Cat Gives Birth in Family’s Rain Gutter, and the Little Furry Family Had to Be Saved Before a Thunderstorm Began
A day or two before giving birth, a cat will seek out a quiet and safe place to have her kittens. This spot is likely to be secluded, small, with a limited number of entrances, and rarely visited by people and animals.
In other words, it resembles a box that is out of everyone’s way. Gutters sometimes seem like a perfect place, even though they are not safe at all.
One afternoon, a family was going about their business when they heard a peculiar noise outside their bedroom window. They investigated the commotion and discovered that a stray cat had chosen the family's rain gutter as the ideal location for her kittens to be born.
While they waited for assistance, the family managed to grab two of the kittens and bring them inside to keep them warm. Both the RSPCA and the local fire department arrived to offer help and soon got to work devising a plan.
“The mother cat had decided to give birth to her five kittens in the guttering of the property, and with heavy rain about to set in, we knew we had to get to them quickly,” Adam Bailey, an inspector with the RSPCA, said.
A family heard a peculiar noise outside their bedroom window. It was a cat that had decided to give birth there.
The family contacted the RSPCA, and they quickly arrived.
“Alongside fire and rescue, I managed to get up onto the roof… and slowly but surely contain the mother using a reach-and-rescue pole, then pick up each kitten and bring them to safety,” Bailey said.
They managed to save the cat and all five kittens.
The cat (later named Storm) was clearly perplexed, but she didn't put up much of a fight because she seemed to understand that everyone was only trying to get her and her babies to safety. The entire family was rescued without difficulty from the gutter, and the family was relieved that Storm and her kittens would not be stuck out in the storm.
The rescuers named her Storm.
Storm and her adorable babies have been placed in the RSPCA's care. Rain, Thunder, Misty, Foggy, and Hail are the names of the kittens. Storm was microchipped, but the information was outdated, and the RSPCA was unable to contact her family.
If no one claims her, she and her young kittens will be available for adoption once they're a little older. Storm may not have chosen the most convenient location for her babies to be born, but fortunately, her family found her just in time.
Storm and her five kittens (Rain, Thunder, Misty, Foggy, and Hail) are now up for adoption.
Cats reach sexual maturity around the age of four months. As a result, the current recommendation is to have your cat neutered around this age to avoid unexpected pregnancies.
A cat's pregnancy lasts about 63 to 65 days. So, in theory, a cat can give birth for the first time when she is only six months old.
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