Early june I had to take my one year old cat, roxy, to the vets with a swollen paw, she was in heat and had been fighting with another queen who had bitten her causing an abcess to form. She was given antibiotics, pain medicine and the vet palpated her abdomen and confirmed she was at most two weeks pregnant. So I calculated her due date to be August 4th, however, she has not given birth yet but based on the vagueness of the vets estimation I am not suprised.
She is fairly huge and her nipples are very swollen and pink and look like they are filling with colostum. All of the hair has disappeared from them. For the past week and a half I have been able to see the kittens moving around inside her belly and her belly appears to have dropped. For the past two weeks all she has done is sleep on our coffee table in the living room getting up to eat, use her litter tray, and for a fuss. She has become more vocal the last few days. She doesnt really like any of the nesting boxes I've made her and seems to randomly sleep infront of the front door on the cold tiled floor. I have placed nesting boxes all over the house but as far as I know she has only been in one of them but doesnt go in there often.
Behaviour wise, she seems to be purring a lot more, and its more high pitched. She is very vocal and will sometimes follow me all over the house.
I've been prepared for the labor and delivery for the last month, can anyone tell me how much longer there is to go until she goes into labor based upon my description?
Thankyou
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