How soon can a cat get pregnant after having a litter? The vet told me my cat would be ok until she stops feeding her kitten. I want to get her spayed asap but as she is still feeding her kitten I need to wait

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Nic xx

cats can start calling a couple of weeks after giving birth ... so as soon as she calls she can get pregnant

My very horny cat (that got preggers at 3 1/2 months) started calling the day after giving birth... you will be pleased to know, she is now spayed.

eek: OMG, so the vet is wrong and my cat could already be pregnant again eek:
I haven't heard her in call or saw any other signs so hopefully she is not pregnant then, I will try my hardest to keep her in now until she can be spayed

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It's theoretically possible but not likely - even if mated, a queen who is feeding kittens may well not get pregnant.

Liz

I didn't think a cat could get pregnant when feeding but when my cat Mogling had a litter 13 years ago I kept two of her babies and she was still feeding them when she went to be spayed. Sadly, she was pregnant again which came as a shock to me. I had had no idea she had called either time - it must have been very subtle. I went ahead with the spaying which the vet agreed with as she was only young herself and her first litter had really taken it out of her.

It was a horrendous decision to have to make and I got Tabitha spayed as soon as I could after her litter earlier this year so that the same thing didn't happen again. She was still feeding her fur babies when she was spayed and was fine afterwards so maybe I was lucky. I did try to keep her in but she won't use a litter tray so went out to the garden to do what she had to and then came straight back in to be with her babies. I was very relieved once she was spayed and the three fur babies I am keeping will all be done as soon as my vet says it is OK.

Much as I love cats, eight is quite enough

wean the kittens, when they are fully weaned take the cat to be spayed. don't let her out until she is done.

my cat was spayed when the kittens were 7 weeks old. no problems.

Yeah mine too, actually mine were 8 weeks old, becuase we had to give mum a week to dry up.

she only had the one kitten....he is 6 weeks old and being a little beggar to get weaned...he wont eat kitten food at all, just goes up to it and sniffs then walks away. I have tried him with kitten recipes Ive read on here but he wont eat that either. I would really like hom to start eating soon so that I can get mummy spayed asap...he is staying with us though so he is going to keep goin after her milk.

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confused: That is what I dont want to happen....Poppy only had the one kitten and he is still feeding from her...he just wont take kitten food at all. Poppy is the same as your cat, she just wont go in the litter tray, she meows at the door to get out, if i ignore that she gets up on the window ledge and scratches to get out...she has damaged all the rubber draught excluder trying to get out I think ill call up the vet and see what he advises

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