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Old March 10th 05, 07:21 PM
Nancy via CatKB.com
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My daughter brought home a stray and very quickly it became obvious that
she had brought home more than one. Momma kitty is now showing. I have had
her for about a month and have no idea when she is due. about a week ago
she started laying around either at my feet (wherever i happen to be) or in
my closet. Have never had kittens but my dog did the same thing so i think
thats normal. I will try not to be too gross with this next part but I
really need help as I have never had a cat before. About three days ago she
started "leaking" but there was no blood. I looked it up and found her
symptoms to be close to the 1st stage of labor. It said it could last up to
a day and a half that a vet is not needed for any stage of labor just give
her a quiet spot and she will do the rest, sounds easy. Today being the
third day she has started to have some blood mixed in but still no sign of
kittens. No heavy breathing, pushing, sweating, screaming or throwing
things. Oh wait, that was me, but you get the point. Is this normal? Should
I just leave her be or get her to a vet? Would rather avoid vet expense
just so they could laugh at me and tell me that millions of cats have
kittens every day and then charge me $100.00.

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Old March 10th 05, 08:06 PM
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In article ,
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About three days ago she
started "leaking" but there was no blood.


This is normal.

I looked it up and found her
symptoms to be close to the 1st stage of labor. It said it could last up to
a day and a half that a vet is not needed for any stage of labor just give
her a quiet spot and she will do the rest, sounds easy. Today being the
third day she has started to have some blood mixed in but still no sign of
kittens.


If this lasts more than a day, get her in to the vet ASAP (I myself would
bring her now, but I'm a worrier). Cats don't show labor (or pain in general)
like humans do and if her kittens die inside her, she can get sick and die,
too. One gets stuck in the canal when it's time and none of the rest can get
out and they all suffocate.
I'm not an experienced breeder or anything, so I wouldn't trust myself to
make any judgement calls. I'd just go to the vet now.

Even cats need c-sections sometimes.
(as an interesting aside, English Bulldogs almost always need c-sections)

Cats just aren't really all that vocal about their pain. When our old Tom
(RIP, dude, we still miss ya) got his tail crushed in the door, no one knew
until the tip fell off 3 days later. Seriously. Long hair hid the wound (and
it wasn't all that bloody, but the bones were crushed) and he never acted
like there was a problem. Talk about feeling guilty...

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Old March 10th 05, 08:09 PM
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"kaeli" wrote in message


Cats just aren't really all that vocal about their pain. When our old Tom
(RIP, dude, we still miss ya) got his tail crushed in the door, no one

knew
until the tip fell off 3 days later. Seriously. Long hair hid the wound

(and
it wasn't all that bloody, but the bones were crushed) and he never acted
like there was a problem. Talk about feeling guilty...


I found it odd that my Gnarly purred the whole time she gave birth.


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Old March 10th 05, 11:51 PM
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OK, I called a vet that is a breeding specialist and she said that it is
fairly normal. She seems to be a young cat (under a year old) and this is
probably her first litter. It is not uncommon for this part to last a few
days. Where the danger comes is if she gets to the point of straining.
That should not last for days, although it is common to have part or most
of the litter then stop labor and have another kitten or two a day later.
She has decided to have them in my bathtub which could be a problem but
could be worse, at least this way there is not carpet. I thought that the
fact that she was just laying there puring meant that labor was not
progressing but the vet said that is normal and is kind like lamaz for
cats. Who knew she would be so calm about the whole thing? all in all the
vet said to keep an eye on her and call back in the morning to let her know
how she is and she will evaluate at that time if she needs to be seen but
she is pretty sure that by the time i call back it will be to tell her how
many new kitties I have to find homes for. She did say that it is quite
rare for cats to have to have c sections and that it is mostly with cats
that have come from breeding programs and alley cats, as this one seems to
be, are pretty tough and get through it well enough on their own. I do
thank everyone for their help and hope that all goes well. I will post in
the morning to let all know.

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