How do you know when cats are finished having kittens?

[TakingBackSunday]

Hi all,

As the title suggests how do you know when a cat has finished having kittens?

Sat down for my tea and my beloved cat popped out a still born kitten, didn't even know she was pregnant.

Well apparently when I was away one weekend she got through the kitchen window and returned before I came home so DH didn't bother to tell me.

I know I'm irresponsible but she's an indoor ragdoll cat so didn't have had any urgency really (idiot) but I just need help with making sure she's okay now

She's being very affectionate, following me everywhere but not much else

She's only purring when I'm stroking her - she's not showing any other distressed behaviour.

She's eating, playing and being her usual self but I appreciate she might still be in labour so I'll keep an eye out. Vets are aware and have told me what to look out for if I need to take her.

More often than that!!

Honestly some people really are a bunch of twats and most seem to have found themselves on this thread…

My expensive fancy ass cat got out (the plumber left the door open) and disappeared for a couple of weeks, she hadn’t been spayed due to issues with her blood work, it happens doesn’t make me a bad owner…neither is the op!! She ended up giving birth to 4 beautiful kittens, it took a few hours with a break in between each one.

Id keep a close eye on her overnight and vets first thing @TakingBackSunday from memory my cat was super affectionate and purring an awful lot, she came for cuddles between each birth, she was super proud of her babies and let me handle them right away as she chose behind the sofa none of the super amazing birthing boxes I made for So had to move them after she’d finished to keep them warm

You’re doing fine ignore the shitty comments.

Really the whole “pets” thing should be illegal. It’s wasteful, polluting & just so wrong. No pets for any humans.

Good luck. Looks like it might be a weird night for you tonight.

No advice but as a fellow cat mum, and actual mother, I find some of the comments from other posters so terrible. The Poster was asking for advice, why can't other people be helpful and offer constructive advice

She's not interested in the sofa, she's sitting on the chair next to me going to sleep.

I'll keep an eye on her.

Looks wide awake to me.

As a vegan I disagree. I'm with you on the intentional breeding, but what about the ones who are in rescue centres who need a home?

I've rehomed four dogs in my adult life who have been loved. Should they have just been euthanised?

@WellsAndThistles okay what do you want to know?

I wasn't planning on breeding her, she was my last cat (we have two older ones that pre date the kids that are neutered).

She's an indoor cat, she got pregnant, showed no signs of pregnancy, no signs of nesting and had a kitten.

She got up off the sofa and went to the kitchen, I moved the kitten as she wasn't interested but wanted to know if we should expect anymore.

She's now chilled on the chair after playing, grooming and eating.

Why did you get a cat, @TakingBackSunday?

@RogueFemale I chushed (idk how to spell it) the other cat and she looked at me so I took a picture to show she was settled.

How old is your cat? Looks really young as she doesn't even have her lions mane yet.

@RogueFemale why does anyone get pets?

And she's three years old.

@RogueFemale big off with you insinuating that the OP shouldn't have a cat. She made a mistake not having the cat neutered yes. But it's an indoor cat and you know what sometimes life fucking happens. Especially when you have two disabled children.
So unless you have never made a single mistake ever in your life bore off. People in glass houses and all that!

The only reason to get a cat is because you love cats. And if you genuinely love cats you'll ensure that they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, etc. You'll also care about their quality of life, such as going in a garden, because cats really love to be outdoors, sun themselves, etc. If your home isn't suitable or is unsafe due to being next to a busy road, then you don't get a cat.

• bog off even

@RogueFemale apart from this one not being neutered, my other cats are. They are up to date with vaccines, regularly wormed and flead.

Fed, watered and loved.

I choose to have indoor cats, they sun their selves on windows and have plenty of enrichment.

I made a mistake not getting her neutered, I've admitted that and by the end of this week she will be.

2 of them are ragdolls and it's not recommended to let them out and one of them has no interest and is scared of wind, the other was a stray for years, was attacked.

I'm sure there's plenty of people on here who have indoor cats.

My rescue cats are indoors, not because they're a breed, but because the rescue made it a condition of their adoption (for good reason).

In many countries it's the norm for cats to be indoors.

Maybe she got one because as you have demonstrated so well on this thread, cats are better than people and don't judge.

Anyway OP, don't take the nasty comments to heart. Yes, ideally you would have had her spayed but you weren't expecting her to get out. Chalk it up as a lesson learned.

All you can do is keep a close eye on her tonight. Hopefully it's over now and she's ok but definitely worth getting her checked over at the vet, and booked in for her op.

If I rescued a cat I would also want it to be an indoor cat, but I would've rescued it to allow it to have a fulfilled life. Surely there is a middle ground? Letting it out on a lead or in a cat friendly garden? They are not really animals that should be kept indoors constantly. It isn't natural surely. I'm not saying you are lying, but I'm shocked a rescue centre made it a condition of adoption.

I bred cats and many first timers have up to seven