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[FuzzyThePunkCat]

If you're going to have a female cat and she is approaching the age that she could go into heat, it is important not to take any risks. Especially after the first time, how could you let it happen again? Do you have an unaltered male cat in your home or are you letting her roam outside? Either way, it's very irresponsible.

Ah, I forgot to say: she went missing three years ago. We got her from a friend who found her as a kitten at, I think, about four or five months, but we weren't completely sure on her age. Back then I literally knew nothing about cats or what age they went into heat, and Smokey was also unaltered. It was an accident and due to when the first litter was born, we had to spend money on them, on school supplies, and then scrape together something for Christmas. We literally had nothing left and before we could save up again she was expecting once more.

Smokey and Missy, when she was with us, are/were outdoor cats. We believe it's more natural for them: they're wild animals at heart and shouldn't be kept indoors all the time. But that's just our opinion, not fact. When the second litter were born, it was in late spring, so we could afford afterwards to get both cats fixed. As far as I know, all four of her kittens have also been spayed/neutered.

We were naive then, we didn't know any better. We learnt from that and all the kittens got very good homes.

Missy broke her tail around a year after - she literally disappeared for a few days, which she did quite often, but when she returned her tail was limp and useless. It healed wonky but the vet said she wouldn't remove it as it wasn't getting in her way and she was cleaning it. She didn't clean the very tip, I did that for her.
I do believe that Bellona, her second daughter (and my favourite: I know, I know, I shouldn't have favourites) has since had her tail removed because she broke it too, but didn't clean it. A same, really, as it was really pretty </3

cute kittens!

That is one cute queen.

Thanks ^.^ it was a steep learning curve but they all grew up healthy and fit <3

You could have at least kept them inside and separated until you had the money to say and neuter them. I have to keep my cats separate until Milo is neutered in a few months and Sahara a few months after. Its just common sense. I would never let them lose outside, for many reasons.

Please tell me they are spayed and neutered now.

[Keriae]

Ah, I forgot to say: she went missing three years ago.



As I said, we were naive then: not just me, but also my family. We'd only ever had a male cat before - my dear Olly - so we'd never had to deal with a cat getting pregnant.
We did not know how soon she would come into heat again: I was nothing more than ten, and so I thought that my parents would do that, as children expect.

They were both spayed/neutered not long after, as I already said.

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Ah, I forgot to say: she went missing three years ago.



As I said, we were naive then: not just me, but also my family. We'd only ever had a male cat before - my dear Olly - so we'd never had to deal with a cat getting pregnant.
We did not know how soon she would come into heat again: I was nothing more than ten, and so I thought that my parents would do that, as children expect.

They were both spayed/neutered not long after, as I already said.

Hopefully that will be a lesson to others to research the animal they're getting before getting it.
I'm not saying it was your fault if you we a kid, but adults who have or are getting a cat should know what they're doing.

[Keriae]

Yeah, well, we got Olly and his sister when I was six and his sister was killed and put in a green bin by some awful neighborhood teenagers literally a week after we got them done.

It was a couple of years later we got Smokey, rescuing him as a tiny five day old kitten. Two or three years later we got Missy from a friend who rescued her from a tip. So we literally couldn't research before for those two, but I have no idea what my parents did before we got Olly and Emily.

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Yeah, well, we got Olly and his sister when I was six and his sister was killed and put in a green bin by some awful neighborhood teenagers literally a week after we got them done.

It was a couple of years later we got Smokey, rescuing him as a tiny five day old kitten. Two or three years later we got Missy from a friend who rescued her from a tip. So we literally couldn't research before for those two, but I have no idea what my parents did before we got Olly and Emily.

Didn't they take her to a vet after getting her? The vet would have told them when she would go into heat.

[Keriae]

I have no idea, I was young and still in school most of the day five days a week.

[woospuss]

god there are so many different brands of cat food out there! We just stick to what all cats are fed at the RSPCA, Science diet. Ruff is on the dental stuff which is large biscuit things which he has to chew and Archie is on the Kitten biscuit till he is older

Science Diet is actually extremely bad for cats and dogs. It's full of grain, by-products, fake meals, flavors. No real meat or anything even close, no vegetables, no fruit.

well we seem to be sticking to it, our cats have all been fine on it with no health problems. We do feed ruff chicken, lamb and beef when we have it for dinner, and as a treat he gets whiskers wet food ( we used it in an attempt to fatten up our other cat Tumble before he died as he was very skinny as he was a runt of the litter )

[♡ A l l y C a t ♡]

Today I was lying on my bed reading on my side. Peanut wiggles in my blanket and cuddles up in my arms. We both fell asleep for a few minutes. She all of a sudden got really happy and lovey and she tucked herself more tightly in my arms, scooted up so her face was right by mine, and purred until she fell asleep again. <3

[undead]

So today I got home and found out my precious kitty has been locked in the bathroom for 2 days ;-;

She was so hungry.

And we were out of cat food....
So I gave her a bunch of cat treats and some wet food while my mom went out to get some more food ;-;

Poor Lapis Baby~

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

So today I got home and found out my precious kitty has been locked in the bathroom for 2 days ;-;

She was so hungry.

And we were out of cat food....
So I gave her a bunch of cat treats and some wet food while my mom went out to get some more food ;-;

Poor Lapis Baby~

How do that happen O.O