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is cat really pregnant?
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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"Calvin Rice" wrote in message ups.com... 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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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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"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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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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Lorraine wrote:
(a URL) 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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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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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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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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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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