Surprise!! Surprise!! SURPRISE!!!!!

[rg_girlca]

Well I pray that this thread doesn't get heated over this.

She said that aborting the babies and being spayed at the same time has some risk and the healing time will take a little bit longer.
She also said that she hopes that Sweetpea's babies will be small since she is very small and delicate herself. This is what concerns me, because of her size and being so young herself, I don't know if she will know what to do with her babies.

Plus my friend already went and got herself a cat from a rescue organization.
A male, Main Coon, black and 7 years old. I'm happy that she rescued an older cat. I saw a picture of him and he is gorgeous.

Thanks Catty 1

[kimlovescats]

Lorraine, that is one problem that I have had with young rescue mothers in the past. Some times they don't carry them to full term, the babies are born premature and it is AWFUL watching them slowly die! Their little lungs just aren't developed well enough to survive. So, either way, it is a gamble, honey .... I wish I had a definitive answer for you! Whatever you decide, I support you 100% and I pray that others here will realize what a difficult decision this is, and keep their strong opinions to themselves!

I guess my final thought of what I would do, is to let God take care of what He created! If they are meant to be born and survive, then they will ... if He intends for them not to survive, then they won't .... regardless of what "man" tries to do! That's just I have to believe in my heart!

HUGS,
Kim

[rg_girlca]

Lorraine, that is one problem that I have had with young rescue mothers in the past. Some times they don't carry them to full term, the babies are born premature and it is AWFUL watching them slowly die! Their little lungs just aren't developed well enough to survive. So, either way, it is a gamble, honey .... I wish I had a definitive answer for you! Whatever you decide, I support you 100% and I pray that others here will realize what a difficult decision this is, and keep their strong opinions to themselves!

I guess my final thought is to let God take care of what He created! If they are meant to be born and survive, then they will ... if He intends for them not to survive, then they won't .... regardless of what "man" tries to do! That's just I have to believe in my heart!

HUGS,
Kim

Thank you Kim so very much. This is a very hard decision for me as I have never been through this before.

I like your thought on letting God take care of what he created and just hope for the best.

[rg_girlca]

Thank you soooooo much Kim. This also concerned the vet because of how far along she is.

Grammy Lorraine... Cute Kim.

Has anyone else experienced having a mama this young and if so, how did it go???

[Jessika]

Has anyone else experienced having a mama this young and if so, how did it go???

My grandmother had a cat, a stray, who had babies before she was a year old. She was around seven months, too. The kittens all grew up happy and healthy and the mom was fine, too. Immediately afterwards though I took my grandmother to get the mother spayed and we found responsible homes for all the kittens.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Poor little puss

[krazyaboutkatz]

Wow! What a surprise. I wonder if the father is the orange cat that was with Sweetpea. Whatever you decide to do I just want you to know that you have my full support.

When I was a young girl we had a female cat and she became pregnant at probably around 6 months old. She had 6 babies and they all survived and she didn't have any complications. Before we could get her spayed she got pregnant again and had 5 more babies without any complications. We were shocked that this could happen so quickly so we had her spayed as soon as we could so this wouldn't happen again. We found homes for all of her kittens.

[sirrahbed]

Oh gosh Lorraine!! What a shocker this is. I feel so sad that this sweet girl is pregnant and is still a kitten herself.

I think I would lean towards the immediate spay myself. My feeling is simply that the overpopulation problem is so huge already. But, I know this is your decision to make and I support that 100%. You still did the RIGHT thing for her by taking her in. I hope you can soon find a purrfect home for her (or maybe she is already there?)

HUGS to you my friend!

[Logan]

Good luck in your decision, Lorraine. What a tough situation! I think my decision would have to be based on what is best for "mom", right now. Poor little dear is only a baby herself! I've never had a pregnant cat, always made sure that mine were spayed right away, but then again, I've only ever had tiny kittens who were female, and i could control that. And of course, I stopped any future populating, immediately, when Butter (boy) came through my door, unneutered.

I hope the little mama and her babies will be just fine.

Logan

[sandragonfly]

lorianne,

remember my little girl? I found her young, pretty pregnant and dying on a chirstmas eve. she has a damaged stomach, and never will have a clean bill for rest of her life.

when I first took her to office where I used to work, the vet thought she felt 3 or 4 until we had xray to confirm the count; 4 heads and five backbones! then she gave a life to five, one girl was a runt and died ten days later. we think that's because her (5th) head was hiding waay back in intestines and wasn't getting much of food as her four (survived, piggy) brothers. so you might would like to see how they're doing "inside" too, an extra for your decision-making?

a year and half later after birth, two brothers (gus and echo) are still very healthy today, except for two of their other brothers (avalanche and chance) who died a couple of months ago...we still don't know why. FKS, probably? (fading kitten sydrome - undeveloped organs and died suddenly - you may expect that for sweetpea's babies). at least they have ended their life with our love and blessings!

I agree with kim, this happens for a reason. well, opposition of "adding to the problem," I hope. but I trust you trust your heart!

hope this helped a bit, good luck.

[rg_girlca]

I have read each and everyone's replies, over and over and over again and I want to thank each one of you for your input in regards to Sweetpea and her pregnancy.

Takes deep breath.......Okay now, after much agonizing over this, my hubby and I have agreed to let Sweetpea have her babies. I am putting her and her babies in God's hands now.

I know some of you will not agree with this, but all I ask is that you support us with this decision and as for Sweetpea and her babies, no matter what, they will have a home, if not with someone else, then with us.

Thank you all.

[Catty1]

Bless you.

I wish your neighbour would get his cat neutered...this could happen to many young cats, and older ones.

Some people are just too stupid...

[Bengalz]

Allpaws crossed here that everything goes well for little Sweetpea - she is darling kitty and in your good care, will come through this.

You and your hubby are wonderful people - thank you for caring for her. I shudder to think what might have happened to this poor baby had you not intervened.

Whatever the outcome, you have my support. If you ever have the need to chat (or vent), don't hesitate to pm me. All my best wishes and lots of headbumpies from little Eve - she knows better than we do what this is all about.

Hugs, Betty

[RedHedd]

I am putting her and her babies in God's hands now.

God bless you and Sweetpea in your decision. My Mitzi's shelter name was Sweetpea

[kimlovescats]

(((((Hugs))))))) Lorraine! Don't ever be sorry for Trusting!

Love,
Kim