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Cat question

Posted: Aug 5, 2011

Don't know if you remember my last posts awhile back about a stray cat we started feeding and took care, gave her shelter for the winter and she had kittens. We've taken the kittens in and adore them all. Now...here she is 3 or 4 months later, every once in awhile I'll get a glimpse of her nursing them. Vet told us milk has to be dried up before they can fix her. However, she is a stray and she has been going out walking around the neighborhood like she has before we took care of her. We are feeding her (of course) and a lot. She eats about 3 of the small cans of cat food a day, plus dry. She looks healthy and she is sweet as anything. My question is now we see she is getting a bit of a stomach. We're thinking omg...if she is pregnant again I don't know what we'll do. We're pushing it with the 5 kittens and our poor inside one who can't stand other cats and we've been playing musical chairs with letting them in and her out, then them out and her in. It's getting pretty stressful. So...my question is....how do we tell if she is pregnant versus just gaining weight from eating a lot. If she is pregnant can we still have her fixed and if so what would that mean. 5 kittens and 2 cats is a lot to take care of and we are going through a lot of cat food/litter. I do not know what we'll do if she's pregnant again. Does anyone know how to tell and if she is just getting fatter from the food (keep our fingers crossed) is it safe to get her fixed if I've seen her nurse just a little bit (maybe a couple times a week for just a few minutes she will).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Sympathetic cat woman - cnbc

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You can still get her fixed if she's not too far along, but it's too bad you didn't have this done after the last litter. If there are shelters in your area, they may know of someone who helps out with strays; they may be able to have her spayed for free. I have two cats (mother and son) that I've been taking care of for 3 years. I was able to get both of them fixed for just a donation ($10). Local vets will do spays/neuters for free as a service to their community. Usually they will ask the person who brings the animals in (in this case, a volunteer to help these poor animals) to bring in 5 or 6 at a time. You may want to check with your local animal shelters or humane societies. Good luck!

Cats - old and burned out

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Do you have a local animal shelter? I would call them and see if there are any low cost spay options around and also ask if there is any way to tell for certain at this stage. I once did have a cat spayed that turn out to have been pregnant but the vet did not know until the surgery so I suspect you cannot tell in early stages. I volunteer at my local shelter and kittens are easy to place in homes; it's the older cats who have trouble so even if she has another litter you can give them to a shelter without fear. Thanks for what you are doing.

I don't think that's exactly correct. - sm

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I think I need to clarify what you mean in in saying that she can give them to a shelter without fear.

If you mean without fear of them being put down, you are mistaken. Yes, the older cats are harder to place than kitties, but even the kitten population is overwhelming shelters, and they don't all find homes. They don't stay cute little furry kittens for long, so their "shelf life" in shelters is limited.

There are no-kill shelters, however nm - maggie

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xx

Many no-kill shelters are a misnomer - sm

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Many of the so-called no-kill rescues and shelters skim the creme-dela creme off and either leave the public shelter with the 'less desirable' or literally ship them off to a kill shelter.

Also, if you read the fine print, there are multiple reasons that a "no-kill" could kill. I think their wording is that they won't kill an adoptable animal, which gives them leeway after an animal has sat around a couple months and is no longer considered adoptable.

It's for that reason, that I try to avoid no-kill shelters. I can't speak for all, but many have the animals that are easy to place. If you truly want to help, go to the regular local shelter.

get a second opinion - Cats can be spayed while nursing

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I'd get a second opinion if there is another vet in your area. It's not optimal, but it can be done. If she is pregnant, again, depending on how far along she is in the pregnancy and how you feel about it, the pregnancy can be terminated and she can be spayed. I'd personally rather do somdthign like that than have another litter of kittens to deal with.

Good luck.

cats can get pregnant while still nursing - dude

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My last cat was fixed before she ever went into heat for that reason.

The same myth (not pregnant while nursing) is why so many children were born in the 1950s - nm

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True. If I'm not mistaken, I think some cats can - have as many as 4 litters per year!

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Poor kitties....

If the kittens are weaned - maggie

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and eating regular food they should be able to fix her. And yes, if she is pregnant they can still do it, it just means terminating her pregnancy. When my cat got out and got 'knocked up' that is what the vet told me, but I couldn't do it and ended up with 3 beautiful kittens. But in your situation it sounds like you might possibly do well to consider that.

Thanks, that is what we are doing - sympathetic cat woman

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It's a dilemma we've been going over and over. It's hard cos we make our decisions based on human emotions, but in this case the best thing all around is to terminate the pregnancy and have her fixed. The thought of bringing more kittens into this world and with so many of them already we just can't do that. And there is no way I can even think of putting them up for adoption sitting in cages for who know how long and worrying that someone adopts them who truly does not love animals and mis treats them. So she is going to the vet this week.

Thanks everyone for your posts. It's been an emotional week.

Kitties - Mgc

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I'm so glad you made such a good decision. You're such a good person to do this.

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