Thats what I was thinking too, although her attraction to this spot happened
before the pregnancy. Losing the shirts is no big deal. They are old, well
worn work shirts.

Oh yeh, I could see the reaction of some of those grocery receivers if I
showed up with litter of kittens on board... :)

Her due date

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material?

We took in a stray who was about to give birth because the tomcat that got
her pregnant was bothering her.  We put her in the second bedroom, and
closed the door because we knew our other two cats would not approve of this
new cat.  We gave her a box to deliver her cats in and another box for a
litter box and bowls for food and water.  This was a very young cat, kitten
would be more appropriate.  One morning I went in to check on her and guess
what, there were five new arrivals.  And they weren't in the box either.
She gave birth in our second bedroom on the carpet of our apartment.  She
was so young tho I had to help her open the sacs and help her in getting
their eyes opened eventually.  After about two weeks we realized she was too
young to be a mother and took her to a shelter along with her babies where
they were all placed together in a foster home until the babies were old
enough to be adopted and then the mother would be adopted as well.  They did
let the name I had given her be kept, Pixie.  We had a tv stand that was
sitting outside and she had taken up residence there when I started feeding
her and petting her and she just took over our back porch area.  But as for
the Maternity box, I dunno my husband also says that in his experience a cat
will have their litter where they want to have their litter. My suggestion
is to contact a vet and ask for their opinion on this matter.  Or even a pet
store that you trust.  As for our experience I would do it again in a heart
beat, I dunno, even if it was a dog that was giving birth,

You know, if she made a place in your closet with some of your clothes, if
you wear undershirts, and you don't want those clothes messed up, start to
replace those clothes with those undershirts, used and new.  It's prolly
your smell she is placing there.  My cats often will sleep on the clothes my
husband and I just took off, our jeans and shirts.  The youngest who kneads
the blanket my mother made loves it after it's washed if I rub it on my arms
and then put it on the bed.  If I run my finger through the holes that the
blanket has in it, She'll go straight to the place I had my hands and knead
right at that particular spot.  So I'll bet it's a smell thing.  Either the
detergent or body odor (cologne, deodorant or just normal body odor from
during the day).  Which ever it is, if it's cologne you wear, spray some on
some inexpensive undershirts (like the hanes t-shirts) and replace your
clothes with those or rub some deodorant (either solid or if you use a spray
like aerosol or something like my husband uses like Axe) and again do the
same.  If it's just dirty laundry, wear the shirts, and again replace them.
It's easier to throw those out after she's had the kittens, than it is to
turn around and replace something expensive.  These are just suggestions in
the event that the maternity box doesn't work and she keeps returning to the
closet area.  My cats love the closet area because its a quiet place and
it's also private.  Now for the stray we took in, once she had the kittens,
we placed them in the box so when they whined for her she would go into the
box and spend most of her time in there.  A possibility is to use the
suggestions above with the shirts and place a box there that way you don't
have blind kittens roaming around.  Even when they can see you might want to
keep them somewhere where they can be confined (like a room you can shut) so
they can walk around but not get stuck under the bed (even tried to get a
cat out from under the bed when you don't fit? Impossible!) Or perhaps try a
larger box or even look into a playpen idea as they get older.

These are just some suggestions, the ones we had we couldn't keep long
because the mother just wasn't old enough to be a mother.  She understood
how to clean them and how to nurse them, but she couldn't do much else
besides that.  Which is why we took them to a no kill shelter.

Anyways let us know how it goes, I hope this information works helps out,
it's mainly just me thinking out loud.  Forgive me for any misspellings, I
haven't installed the spellchecker yet :)

- Leigh