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I think my cat may be pregnant but I can barely afford her!?
I have an 8 month old kitty, times got tough real quick and I now think she might be pregnant! I can barely afford her as it is, what options do I have?! For a couple months the thought of rehoming or sending to a shelter, her and my other cat, came to mind often and it's not until now when I'm considering taking at least my female to a good shelter! Now to explain my situation, when my friend brought her home, I was doing good, had money, a home, and my other kitty was a happy one! I was hesitant because I knew I could possibly end up not being able to afford any of the cats but my friend was getting a good job and we felt okay! Fast forward, family issues occurred and am now living with my aunt who has 5 dogs! They're a bit tight on money and I feel like a burden but they took me in! I have no income now, I ask for money from family or even ask to buy my cats food and litter! Well recently I've been letting my femal out in the yard, she's new at that, she soon got in heat and today I found her with another cat! I brought her in and she became very aggressive while trying to, she's never been this aggressive before. For the past couple days she's been in the same place on the side of the house, now I believe it was because of the other cat. What should I do?! I'm expecting a couple calls for a job but I still feel as if thought my aunt won't be pleased.
10 Answers
- OcimomLv 75 years ago
Call your vet and have an emergency spay done NOW. If you are having financial problems, there is no way you can afford to feed and care for a litter of up to 8 kittens for 3-4 months. You should have had her spayed long ago and not let her outside in heat knowing she would end up pregnant.
Kittens under a year often need more medical care and may even need a c-section or other emergency vet treatment when trying to deliver kittens ($1,500+). And she may or may not care for the litter, leaving you to try and bottle feed kittens every 2-3 hours round the clock.
Best thing to do is spay her immediately or surrender her to a shelter and don't get a pet till you can afford one.
- J CLv 75 years ago
You can't afford her, yet you let her outdoors unspayed and where she is more likely to need a vet? How irresponsible. Take her to the closest shelter and drop her off as a stray - they do not charge. They will spay her and find her a home. Don't expect any one to feel sorry for you - this is a situation that YOU caused and could have been avoided by simply keeping her indoors. Don't rehome her on craigslist, Facebook, etc as you attract the nutcases who feed cats to snakes, sell them to research labs, use them for fighting dog bait, etc. Get her in to a shelter prior to kitten season as she has a better chance. Living with you she has NO chance. At that young age she is likely to need a C-section delivery to give birth which costs up to around $2500. If you can't afford food you can't afford that.
- 5 years ago
If you think your cat is pregnant and you can barely afford her and kids. So, you either re-home personally after making sure the new owners will take care of it or keep the cat with you until she gives birth and then, after a month or two give the kittens for free to people who wish for kitty.
- rezaLv 65 years ago
Usually shelters charge for leaving animals there as far as I know. Your best bet if you do think she's pregnant is to try to personally try to rehome her. There's probably a group on Facebook or other social media sites for just pets that can help you rehome her, or craigslist is always a good option as well
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- Anonymous5 years ago
usually shelters charge for leaving animals there as far as i know... your proper bet if you do think she's pregnant is to try to personally try to rehome her... there's probably a group on facebook or other social media sites for just pets that can help you rehome her, or craigslist is always a good option as well
- AvrilLv 45 years ago
Perhaps you could bring some money together to get her neutered at the vet? If she's very early in the pregnancy, they will neuter her anyway, so it's like a double-whammy -- abortion and speying.
- Elaine MLv 75 years ago
If she was indoors only, how could she get pregnant?
Borrow the money and get her spayed.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Okay.
- Anonymous5 years ago
okay.........