Sorry its long!


My boyfriend came back last night, with a cat her name is "Splodge" i was gobsmacked, cause we already have 2 cats, a dog, fish, birds,beardies,hamsters!

so we have quite a handful!

anyway this cat my boyfriend bought back, he got of this lad he knows his dads very ill, and he admitted to my boyfriend he was just going to let these 2 cats male and female out so they will be strays!

Well the female my boyfriend bought back is pregnant!
i dont think the lad and dad really know when she is due, my boyfriend went back round there today the place is a right state! and the male is no longer there so i guess they did just let him out!

They said she is due to have her kittens any day now,
and this lad who knows these people said well i would say shes due in about a week!

We have only had her since last night, and i found the whole situation heart breaking and messed my head up cause i didnt know wherever today to just take her to a cat shelter, But we have decided to keep her, and let her have the kittens here, then re home them, and then think about taking her to a cat shelter, or keep her if she gets on with our other 2 cats im just not sure what i want to do?! my head feels like its in a mess!

all of last night and most of today shes just stayed in our bedroom and the bathroom where she slept last night, with a litter tray, food, water, basket and a box just incase she was to give birth.

well tonight, she has been exploring all the other rooms in the flat.
shes very alert trying to run upto the birds, the dog sniffed her earlier and got hit round the face by her.

Shes been hissing and growling at my cat dodger, who is a male he dont do anything back just looks at her and rolls round on the floor sometimes.

And my other cat Felix was coming into the room, and it looked like she was going to chase Felix out the room, and Felix got growled and hissed at!


Is this Nasty behavourior obviously because shes pregnant, and shes trying to protect her & the unborn kittens.
i just need some help and advice on what to do i know if it wasnt for us taking her in she would be giving birth on the street!
we dont know how old she is but at a guess maybe 1/2 years old.

i would like some advice on what we should do ?!
and help on when shes going to go into labor and gives birth to these kittens!

Any help would be really grateful!

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Cats- Spice (17 years'tabby) Felix (4 years'black&white)Dodger(1 year'black) Splodge (about 2 years'white&black)

Birds- Pepsi- (about 2 years'Cockatiel) Lenny- (11 years'Budgie)

Hamster- Jessie (2 & half' years)

Hi sounds like normal behaviour intros i think need to be done slowly and stead i took in 2 rescue kittens and we had all that going on it quite stressful for new and exsisting cat i does take time it might be an idea to keep your newbie seperate and let herdeal with settling and concentrating on having her kittens. i found this link Living Together - Introducing a New Cat i know its a lot of reading but i found a couple of useful tips hope there might be something of use there i know there are a few people on here who regularly foster so hopefully someone may be able to help further good luck please keep us updated hope all goes well

I would keep new cat in a seperate room until the kittens are born and older before trying to introduce them to any other animals.

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i think the first thing i would do is to take her to the vet to see how far into the pregnancy she is and get her checked over and get some advice.

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First of all well done you and your BF for taking her in. She is bound to be very wary and a tad off as she will be not a little upset that she has been taken from the territory she knows and plonked somewhere new - especially when she is close to having her kittens. I would give her her own space, somewhere quiet and where there is no "through traffic" of people or other animals (spare bedroom?) until she has had the kittens and feels more secure.

Make sure she has some good quality food now and when she has the kittens.

She is a very pretty cat and she does look a little bewildered, bless her.


Keep us updated!

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Kaz

For kittens, joy is for the asking and smiles are for the giving

Agree with all the above comments, get her checked over by the vet for fleas etc and to find out how far she is gone, so you can be prepared. keep her in a nice quiet room with everything you have done so far, box, blankets food etc.
I ended up caring for a pregnant cat years ago. She was stressed and it was obvious. I frantically researched online how to care for her properly and how to help with the birth.
Be prepared for some beautiful kittens and sleepless nights. She abandoned a few of the kits and i had to do hourly feeds! Worth it though

Keep us posted and well done

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wow what a beautiful cat. She is stunning.

do you know if she has had any jabs?
She will hiss etc anyway even if she wasn't preggers. Intros can take a while.
well done for taking her in though. What colour was the male that is probably the dad?

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Well done you guys for giving her a safe home, at least for now.

The hissing etc is totally normal, and nothing to do with her being pregnant.

You need to keep her away from your other pets, until she had had the kittens. If you don't plan to keep her then she doesn't need to meet them at all, it's safer anyway as you don't know if she's vaccinated, wormed, flead etc. None of these should be carried out when pregnant.

I would take her to the vet to have her checked over and see what they think. In the meantime, have a look over the 'stickys' about what to have handy for a birth, and make sure you have most of that.

Most moggy births are fairly straightforward but read up as much as possible so you will know if things aren't going as they should.

Fingers crossed all will go well for you.

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Thanks so much everyone for all the replies!
i rang the PDSA up today to ask about the special kitten milk so were going to buy some of that.
& she said after shes had the kittens feed the cat kitten food not adult food for the time being cause she will be quite weak!

ill have to eventually buy more food for her and the kittens.


Some more questions i have a pipette of frontline left over from doing Dodger & Felix is it okay to use on a pregnant cat? i didnt think it was, but thought i would ask.

& also what do i do about Litter tray when the kittens do arrive do i need more then one? or a big one? & when they are really young, does the mother show them how to use it!?

I just pray the kittens will go to really good homes, im sick of what people can do they like did to Splodge! & just let them out as strays or not care for them.

Im in two minds wherever i want to keep her, obviously i dont want to get rid of her, but i just think we have quite alot of pets to be honest, im trying not to bond with her but thats going to be very hard lol!
is it best to rehome the kittens at 12 weeks?


No i dont have a clue wherever she has any jabs cause i think she surpose to of been a outdoor cat, ill have to get my boyfriend to go round and ask.
the male was white sadly i think he might be stray now

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Sugar & Spice (in my avatar) RIP Sugar my beautiful girl!



Cats- Spice (17 years'tabby) Felix (4 years'black&white)Dodger(1 year'black) Splodge (about 2 years'white&black)

Birds- Pepsi- (about 2 years'Cockatiel) Lenny- (11 years'Budgie)

Hamster- Jessie (2 & half' years)