Having Kittens – Creating A Soft Birthing Place for Your Cat

kittens1 There are so many different things that you are going to be feeling when you realize and see for yourself that your feline companion (pet) is going to be a mother. If this is the first time that you cat has ever been pregnant, she might not know what she needs to do; or so you are thinking. More and more we humans are realizing that our animal companions are more aware of their natural instincts than we humans are even aware of. This is what helps these animals know what they need to do no matter what the situation happens to be. Here are a few tips that you can use in figuring out how to make a good birthing bed/place for your cat.

If your cat is an indoor cat, she will probably start looking for a place that is out of the main walkways (the paths and places that everyone walks through to get from place to place in the house) so that she and her kittens will not be disturbed. You will start seeing here doing this about a week to two weeks before she actually gives birth. This is what doctors and professionals call “nesting”. The good news here is that you can actually help your cat in her nesting efforts by either putting some old, yet soft towels down in a spot that is out of the way (like under the china cabinet or the trophy stand or in a room that you really do not go into that often).

You need to make sure that you are putting these in a place that is definitely out of the main walkways. You can also put some old, soft towels into a large box that you have cut one side out of so that your cat can get in and out of it quickly. You want to make the lip on that side high enough that the newborn kittens cannot and will not roll out of the nesting box right after they are born and that they will not have a difficult time stepping over in a couple of weeks when they start walking.

If your cat is an outdoor cat, there really is not that much that you can do to help her prepare for the impending birth. If you know where she likes to sleep at night you can put a nesting box there if you like. The problem is that you really have no idea if she will actually use the birthing box or not. If your cat sleeps on your porch or nearby your house at night you might want to put out some soft towels down where you have seen her sleeping (this is a good idea as long as this is not under a car or someplace that is heavily traveled like your driveway). The one thing that our outdoor pets are really good at is finding out-of-the-way places to hide. Our indoor pets are also very good at this too.

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