Please bear in mind I have never had a cat so looking for advice on whether I'm doing this right!
My friend noticed a cat in her garden this summer, it rarely left the garden and tried coming into her house which her own cat did not like!
Over time we noticed the cat was becoming increasingly thin and it was losing its fur. We knocked on doors in the local area and phoned rescues/vets etc to see if someone had reported it missing but no joy.
The cat really did look very ill and, though my friend had fed it a bit she couldn't take it in as her cat wouldn't accept it and she couldn't afford to keep it. I decided that we couldn't wait any longer to find an owner and I spoke to DH about taking the cat to the vets and to our house forever and ever a rescue centre and we collected the cat on Tuesday evening.
The vet examined it and told us the cat was very starved and had a bad flea infestation (now treated) which was why it is pretty bald. There was no microchip and it was female and pregnant (sigh).
We took her home and put her in the bathroom (wipe clean surfaces for easy flea and wee/poo disposal). She currently lives in a large box with a doorway cut into it and a towel on the floor of it. She is eating 3/4 of a tin of food a day with about 10 dentabits as treats to make her like us! I've been researching pregnant cats and I'm going to find some pregnant cat food or kitten food. She has been eating Butchers classic which is what my friend gave me and feeds her cat. She has a litter tray that she finally used perfectly last night (Yay!). So I have moved her to our spare room in the hope that she continues to use it.
Her fleas are gone and she's eating well but I need to take her to the vet for a scan. The vet said it's not vital but as she is so thin and very small I am worried that there may be problems with the kittens.
Now we know she is pregnant I'm not sure we can keep her as it is so expensive to raise kittens properly but having read about the crisis in cat rescues I'm thinking we will probably have to. I could carry on looking for the owner but it seems unlikely she has one that gives a shit 
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She is a totally fab cat, very affectionate and I am trying not to become attached by naming her or anything in my head her name is Rowena.
I hope I am looking after her properly, please tell me if I'm not. I could do with advice and a hand to hold through this!
