One day our cat Fiona started getting larger. We thought she was eating too much food, so we cut down. Every day she fatter than usual, we realized, “Well, it is not the food, because she was getting fatter without as much food.” What is happening to Fiona?
My mom called the vet, to ask how we know for sure if she is really going to have kittens. They said it will be hard to tell if she is really pregnant, until closer to delivery. They said to look for increased weight gain. A couple of weeks before she delivered, we noticed her belly getting bigger. We cleared out underneath my mom’s bathroom sink, so it was safe and harmful things were out of reach. Fiona climbed in there all the time to be alone and to relax.
One morning around three in the morning, my mom heard pounding on her bathroom door, my mom figured Fiona was just playing around. A little while later my mom heard a teeny tiny
*meow*. She knew that the first kitten had been born. She jumped up out of bed and raced to the bathroom. When she opened the door, Fiona was standing on the bathroom counter facing the door with a kitten in her mouth, and it looked like she did not know what to do, it was her first time. My mom showed Fiona underneath the bathroom sink. Fiona then knew that is where she is supposed to go. My mom raced to the living room and got the camera. She raced backed to the bathroom and stayed by Fiona’s side till all of the kittens were delivered, I bet Fiona felt safe.
My mom called us all in there to see the kittens. I was so proud of Fiona I gave her a big hug, of course I did not touch the kittens or else Fiona would not take care of them. My mom took lots of pictures and showed us them, they were so cute!! I love those kittens so much they are so cute!!!!!!!!
1. Make sure to find a safe quiet place where the kittens would be bothered by other animals or small children.
2. Put a small box on the floor and put an old blanket inside to make her feel safe to have her kittens in it. Make sure the mother cat is capable to get in and out of the box
3. Show the mother cat where the box is and put some cat food and a water bowl next to it so she will go in and feel comfortable there. Bring your mother cat back to the box everyday and sit there for a while. Stroke her for a while so she will become very protected, she should get back into the box when she is about to have her kittens.
4. When the mother cat has her kittens, make sure everything is quiet, or else the kittens will get frightened.
5. Have a litter box close by so the mother can train her kittens to use the box. Be sure the sides are low enough for them to get into it. While they are little, the mother cat will cleanse them until they can follow her into the littler box.
~Don't put the kittens bed in a loud area.
~If you have other pets, keep them away from the mother cat!!
~Make sure you love the mother cat and give her lots of attention.
~Don’t pick up, hug tightly, or do anything that will make the mother cat insecure.
Sometimes there is a smaller kitten and the mother might not give it the same attention as the other kittens. The stronger kittens might crowd out the little one from feeding time.
You can observe them and try to help the little kitten to get a spot to feed. If the kitten does not seem to be growing at the same rate as the other kittens you can buy cat formula from your local pet store.
My Grandpa adopted his cat from The Chico Cat Coalition, it is the local organization that rescues cats from the parks. This cat was rescued and it is so lovable too! I love that cat also. He named his kitten Tiggy II. The reason he named him Tiggy II is because he had another Tiggy who had passed away and he missed him very much. Cats provide companionship for people, especially the elderly. This picture to the left is Tiggy II when he was still a kitten.
volunteering your time to come play with them. They want to keep the animals family friendly and to do that they need to have interaction with people who are loving. There are other ways you can volunteer too. You can help with their fundraising efforts, be a foster pet parent for the weekends, or in the office too. Our local branch allows junior volunteers with parent supervision, and teens ages 16 and up on their own. You can also become a member by donating to the shelter each month.
