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Ye gods, my cats gone and got herself knocked up

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MalodyandJim · 13/09/2016 07:05

Confused

She's a beautiful pure breed birman. We've had her just over a year. We bought her off a family member who has bred birmans for years and she was from the last litter ever. She was the only girl and we had decided with them that we would keep her for breeding possibly one litter (family member shows cats all over the country). Hence why she hasn't been spayed.

She started calling in June and we kept her in for a week. She stopped calling and everything seemed fine, we let her back out again. Around this time I took her to the vet as she seemed off her food, vet gave me some overrid? to stop her ovulating as ideally we didn't want her having a littler until she was older.

Last week she seemed to suddenly explode, checked her nipples and yep pink and huge. She's bloody pregnant! I don't think she got pregnant in June as she would have had them by now. So no signs of calling and the overrid doesn't seem to have worked.

Except now I have no idea how far along she is! She's pretty big, very big pink nipples and I can feel the kittens moving around inside her so I don't think she's got very long to go.

Family friend is away for a month so is no help. What do I do?! Does she need to go to the vet? I've been reading up and it all seems straightforward but it's a pain not knowing when exactly she's due.

I've got her a nice box and old blankets for the birth, is there anything else I need to do?

Ye gods, my cats gone and got herself knocked up
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AverageGayLadAtChristmas · 19/09/2016 14:24
FannyFifer · 19/09/2016 14:24

Those kittens are bloody massive, poor wee mama cat.

GlitteryFluff · 19/09/2016 14:26

Aww congratulations mummy cat Smile

MalodyandJim · 19/09/2016 14:27

Oh Christ....and another!

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Soubriquet · 19/09/2016 14:28

I predicted 4 Grin

SpidersFromMars · 19/09/2016 14:35

4 kittens!!!

TheCompanyOfCats · 19/09/2016 14:35

Ginormous kittens!

Her poor, poor fanjo. Shock

ThomasRichard · 19/09/2016 14:36

Wow! What a lot of kitties!

JinkxMonsoon · 19/09/2016 14:40

I bet she's regretting that bunk up with Mr Ginormous Tom now.

QuimReaper · 19/09/2016 14:42

Gaaah this is so exciting!

Is #4 just as big? Do we think she'll keep going?

MalodyandJim · 19/09/2016 14:53

I've got the school run. Breeder here with her, no idea if there will be another when I get home!

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LyndaNotLinda · 19/09/2016 14:55

Wow - that's a long labour (for some reason I thought cats would be all done in about 2 hours)! She's doing brilliantly - well done mumcat (does she have a name?)

HateHimReallyDo · 19/09/2016 15:14

Oh bless her little paws! She's fantastic!

LMGTFY · 19/09/2016 16:10

Oh wow, 4 massive kittens! Hope mum is doing OK?

MalodyandJim · 19/09/2016 16:27

She's very tired, ate 3 of the placentas and didn't bother with the last. Squeaky little kittens! Wish I could upload a video on here, they are so strong!

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SoupDragon · 19/09/2016 16:30

4! just the number you said you needed :)

SandunesAndRainclouds · 19/09/2016 16:33

Cute! 😻

GerundTheBehemoth · 19/09/2016 16:37

Congratulations Grin

DramaAlpaca · 19/09/2016 16:41

Four! How lovely. Well done MalodyCat.

Justputyourshoesonnow · 19/09/2016 16:43

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Starsinthedark · 19/09/2016 16:46

I demand photographs!

FannyFifer · 19/09/2016 16:48

More photos please.

Vinorosso74 · 19/09/2016 16:55

Aaah lovely, what a day! Well done Mama cat and pleased you have homes lined up for the kittens.
Look forward to kitten photos over the coming weeks.

blessedmummyov5 · 19/09/2016 17:21

Aww cute x

TheABC · 19/09/2016 17:51

Well done! They are enormous; forget Maine coon, she has clearly been out with the local puma.

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