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Old August 5th 05, 03:38 PM
Calvin Rice
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This is about the cat in the thread, 'fearful mother-to-be'.

I'm beginning to wonder if the cat really is pregnant. She
has been in a bedroom for 8 days now, and I still haven't
seen her walking around; so I can't see whether her belly
pokes out like a pregnant cat's or not. The 'owners'
assured me that she looked the way she did shortly before
having her first litter, and I've been taking their word
for it.

The reason I haven't seen the cat walking around is because
she is afraid of me, and always is either settled in the place
in the closet prepared for her, or settled in a window, or
settled under the bed. Always upright, never lying down,
though settled down on all four legs, not sitting up. She eats
and uses the litter box when I'm not in the room, and always
goes back to the closet or under the bed if she hears me opening
the door, which can't be done soundlessly.

When looking at her under the bed, she often is facing me, but
doesn't seem to be spread out on either side as I would expect
a pregnant cat to be. Also, looking down at her from about a
45 degree angle in the closewt, she doesn't appear spread out from
side to side. But I don't know what to make of this. She always
is upright, not standing up, but not lying on one side either.
If I saw her lying on one side, I would expect to see her belly
really expanded, and then probably could tell if she is pregnant.

Is there a good web site with a lot of pregnant cat pictures?
This cat is rather small, by the way, not a big mama.

-cr

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Old August 5th 05, 04:04 PM
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"Calvin Rice" wrote in message
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This is about the cat in the thread, 'fearful mother-to-be'.

I'm beginning to wonder if the cat really is pregnant. She
has been in a bedroom for 8 days now, and I still haven't
seen her walking around; so I can't see whether her belly
pokes out like a pregnant cat's or not. The 'owners'
assured me that she looked the way she did shortly before
having her first litter, and I've been taking their word
for it.



Can you get her to the vet? That would be the only way to know for sure,
and sometimes even the vet has to do an x-ray to make sure. We had a cat
once at the shelter that the vet was sure was pregnant, she thought she felt
fetuses in there. Luckily, she decided to do an x-ray and it turns out the
cat was constipated and she was feeling stool.
A pregnant cat near delivery usually has a rounded tummy and enlarged
nipples. It is hard to tell if you can't see her walking.
So, if you can, take her to the vet. It would be a good idea anyway.

-Kelly


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Old August 5th 05, 05:19 PM
Calvin Rice
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Snittens wrote:
So, if you can, take her to the vet. It would be a good idea anyway.


That's what I'm thinking of doing. The 'owners' vet is not available
until
Monday, and if I can see no more during the weekend to verify that the
cat really is pregnant, I think the owner and I will take the cat to
the vet
Monday. That probably will mean that even if the cat really is
pregnant
she will be spayed and aborted. I can't imagine the vet wanting us to
bring the cat back to my place for delivery. None of this is final,
but if the
cat doesn't produce kittens before Monday morning, I think we will take
it to the vet, and any kittens will be lost.

I've looked for a website with pregnant cat pictures, but haven't found
one yet.

-cr

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Old August 5th 05, 05:35 PM
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"Calvin Rice" wrote

I've looked for a website with pregnant cat pictures, but haven't found
one yet.

-cr


I can only imagine what you must be coming up with Googling "pregnant cat
pictures" LOL!! Maybe some cat health sites will have pictures.

-Kelly


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Old August 5th 05, 08:43 PM
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On 5 Aug 2005 09:19:33 -0700, "Calvin Rice" wrote:

I've looked for a website with pregnant cat pictures, but haven't found
one yet.


http://images.google.com/images?sour...q=pregnant+cat
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Old August 5th 05, 11:49 PM
Calvin Rice
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Lorraine wrote:
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Thanks, this helps.

After 8 days I finally remembered that I have a video camera, not
used since 1998. So far I've gotten one shot of the cat walking
out from under the bed and eating. The only thing I could see,
except maybe some heaviness in her belly, was whiteness
around one nipple. I don't know if that was left over from the
first litter, or a sign of current pregnancy.

Videotaping continues.

-cr

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Old August 6th 05, 01:17 AM
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On Fri 05 Aug 2005 10:38:59a, Calvin Rice wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav (news:1123252738.854408.31880
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com):

I'm beginning to wonder if the cat really is pregnant. She
has been in a bedroom for 8 days now, and I still haven't
seen her walking around; so I can't see whether her belly
pokes out like a pregnant cat's or not. The 'owners'
assured me that she looked the way she did shortly before
having her first litter, and I've been taking their word
for it.

snip

This reminds me of something that happened this year to someone in
another group who was[1] fostering a pregnant cat. She was told
that the mama-to-be was going to have her litter "any day now".
LOL Well, nearly two months later she finally had them. I've never
had a pregnant cat, nor fostered one, but I wonder if getting fat
is the first sign even if they have nearly the whole ~63 days left
before giving birth? That poor woman. She thought we'd thought she
was making it up but we were just waiting for baby pics. I don't
know anything about the rescue group she was volunteering with, but
I wonder had they known the kitty was in early stage pregnancy if
they would have aborted the kittens? Dunno.

[1] She ended up keeping the mama and one kitten while the rest of
the litter found foreverhomes.

--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields
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Old August 6th 05, 05:43 AM
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Actually, the vet will not spay until you tell them to and pay them.

Our stray was very fat and obviously pregnant when we took her in. The
vet said she was due in 1-2 weeks, but she thought sooner rather than later.

She delivered 2 weeks and 1 day later.

Rhonda


Calvin Rice wrote:

That probably will mean that even if the cat really is
pregnant
she will be spayed and aborted. I can't imagine the vet wanting us to
bring the cat back to my place for delivery. None of this is final,
but if the
cat doesn't produce kittens before Monday morning, I think we will take
it to the vet, and any kittens will be lost.


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Old August 6th 05, 02:41 PM
Calvin Rice
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Rhonda wrote:
Actually, the vet will not spay until you tell them to and pay them.


I changed plans again. When I said the cat would go to the vet Monday
if no births took place this weekend, I had not yet seen the cat
walking
around. But now I have seen, by the use of a video camera, that the
cat is pregnant, in my opinion.

It is not my vet, though. It is the 'owner's' vet, so the owner and
his vet
would be making decisions about the future if the cat goes to the vet,
and I doubt that they would decide to let the cat go home with me
again.

The cat will continue to stay with me, hoping that the births come
soon,
with no trip to the vet until long after the births. Sorry for the
alarm.

-cr

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Old August 6th 05, 02:50 PM
Calvin Rice
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Videotaping continues.

I've seen the cat walking around a couple of more times now, on.
tape. I think her belly sags more that it pushes out to the sides, but
it does both. Also, when she lies down on one side, something she
doesn't do when I'm in the room, the bulge in her belly is obvious.

-cr

 




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