Emily94
Apr 28, 2011, 07:26 AM
All right, this is kind of a long story (and could get a little confusing).
Anyway, I have a friend (more of an acquaintance) who had this cat, well he went to jail and had left the cat in his apartment. I just found out about this yesterday from another mutual friend so we tracked down the landlord and told him the story, and he allowed us to enter the apartment, sure enough the cat was there. He went to jail the beginning of April (and won't be getting out for at least a year, so no, we didn't just "steal" the cat, the landlord also didn't know he was gone as he had paid aprils rent)so the cat has been alone since then, were not sure what she was eating if anything at all, because she is kind of thin. We also realized she is pregnant, her belly looks like she decided to eat a whole watermelon, but she also has bones showing.
So now we need help. We have found an awsome person who is going to take her in and care for her, but were all sort of stuck on what to do. We have been feeding her as much wet food as she can eat and encouraging her to drink a lot of water. She has already purked up in the 24 hours we have had her and noticed that the kittens seem to be moving more (you can see them poking every once in awhile).
Can some one gives us tips on this? About labour, the kittens, how to get her nice and healthy for the kittens/milk (were already prepared to bottle feed since she isn't in to good of health and might need some help)...
Thanks!
Anyway, I have a friend (more of an acquaintance) who had this cat, well he went to jail and had left the cat in his apartment. I just found out about this yesterday from another mutual friend so we tracked down the landlord and told him the story, and he allowed us to enter the apartment, sure enough the cat was there. He went to jail the beginning of April (and won't be getting out for at least a year, so no, we didn't just "steal" the cat, the landlord also didn't know he was gone as he had paid aprils rent)so the cat has been alone since then, were not sure what she was eating if anything at all, because she is kind of thin. We also realized she is pregnant, her belly looks like she decided to eat a whole watermelon, but she also has bones showing.
So now we need help. We have found an awsome person who is going to take her in and care for her, but were all sort of stuck on what to do. We have been feeding her as much wet food as she can eat and encouraging her to drink a lot of water. She has already purked up in the 24 hours we have had her and noticed that the kittens seem to be moving more (you can see them poking every once in awhile).
Can some one gives us tips on this? About labour, the kittens, how to get her nice and healthy for the kittens/milk (were already prepared to bottle feed since she isn't in to good of health and might need some help)...
Thanks!