I have a one year old cat who is pregnant and due to deliver in about 2-3 weeks. she is quite aloof in nature and spends most of her time outside. She rarely comes in at night and when she does, she sleeps in the basement. my question is, when it is time for her to deliver, should I expect that she will find someplace outside to do so or would she come in to deliver? Has anyone ever had the same experience and can offer some info based on such? Thank you!
Izz
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i've been in the exact same situation and it didn't go as planned. The night my cat was around due my brother stayed at home whilst i was at my dance show. He was asked to keep an eye on the cat and make sure she came inside after a while. when i returned home from my show i found my cat had given birth to her kitten in the front garden.
I would suggest making sure she has a way to et in the house if you're not around and within the week when she's due keep her inside. If anything goes wrong you need to be able to control the situation. also if the kittens are born outside she might abandon them.
Hope this helps! xxx
Ocimom
You need to keep this cat INSIDE from now on - no excuses. She will have them outside and you won't know if there is anything wrong, may not find the kittens, etc. She should be confined to one room in the house now with litter pan, food, water and kittening box.
When the kits are 8 weeks old, mom should be spayed. She must also be kept inside during nursing time (for 8 weeks) so she doesn't go and get pregnant again when nursing.
To me, if the cat was outside more then inside, she should have been spayed a long time ago.
Star_of_Darkness
take the cat to a vet and have a gravid spay done. There is no excuse for adding the massive overpopulation of kittens who are destroyed every month at shelters.
Those kittens you irresponsibly allow to be born will steal homes from kittens at shelters, since you are a irresponsible owner you clearly don't care about the hundreds of kittens being put down because of people like you
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Get a medium-sized cardboard box, line it with some old clothes, and put it in a warm, secluded corner of your house. Feed her near the box so she gets accustomed to spending time near it / inside it. That's a perfect place for her to give birth in. If she doesn't like it at first, try relocating the box through trial and error.