Cats In Labor
The subject of animal hoarding invariably elicits more questions than answers. Where is the boundary between a compulsive hoarder and a normal, healthy person who simply has a lot of pets?1
Heightened worries about baby’s health. By now you have undoubtedly been on the receiving end of many comments from well-meaning mothers who simply must tell you what could go wrong.2
During the final days of her pregnancy, a female cat will become restless and begin to search for a place to have her kittens. She will look for a small, out of the way area where she will not feel threatened while giving birth.3
To think cats only say “meow” would be quite wrong. Any cat owner will quickly find out that they have an even very highly developed sound language; furthermore they can easily vary their “tone of voice” in a thousand ways, so that the owner rarely is in doubt as to what it means.4
A calico cat has a white backround with a mic of other colours over that white. Can be black, brown, ginger, gray, etc.) You can tell a calico from a tortiseshell by the amount of black or gray on it, the calico will have more white than any other colour; a tortiseshell will have more black or gray than any other colour.5
The queen is able to delay parturition, if she is moved to a strange place or strange people or animals are around. She may also stop delivery for several hours between kittens, if she perceives any disturbance to the delivery area.6