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We had a cat that has been in our yard for a couple of years, her basic story is that she was a house cat for the neighbours, but when they moved they could only take one pet with them and instead of doing the responsable thing they just left the poor cat in the yard. All of the nieghbours were told that she had been nutured, and that kittens wouldn't be a problem. Anyway, She lived outside, not really trusting of any other humans (she was fed by both my husband and one of the other neighbours), but she has so far had 3 litters of kittens all of who are now feral in the nieghbourhood. Anyway, we noticed a while back that she had got big again and that it was abvious she was pregnant. By this time I was also living at this house, and to stop the nieghbourhood being over run by feral cats (which none of the other nieghbours seem to give a damn about) I decided to bring her in, let her have the kittens and then take her for spaying (properly) when she'd weened them.
My problem is she's acting really weird. I had read that cat about to give birth become nasty, and all she seems to want to do is be loved, She wont eat unless you go and pet her while she's doing it. We constructed a temporary door so she has to give birth in one of our rooms, be she just managed to either get over, or push round that and came looking for me to be loved (she went straight back into that room as soon as I went with her). She has show little interest in going out, except when I do.
What is causing her to be like this? How will we know when she is in labor? and I also suppose are we doing the right thing by making her has this litter inside when she's had the rest outside?
Any help at all would be more than welcome
My problem is she's acting really weird. I had read that cat about to give birth become nasty, and all she seems to want to do is be loved, She wont eat unless you go and pet her while she's doing it. We constructed a temporary door so she has to give birth in one of our rooms, be she just managed to either get over, or push round that and came looking for me to be loved (she went straight back into that room as soon as I went with her). She has show little interest in going out, except when I do.
What is causing her to be like this? How will we know when she is in labor? and I also suppose are we doing the right thing by making her has this litter inside when she's had the rest outside?
Any help at all would be more than welcome