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Okay thanks for answering my questions last time I still need your help though. This is day 4 that she is acting like she is in heat but I know she's pregnant, she has clear stuff coming from her nipples and from her behind. I also heard that during thunder storms they like to have them because it's faster and less painful for them. And starting today when I pet her tummy she howls like she's in pain. I've read that their milk comes in when they are 5-6 weeks old and her milk has been in for almost 2 weeks ago and now it's all clear. She does have a clear discharge and is still sleeping a lot and also starting today she has ate more than she has all pregnancy it's weird. She's still cooking even when NOBODY is touching her or talking to her she will go around the whole house like she's pacing and then again it's been going on for 4 days. I really need some more help.

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Nikki,

It may be she is sensing your anxiety and that she is holding off.  To make sure everything is all right, you might want to have a pre-natal check up with your vet and make sure you arrange for any emergency.

Without actually being able to see and feel the cat, it does not sound to me as if her behavior is off.

When it is in the last stages, we often get up and check on the female every 1 1/2 hours -- 2 hours, to see if anything is happening.  Unless the female is clearly in distress, we tend to just wait and let her deliver them in her own time.  This period is a bit frustrating since we would like the whole process to be over, already.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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