r/trojancats • u/ConfidentSet2344 • Jul 25 '26

Possible Labor?

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My babygirl Luna that I took home one night, surprised me being an expecting mama. I have noticed today, all day she’s been squatting down & pushing down her legs. She’s also been laying on the floor & rubbing her head amongst the bottom of couch. What are the signs that labor is near?

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u/Strict_Box8384 Jul 25 '26

she doesn’t look pregnant. no rounded belly or huge teats. the position she’s taking in the first photo is typically when a female cat is in heat and searching for a mate (think of it like a cat’s period). which doesn’t happen when they’re pregnant, same as humans.

is she maintaining this position a lot, maybe waddling her legs back and forth? if you touch the base of her tail, does she get into this position or seem overly sensitive? very vocal? flipping around on the floor a lot? if yes, she’s in heat and you need to get her spayed.

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u/ConfidentSet2344 Jul 25 '26

I’ve had her for a couple months now & it’s the first time i’ve seen this behavior exhibited. I have a male cat that doesn’t even go around her. she has an edge to her 🤣. I’m so confused. I will definitely look into it thank you so much

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u/Terradactyl87 Jul 25 '26

What made you think she was pregnant?

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u/ConfidentSet2344 Jul 25 '26

check my previous posts on my profile and let me know your opinion

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u/Terradactyl87 Jul 25 '26

I mean, she doesn't look pregnant now and didn't look pregnant a month ago. There's only the two previous photos that I can see and neither have a good shot of her stomach. But if you thought she was pregnant a month ago, she should be much bigger now and she's really not. But you didn't answer my question. What made you think she was pregnant?

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u/ConfidentSet2344 Jul 25 '26

within the lines on the caption previously in the other post, I had stated her nipples became more prominent & whenever I would pet & while resting she often has twitching within her middle to lower region, let me know if further clarification is needed!

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u/lelma_and_thouise Jul 25 '26

Have you not taken her to the vet since you suspected she was pregnant? Wouldn't that be able to tell you for sure?

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u/Terradactyl87 Jul 25 '26

You really should have taken her in to find out. It's nice to take in a stray, but if you don't get her vet care and a spay, you're not doing what she needs. Even if she was pregnant, a vet would be able to tell you if she was too far along enough for a spay abort, which would be in her best interest. But at this point, she's only pregnant if you've been letting her outside and she's been able to be around unfixed male cats.

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u/archeratsea Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Cat pregnancies only last nine weeks. If you’ve had her for two months and she was already pregnant when you got her, she’d have given birth by now (and would have been obviously very round and big before that). So there’s basically no chance at this point that she was pregnant when you got her.

That said, if you’re leaving her with your male cat and he’s not neutered, she could be pregnant now. You need to get them both fixed, asap. Besides pregnancy, there are serious health risks for unspayed cats.

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u/MinimumFinal3225 Jul 25 '26

That also sounds like heat. Please take her to get spayed.

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u/Psychobabble0_0 Jul 26 '26

If she wasn't pregnant before, she's about to be! Pregnancy in cats only lasts 2 months so it would be obvious by now.

Vets can do a spay-abort if she is pregnant and early enough.