Well, the third kitten finally emerged leg first and got stuck. So the cat is having a caesarean after all. I asked, was it possible just to manouvre the kitten out, answer, not without causing a great deal of pain to the cat. Vet gave me a dire warning about the dangers of doing a caesar on a cat with pyometra without spaying her at the same time, told me I was taking a risk with her life. No idea why she didn't tell me that when I saw her five hours previously, it was the same vet. I opted for the caesar only, not spaying, desperately hoping I won't be regretting it.

Just about everything that can go wrong has.

The vet thinks it's most unlikely the infection came from the stud cat, says it is because the cervix has been open for too long with no labour. I am desperately regretting not having taken the cat back into the vet on Saturday when no kittens arrived on Friday after mucus came away and we thought everything was under way. The vet on Friday said the cervix wasn't open. The cat seemed entirely normal and happy up to and including this morning, with no signs of going into labour at all.

I am now waiting for a call from the vet and feeling sick. This poor cat has not had much of a life so far, she has lived in a pen all her life as far as I can tell, and because we had no idea when the kittens were due, she has been living in a kitten pen since we got her six weeks ago. I thought once the kittens arrived that she would be able to have a happy life and now it looks as if she might die. I feel dreadful.

Liz

I didn't get to see the first one, though the vet was talking about it actually coming apart in her hand. This one was just dead in the amniotic sac, with a fair amount of pus around.

Hope she pulls through alright!

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Im so sorry,I hope things go alright for you, please keep us posted.

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope your kitty is okay x

Prayers are being said for your queen ((((Hugs))))

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Oh my. Liz - so sorry for you and your baby girl.
Strangely, though I mentioned Flower earlier this actually sounds more like what is happening currently with my girl Ripley.
She is around six weeks pregnant and I took her into the vets tonight with suspected pyometra.
He agreed that she has pyo and I've asked him to remove her womb. I would probably not have done that with any other cat - but this is her second problem pregnancy.

If she has pyometra you won't get a live kitten out - they can't live in that environment.

Is it too late to ask the vet to spay at the same time? Because what she's going to do is remove the babies and somehow try to remove the infection (I have no clue how they will do this). Sewing her back up with some infected material still inside her - well I can see why the vet would be worried. She'll be on anti biotics for a long time.

So sorry Liz.

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She's home. All the kittens were dead and apparently it was a horrible mess inside. The nurse tells me the vet was extremely careful not to spill any of the yuck, and has sewn it up then sewn it up again folding the edges in to make sure nothing can spill out but there is still some risk / high risk - take your pick. Have to take her back on Monday and watch out for loss of appetite etc. The nurse told me I mustn't let her out tonight!!!!

Vicky looks reasonably alert. If she gets through this then perhaps she can start being a pet which is what all my cats are first and foremost. If she gets through this we will give it one more try much later, perhaps show her a few times in the meantime, and if it doesn't work next time then that's it.

I am very disappointed of course and kicking myself for not having realised she was over time.

Liz

I'm so sorry, but its not your fault. How were you suppossed to know when the mating took place? It is the fault of the breeder you got her from. i would report the breeder to the gccf.

Well, it's a mistake anyone could have made if they had left a queen living with a stud. In fact she had been living with him for a year with no pregnancy. It's no different to the situation many non-pedigree owners are in when they know the cat is pregnant but don't know when the deed was done, and I guess 99 times out of 100 it would have been fine, I've just been very unlucky.

Liz