thanks
from your opinion how long to you think she has to go?

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Yeah well, OK, it does rather depend how many she's got in there I grant you!

Liz

The gestation period is 63-65 days - in other words, 9 weeks. I've never known a cat be visibly pregnant before 3 weeks and that would only be with an enormous litter, my experience is that she generally begins to get fatter at 5 weeks assuming a litter of about 4. If it's a single kitten (rare) she won't be visibly pregnant until the very end of pregnancy.

Bottom line, there's no way you've got more than a month and you migght not have that long. Give her lots of choices of safe dark places to have the kittens. She won't have them outside in this weather but if we should have an exceptionally warm April she could have them outside - I had a moggie that surprised me like that once, just two kittens, I had no idea she was even pregnant, just heard squeaks out in the garden one night

even if she hates people and she is frightened she wont have them outside?

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I would start keeping her inside from now BB, try and get her used to a quiet room. Mine usually have all there's in my bedroom, I pull out the bottom drawer in the unit and stick a blanket under there, they seem to like that, but I also have a cardboard box on its side with a blanket in as well. If you put her food, water and litter box in there she should soon settle down

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She doesn't hate you, surely?

If you want maximum security then the thing to do (warning, it isn't cheap, but I assume you will be selling the kittens so you should get the money back) is to buy a kittening pen and put that in a spare room if possible or at least the quietest you can find. Get her used to spending a little time in there every day. I agree, keeping her in from now would be a good idea if you can do it - apart from anything else there is always some danger that she could meet with an accident if you let her out, and then you lose the kittens as well which would be very upsetting.

And - just out of curiousity - why she is afraid of people?

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My moggie who is not over-friendly with people (We took her from a very elderly lady down the road who went into hospital long-term) had her litter under our bed. I sat with her the whole time she had them (and it turned out she only had 1) We left her under there with her baby for about a week, then moved her and her baby downstairs. She was a very nervous mum and rarely left the kitten even when it was older. But with alot of patience everything went great - I loved it

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not a clue why, we had her from 7 weeks and treated her like every other cat but just isnt happy

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Pregnancy lasts for 63 to 65 days but it can be as long as 70 days
You will be able to tell when her time is near as her teats will fill up about 2 to3 days before she has her babies
I would find out were she likes to go in your house and put a box in there
If you go on this link you will get some useful tips
Birth (parturition) in Cats - Signs of labour & the birth process.

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