Expert: Marcia Owen - 9/13/2009

Question
Hello, i have a 6 and a half month old cat, and she is pregnant, the kittens are due the beginning of next month, i have spotted some small splatters of blood and i was wondering if her kittens will be ok when they are born or if something has happened to them?
Jade x

Answer
Hi Jade

Firstly I would mention that your cat is very young to be having a litter, with a more normal age being 10 months old at mating, or later.  

It may be that one of the kittens has died and the body is trying to reject the dead kitten or it may be a small infection.  Either way I would suggest that you talk to your vet about some antibiotics to cover her for the rest of the duration of her pregnancy.  The normal antibiotics used in this situation would be Synulox, Clavaseptin or Noroclav.  They are all the same but different manufacturers.

It is possible for a cat to have this happen and carry the rest of the kittens to full term so do get your vet involved so that the rest of the kittens stand a chance of surviving.

Marcia.