'Secretly pregnant': Person adopts a completely normal black cat, only to find out a week later that she's pregnant and about to give birth to 3 adorably derpy void kittens

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Apr 16, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Adopting a cat can come with a whole bunch of surprises. Anything ranging from adopting a little feline and then finding out that this cat needs emotional support snap peas to carry around all day all the way to adopting a cat that keeps growing bigger and bigger, and suddenly finding out that you accidentally adopted a wild cat instead. This story that you are about to read falls somewhere in the middle of the madness. 

Honestly, at this point, we think that it is not uncommon for cats that are pregnant to look for humans to adopt. They know that very soon, they are about to be surrounded by a bunch of wiggle little kittens and that are going to need some spare babysitters around. We only wish that these cats would stop dropping their pregnancies on us as surprises. Let us know. We'll help. They don't need to hide it. But alas, they do, and we simply have to stop and appreciate their surprise as the pawsome one that it is. 

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    "Secretly pregnant"

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  • Honestly, this is just about the best surprise that you could have had, and we are so happy that you treated it that way. Someone else might have panicked and regretted getting the cat, but you didn't, and we're thankful for that. She deserved a good human, and it looks like she got one. 

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    This is Petra. I adopted her at 7 months old from a local shelter. I knew she wasn't spayed yet and they gave me a voucher for her spay, but I could never have expected what happened.
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    About a week after I adopted her I noticed that she was extremely fat. She kept getting fatter and I went, is she pregnant? I reached out to a local vet school and asked if they would ultrasound her (for free) and they said yes!!! They soon confirmed that she was going to have at least three kittens.
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    I reached out to the rescue I got her from and said hey, what the h I? The gal who did her intake exam said in 20+ years of rescue she's NEVER missed a pregnancy.
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    At this point she was at roughly six weeks, far too late for a spay abort in my opinion, so I offered to "foster" mama and babies until the kittens could be adopted out. The rescue helped me with food, which was a lifesaver.
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    She had the kittens and then I immediately found out she had worms, so we went to an urgent care and got her some meds. It was an unfortunate situation for her to have kittens and worms at 7 months old, and she's extremely tiny as an adult so I suspect she got stunted, but she had three healthy kittens and that was a very fun couple of months!!!!
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    Once I have a bigger place I want to foster more pregnant mamas. However having two cats, three kittens and a puppy in a one bedroom apartment was A LOT. enjoy photos of my littl family. of voids!!
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  • Really, we were not worried about these kittens for one second. No wonder they all got adopted out. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to do. One look at this picture of the three of them, and we would have been the ones rushing to adopt. So derpy. So cute. We love them all. 

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    isabellegc You're amazing! I'm very surprised that the shelter is adopting out cats without getting them fixed first... even with a free voucher, lots of people won't bother. Seems irresponsible. Glad they're helping you out with food at least.
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    AuthenticElle OP That's the thing, it wasn't even a free voucher! They would refund me $50. This wasn't even a small rescue, it was the city shelter. Truly bewildering. They should have spayed and wormed her, but I'm glad they didn't. The deworming medications can cause birth defects in kittens, so if they had dewormed but not spayed her, it could've caused issues :( it all worked out fine in the end! They were just grateful that I was willing to keep Mom and foster babies. A lot of people would
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    smellymeli Did the babies get adopted out?
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    AuthenticElle OP Yes!!!
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    rottedAngel I have a feeling I know which kitten is the menace 5:57 19%
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    LolaPamela The void multiplied itself! D
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    The-Odd-Fox Poor girl, a mother while she's just a baby herself! Thank you for giving her and her kittens a safe and comfortable place to exist with your love and support
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    sourcreamandpotatos They look like little aliens in the 3rd photo, so cute
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    infj1013 The family portraits are so dang delightful. I'd hang 7 on my wall.
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