How do you tell if your cat is pregnant?

Answer 1

wait a few days and see if her belly is bigger...cats bellies grow really fast.

Answer 2

How to Tell if a Cat Is Pregnant
Recognizing that a cat is pregnant is important to providing adequate care for the cat mom and her babies. For kind hearted souls who take in stray animals and try to find homes for them, early identification that a cat is pregnant can make the difference between a positive adoption experience and a cat being returned along with her kittens. Recognizing that a cat is pregnant can be tricky, even for seasoned veterinarians and animal welfare workers. Here are some ideas to help identify if a female cat is pregnant.

Steps
Check to see if her nipples are larger.
Feel her tummy to see if you feel a sort of swelling and small lumps the size of walnuts.
When a cat becomes pregnant, her demeanor may change. Pregnant cats become very affectionate. Most cats start to really love their tummies massaged when pregnant.
Stand back and look at your cat's overall shape. From the side, pregnant cats frequently look a little swayback with a slightly distended tummy. From the top looking down at the cat, a pregnant cat's tummy is frequently distended slightly more than halfway from the neck to the tail. This look has been compared to the posture of a burro. If your cat's profile has changed from normal to burro, she might be pregnant.
To distinguish pregnant from fat: fat cats are fat all over, including the neck, the legs. etc. Pregnant cats are not. However, keep in mind that fat cats can be pregnant too!
When a pregnant cat gets close to delivering her kittens, she may start nesting -- arranging blankets, towels, straw, whatever, into a secure place to have her babies.

Tips
While the "burro" look is a good indicator that a female cat is pregnant, this is not always accurate. There are medical conditions that can cause a cat to retain fluid in her abdomen, which could make a cat look distended in the middle and swayback.

Warnings
Some veterinarians offer to "remove the pregnancy" or spay the pregnant cat. Some veterinarians do not recommend doing this beyond a certain point in the progression of the pregnancy, while others perform this surgery at any point during the pregnancy. For people who struggle with making the decision whether to abort or have the kittens, but who really do not want the kittens, one option is to ask the vet to spay the cat but to NOT tell you if she was pregnant.

Answer 3

If her belly is looking a little big, gently run your hand over her belly and see if you can feel kittens moving. If you are not sure, take her to see the vet. When our cat was pregnant, my dad felt her belly and could feel the kittens moving within a few weeks of catching her with the boy cat. If your cat is very young or very old, you should take her to the vet to make sure she is ok.

Answer 4

Wait a couple months and see if she has kittens...either that or go to the vet for an ultrasound.

Was your cat recently in heat and escaped outside somewhere? If so, then there's a 90% chance that she's pregnant.

Answer 5

If she hasn't been spayed! Cats seem to get pregnant all the time, especially if they're ever outside! Feel her sides, but do so gently.

Answer 6

Are her boobies filling with milk and is she getting fat and bumpy? If so........than she is pregnant. Do you know if she has been in heat recently? loud yowling will indicate that for the most part........oh yeah..........and male cats humping her is a good sign! LOL

Answer 7

The stomach looked bulky...

Answer 8

Check her belly to see if it's getting bigger

Answer 9

she gets defensive when you stroke her belly and you notice it starts to buldge