AboutJessica Expertise The areas in which I have gained the most experience are cat health and feral cat management/rescue. I provide supportive care to chronically ill cats, hospice care to terminally ill cats and also am involved in trap-neuter-return efforts. My specialities lie in taming feral cats and in the allopathic treatment of cats with illnesses or special needs. I also have owned Siamese, Himalayans, Abyssinians, Russian Blues, Savannahs, Bengals, Peterbalds, Don Sphynx and Oriental Shorthairs and am well-versed in cat breeds as well as cat behavior and nutrition.
Experience I have 15 years of extensive experience with cats ranging from breeding to medical care. My daily routine consists of caring for cats with diabetes, thyroid disease, kidney failure, feline leukemia, feline AIDS as well as feral cats. I have experience with liver patients, heart patients, feline infectious peritonitis, cancer, recovery from amputation and trauma, congenital deformities and most every disease in between. I have assisted cats giving birth and hand-nursed kittens who were neglected by their mother from 2 days old through weaning.
Question My cat has given birth 3 times the 1st time she had 1 kitten the 2nd she had 5 and then the last time she had 4 I think this may be threatining her life is it? we also think she is pregnant again. The last time she could've started the birth process was DEC. 23.
Answer Having multiple litters certainly isn't healthy for her. Litters should be limited to one a year, in general. Even then, a pregnancy is hard on a cat's body. Unless she is being bred for a good reason, she should be spayed for her own health and to prevent the homelessness of her kittens and others. She can be spayed once she has weaned her last litter and her milk has dried up, about 10-21 days after weaning. You will need to keep her indoors and away from unneutered males until she is spayed to prevent another pregnancy.
