So, When's She Due?

Originally posted on my private blog- posted to http://indikon-tonkinese.blogspot.com/ on 06/01/11

There's many different ways of predicting a due date for cats. The one I'm using states that 65 days after the first observed mating is the day.

Now I don't know when Indigo first mated. However she and her beau were both spotted washing themselves, typical post mating behaviour, on the morning of Tuesday 5th October. So I'm taking that as the first mating day. It won't be much before that, as Indigo stayed hiding in her bed for the first little while and wasn't left with the stud.

So using that as a starting point, the kittens are due on Thursday 9th December. Hurrah!

Of course that's pure guesswork. The answer is that feline pregnancy, just like in humans, can vary depending on the cat, from 60 days to 69 of them... and that the kittens, like babies, will come when they are ready to. But it's nice to have a date to look forward to, and to be able to clear the calendar in readiness.