AboutMarcia Owen Expertise I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years.
Experience 30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.
Organizations GCCF (UK)
TICA
Various UK cat clubs
Publications Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines
Education/Credentials Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years
Expert: Marcia Owen Date: 5/3/2008 Subject: 9 Month Old Kitten.
Question QUESTION: Hi, I have a nine month old kitten who I got when she was 7 months old, i'm a bit worried about her coz i think she's pregnant. She has got really big and round around the stomach area the past week or so and her nipples are huge with dry white stuff on them, is she pregnant?
ANSWER: Hi Lizzie
Well, if she is allowed to go outside unsupervised then there is every possibility that she could have met a boy and now be expecting.
From what you describe yes I would say she probably is but its not easy to tell you how long until she has them. I would keep a very close eye on her and when you feel the kittens moving, then she is probably in her last two weeks.
Marcia
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QUESTION: Thanks, she's been getting out constantly since we got her we tried to keep her in but she kept meowing at the door and loads of people come to the house so, she runs out when she gets a chance. For a couple of weeks she's not been doing this though, and she gets very aggressive when you touch her stomach and she just lies down and rests all day when she isn't eating.
Answer Normally pregnant cats don't get aggressive when you touch their stomach unless they displayed that tendency before pregnancy.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to get her checked out at your vet to make sure that it is pregnancy and not something else. They can do a scan to confirm if it is a pregnancy.
