can u help me please?

Question

i have a 7 month old cat she is a stay indoors cat but unfortunatly my younger daughter let her out a bout 5 or 6 wks ago . she has become alot fatter and more friendly her nipples seem bigger but they are still no swollen and she wants food all the time What age do cats get pregnant and if she is pregnant when would i be able to see or feel movement. im in the uk

Answer 1

She is pregnant. You should be able to feel movement now if she will let you.

Answer 2

During the first weeks of cat gestation, it's almost impossible to notice that a cat is pregnant. In general she will behave normally.
Her nipples become pink after about three weeks. This is most visible if it's the first time the queen is pregnant. From that moment it will take six weeks before the kittens arrive.
They sleep more and are not interested in male cats. Heat cycles stop and a queen becomes more loving. During pregnancy a cat will gain weight. But it lasts until the fifth week before this becomes visible.

Sometimes a queen shows cat pregnancy symptoms, without actually being pregnant. This is called false pregnancy. However, this is quite rare.

Answer 3

Cats reach sexual materity at around 4-5 months of age... Although she is an indoor cat, it would have been recommended that you had her neutered, which is performing a full oviarhysterectomy to prevent her from coming onto 'heat' and being able to fall pregnant.

Have you noticed this sort of behaviour before, when she wasn't allowed outside? Friendliness and gaining weight can sometimes be a sign of a cat being on heat, but it sounds MUCH more likely that she is in the later stages of pregnancy, given that she was let out.

It is very hard to see or feel movement of the foetuses, so therefore I strongly advise that you get down to your local vets for a consultation. They will confirm whether she is pregnant or not, and advise you on the arrival of the kittens, how to feed her before and after, and any problems that may arise.

Please be aware that new homes will have to be found for upto eight kittens once they are ready to leave the mother.

If on the offchance, however, that she is not pregnant, please please ask your vet about neutering (spaying) your cat. It prevents this worry and unwanted kittens in the future.

Best of luck.

Answer 4

My daughter likes to let our cat out, too. But he's neutered, thankfully.
Sure sounds like she's pregnant. Gestation for a cat is 63 days. I would take her in for a check up. Cats are pretty hearty. So even though she's not full grown, her giving birth should go as nature intended. And make sure she eats enough. Some people feed pregnant cats kitten food for the extra fat and calories.
If you're not ready for this, it may be possible to find a vet who will spay her now. And if this is the route you chose, I personally think it's an OK one, in the interest of the cat population as a whole.
Either way, please make sure you get her spayed.

Answer 5

If she has had a heat then it is possible. Our cat had her 1st heat and she ran out when we brought the shopping in and then suddenly her nipples got pink and she got chubby - even thought she had always been lean.

We could n't feel the kittens until she was about 6 weeks gone and then you can feel little sausages, at about 7 weeks they will start to move about and you should be visibly be able to see them move.

Good luck, and get out the kitten food to start feeding her on!!
Our kitty had a happy pregnancy and became very affectionate. We Had 5 lovely kittens and all have homes to go to when they are ready! It's just the problem of trying to keep her in again until we can have her spayed!

We did not bother taking her to the vet until we thought she had gone past her due date - we took her all okay and got her home 2 hrs later the first kitten arrived and she pretty much did it all on her own (with our support of course) we did have problem with the 4th one were she was not interested in licking off the sac - my other half broke the sac and handed the kitten to her and then mum took over again - exhausted. the last one was a surprise and we found her cuddling him later in the nesting box. We are keeping him as she always has him near!!

My best wishes!

Answer 6

Sounds to me like she's pregnant. They reach sexual maturity sometime between 5 and 7 months, on the earlier side if there is something to stimulate her... like roaming around among the males.

Don't know about the movement. The nipples won't enlarge until very late in the pregnancy, especially for a first litter.

Well, huh, what shall we say, congratulations?

Answer 7

i think its about 12 weeks/3 months that they are pregnant for, so u neednt worry yet. when its nearer her due date be prepared though. my cat was only 9 months when she fell pregnant so age isnt a factor. just give her lots of love and attention and nearer the time find a private place in the house. fill it with her favourite blanket, cat food etc and show her it, the chances are she will use this when she gives labour, or she will move her babies there for peace and quiet when there born. dont worry though as im sure ur cat is fine and it isnt hard work when the kittens are born. any other questions email me xx

Answer 8

Seven months is very young for a cat to be pregnant and it is not good for the cat to go through that at such a young age. Take her to the vet to have her checked out and get her spayed while she is there. Cats have a natural instinct to go outside so there is every chance she will end up outside again.

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Answer 9

My kitten is only 6 months and the male cats were hovering around my house to impregnate her, so I took her this moring to be spayed. Always spay and neuter your cats as it makes them better pets especially the males as they will stay at home more often. 6 months is a good age. Don't neuter a male cat too soon as it's penis will be underdeveloped and small to effectively allow kidney stones to pass which will cause kidney stone problems and can be dangerous.

Answer 10

You would need to ask a vet what the actual time frame is before seeing or feeling movement. Our vet told us (my ex & I) that you can feel the mother cat's belly (gently), and feel for bumps or pits... which are the little ones. You count the bumps/pits & that gives you number of kittens to be expecting.
The enclosed website advises that a fetal heartbeat, & placenta circulation are detectable by the 4th week.
http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/felinepregnancy/

Answer 11

Yes, she sounds pregnant... full term for a cat is about 3mths.... so I would think about 1 and half months you would be able to feel some movement... and cats can have their frist period at 6months old.. and so they can get pregnant then....