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Ivar - 20 May 2005 11:13 GMT

Hi

My Cat is 16 months old, she gave birth to 5 healthy kittens a month ago.
Kittens are fine and mum looks after them well, but mum seems very
frustrated. She keeps making funny meows and is always wondering and looking
around. She seems to want something.
This is the first time I have has a cat who is a mother. any ideas what I
can door what she wants?

Thanks

Ivar

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~*Connie*~ - 20 May 2005 15:07 GMT

she's probably going into heat again. I hope you have her inside away from
intact males until the kittens are weaned and you can get her spayed

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Ivar - 20 May 2005 15:13 GMT

> she's probably going into heat again. I hope you have her inside away
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> intact males until the kittens are weaned and you can get her spayed

Oops, the last thing I want is for her to get pregnant again. Can she really
be on heat only 1 month after giving birth? Would it be safe to have her
done so soon after becoming a mum?

Thanks

Ivar

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Rhonda - 21 May 2005 06:24 GMT

Yep, they go into heat several times in a row. The stray we took in last
year was pregnant and she went into heat about 6-8 weeks after giving
birth. She was miserable!

Hope you can get her spayed as soon as is practical. If she is secluded
from male cats, I'd probably wait another month or so to have her spayed
-- a time when the kittens are nursing less. Talk to your vet about
that, though. If she's in danger of getting pregnant again now, talk to
the vet and see if she could be spayed now. I would be concerned about
the kittens hurting the incision site, but you don't want another batch
of kittens...

Rhonda

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M.C. Mullen - 21 May 2005 07:13 GMT

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My mom cat will get spayed on Monday. My vet *insists* that I bring her when
the kittens are five weeks old.
According to her it's too long waiting until the kittens are weaned around
10 weeks old.
She says nursing the kittens should be no problem for a cat just spayed.
The cat book says that a cat can get pregnant right after having given
birth.

Carola

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