how do you know when a cat is about to have her kittens?

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She'll start nesting(looking for a place to have them) she'll stop eating 24hours before and her eyes will dialate. Once her kittens are weaned(7 weeks) PLEASE spay her only 20% of cats find a home for life, the rest usually end up in shelters or wild! No life for a sweet loving creature!

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When you see your girl start searching out hidden places
where she thinks shes safe its a pretty good indication
she's going to deliver whithin a couple of days. Or she
may come to your lap, like mine did.

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My cat had 3 different litters, and each time she would start meowing differently, rubbing up against our legs, and start searching around the house for a place to have her babies. Trust me, you'll know, because they will act totally different than normal.

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She will scout out several places to have her babies. You will find her lying in odd places. My mama cat always tried to have her babies on my bed!! When she is in labor, she will purr really loudly. My cat would come and get me and want me to stay with her, like a midwife!

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Usually they will hide (like in a closet). You can take her temp (in her rectum using a normal thermometer) and keep track. Usually, animals have a high temp right before going in labor. Try to make a place for her out of the way of traffic like a closet with blankets and show her this place often. Dont let her outside. And after this litter is born please get her spayed. Giving birth is not healthy for cats and dogs and will shorten their life span and unspayed cats have a highre chance of getting cancer.

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it takes about 63 days to delivery, she will be on the prowl looking for a place, so fix her a box %26 put her in it, watch her response, see if she returns, make sure it is kinda secluded %26 she will probably not eat if it is time. She should be dropping back about a week before time of delivery.

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well when cats seem to get a bit bigger or heavier, get a bit lazy, and starts meowing more than usual she may be ready.

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When my Siamese cat Misha gave birth to her second litter, she did not go and hide away like she did with her first which happened to be under the house where my younger brother David had to crawl under to gather the kittens after they were born, so they would not get cold, she was on a spare bed that we had in the living room. The other cats hung around her as she laid there giving birth to her litter.

Most Queens who are only hours away from giving birth will search out places to hide their litter in. Like a closet or the laundry room in a basket full of clothes.

You will not see her till after the birth of her kittens.

So if you are worried that she is about to drop her kittens, get a box (One that is big and comfy to her), put several blankets in there especially if they are her blankets that she likes to lie on and a heating pad under the blankets (be sure to have it on low as that will please her) and place her on it. She might jump out or that she will curl up and sleep or she will lie down in the box twitching her tail and then lie flat on her side and start giving birth to her young.

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You can tell when a cat is about to have its kittens is when it starts panting a lot and when it's stomach starts moving down towards its tail.

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She will let you know when the time is coming. Acting strangely, purring, giddy and exploring anywhere warm or sheltered. cats rarely require help when giving birth. Just check up on her every now and then. At times like these they go back to their instincts and you been there is generally not going to be of any significant advantage to her. Once she has somewhere safe and warm she will be fine.