I just got a new stray cat. Its a white cat with 1 black spot. And its face is gray. Its female. And its going to have babys. Any tips?
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Aww how adorable! Well i had taken care of a pregnant cat named Daisy and her kittens once, you just want to buy a cozy bed for after the kittens are born that they can stay in and a carboard low sided box with a few towels for her to give birth in. try putting the box in a closet thats what i did, she found the box and soon started nesting. She was so cute she wanted me there with her. she even ran out of the room with a kitten half out her tushy trying to signal me. hehe well you could also try offering her and ice cube to lick when she in labor in really comforted my cat. well also a note mother cats do not litterbox train their kittens so watch out for poo and stuff. and try to introduce food nearby after a while the little kittens will try both hard food and water when there a little older. It doesnt take much work i mean cats are good mothers so just sit back and dont be afraid to let them do their thing, most likely this isnt her first litter. Well good luck, im kinda jealous!
p.s. dont forget to occasionally interact somewhat with the kittens me and my sister did and they turned out to be the loviest cats you could ever have hoped for. treat them with love and care i know you be a great pet owner.
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Keep it inside, as she could likely hide when it is time to have the kittens! Make sure you give her a safe room to be with a box and a blanket, and don't touch her too much. Be there when she has the babies and make sure the little babies can breathe.
You can look it up online for step-by-step instructions. She's so luck to have been adopted by you! So many animals die on the streets, so make sure you never let her or her kittens out of the house. If you can't keep them, post a small ad in the paper, tell people by myspace bulletins or on facebook marketplace... anything. Posting a picture of the cats that need to be adopted will really help. I know I'll take in as many as my husband and I can take care of.
Feed her kitten food.
Have fresh water at all times.
Keep her inside.
Give her a box with a blanket in it.
Put her in a room that you want her to have her kittens.
Get her shots if you can afford it.
Find some homes for the kittens after there born.
Keep the kittens until there 9-12 wks old.
Dont touch the kittens until there 6-7 days old, it can mess up there eyes.
Play with the kittens alot to keep them tame.
And spay mommy cat.
My husband talks about how, when he was a kid, their cat ALWAYS chose his clothing drawer to have her kittens in ... it got to be a joke. So, as these folks suggest, make her a good bedding place or she'll make her own.
Another word of advice, we live in an older house ... our cat (spayed) can and does open cabinet doors and crawls around. We leave the closet door open ... she sometimes goes in there and lays. The other day, I found her in a stand up (but open) dirty clothes hamper. In the last few days, she's decided she likes lying in a box not much bigger than a shoe box that I haven't gotten around to throwing out yet.
However, she does come when I whistle and call her name (thanks to her "big sister" dog teaching her to do so), so I can't complain about the games of hide-n-seek! She's a good cat! (I keep hoping that, in a few years when we get another puppy, our cat will "teach" him/her how to use the litter box! ... Hey, if a cat can learn from a dog to come to a whistle, it seems reasonable that a dog can learn from a cat to use a litter box!)
Have fun with the moma and kittens!
first thing i say to you is bless you for taking in a stray. i took in a female pregant cat almost 12 years ago an she had 4 kittens.. 1 got killed but the other 3 are alive an doing good.. an mamma cat is still here. ive had them since they were born an they r like my kids.. good luck
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