LindaL
Well-Known Member
Update (maybe?) on our barn kitties...at least one of them...
When we got these kittens (10 months old in beg. of October), the woman who we got them from said she "was told" that they were spayed/neutered by her renter who moved out and left the cats. The male does physically look neutered, so I did not verify with a vet that the female was indeed spayed.
So, this morning I am out at the barn looking at Sally and thinking "You look fat"...but not really "fat", because she is such a little cat and isn't big everywhere like her brother Harry. It is just her belly that looks to be bigger than normal. I pick her up (she doesnt really like to be held) and try to feel her abdomen and to me it feels "firm"...Great! If she is not spayed, that means she got pregnant after we got her since she is an outdoor/barn cat.
I have not seen any signs of heat from her and have not seen any other cats in our area...however, right after we got her she "disappeared" for a few days.
So, really, if she is pregnant, I have no way of telling how far along she is. I am still hoping she really is "just fat", but what should I do to prepare her for a place to have her kittens in the barn if she is pregnant?
*sigh*
When we got these kittens (10 months old in beg. of October), the woman who we got them from said she "was told" that they were spayed/neutered by her renter who moved out and left the cats. The male does physically look neutered, so I did not verify with a vet that the female was indeed spayed.
So, this morning I am out at the barn looking at Sally and thinking "You look fat"...but not really "fat", because she is such a little cat and isn't big everywhere like her brother Harry. It is just her belly that looks to be bigger than normal. I pick her up (she doesnt really like to be held) and try to feel her abdomen and to me it feels "firm"...Great! If she is not spayed, that means she got pregnant after we got her since she is an outdoor/barn cat.
I have not seen any signs of heat from her and have not seen any other cats in our area...however, right after we got her she "disappeared" for a few days.
So, really, if she is pregnant, I have no way of telling how far along she is. I am still hoping she really is "just fat", but what should I do to prepare her for a place to have her kittens in the barn if she is pregnant?
*sigh*