got lost - that's what concerns me. It doesn't seem to really know where it lives. So it really should be a house cat, but we can't make people do the right thing. They are lucky she hasn't been run over or stolen!
Hopefully, when you chat with them, they'll get the message. Don't take the cat with you initially. [emoji]128528[/emoji]
Aw, poor thing. I think you should try to discern if she is getting necessary vet care as well. Is she spayed? Vaccinated? Treated for fleas? She's obviously happy to be inside.
And I agree, don't take the cat with you at first.
You might want to get the cat scanned before you go talk to them, just to verify them as owners if there's a chip. You wouldn't want to hand the cat over if the info doesn't match up. Being chipped means the cat is probably vaccinated and spayed, but records can be checked. Otherwise, you can't withhold the cat because you disagree with how they care for it if it's not neglected or abused. It just got lost at this point.
When you find the owners I think you should stress the cat WILL get run over if allowed out on a main road. This is neglect in my mind.