Shame it took 14 comments to get to this. Especially if your cat goes outdoors... male cats WILL find a way, if there is a queen in heat. Better to just avoid the issue completely and not add to the population of kittens in shelters that are euthanized daily. Goes for dogs, too.

Forgot to add, one of the reasons I'm so "pro-spay/neuter" is because I've seen first-hand what happens to cats and dogs in the clutches of irresponsible owners. (Irresponsible also includes people who want their pets to have a litter so they can "experience the miracle of life.") I have an acquaintance who refuses to get her cat spayed, saying it's "too expensive." Her cat has had 2-3 litters per year for the past 7 years. Whenever the girl posts pictures of the kittens on Facebook, it's always with a derogatory comment about the mother: "My **** of a cat got pregnant for the fifty millionth time omg she's such a *****!" I always feel like saying "Well, maybe if you weren't so irresponsible your cat wouldn't get pregnant. But you continue to let your intact female go outside, so you shouldn't be surprised."

Thanks for the tip, Bob Barker

This. So much this. With so many cats and dogs ending up in rescue, more poorly cared for, spaying and neutering is may the responsible method. I'm not against all litters, but most are for no good reason.

I love that your avatar is a cat, lmao

your profile picture goes perfect with this comment

Sorry about your surprise kitties, but this is adorable. I'm shocked at how many people have left nasty, preachy comments. We had an unexpected litter bc our vet didn't like to fix cats younger than 10 months and neither one of my cats (a male and female, nearly the same age) were showing the obvious signs of sexual maturity. Shit happens...Calm down, people.

Sorry, I didn't mean to reply to you. But to anyone harping on these people, sometimes accidents happen. My cats got it on at 6 months of age. Vet simply wouldn't alter that early. It happened fast with no warning. Anyway, quit preaching at her. Im sure she knows that altering prevents pregnancy.

People aren't trying to be preachy, they're just being sensible. As you know, cats can pregnant pretty early. Ignoring the fact that you end up with a load more kittens that may be unwanted, if a cat falls pregnant to young it can be dangerous as their bodies are still too small and the mum, kittens or both can die during labour. Same as with humans. Can you really say it's fine to risk your cat's life (or other people's cats if you have a boy cat) because 'accidents happen'? Would you say the same to a reckless teen sleeping around without using any protection? No, you'd want them to be safe. I'm sorry your vet refused but Cats Protection society recommends fixing at 4 months. 10 months is waaay too late. So next time, I'd find another vet.

Plus, OP's cat is 2 years old! So they didn't get duped by a bad vet, they just made the irresponsible choice to not get her spayed. And not knowing about it isn't an adequate excuse either - a quick google or grabbing the first basic cat book should tell you about it. If you can't do the bare minimum research on a pet before you buy it then that's a whole other problem.

#24, this always happens, I'm in a vet program and people should not be so argumemative. This could be the first litter, and everyone does not believe in fixing animals and some find it cruel. I believe it's up to the owner, just like we have all these people procreating, and leaving behind their kids.Yet that topic is never discussed. I know my dad did not want to fix my dog, instead he kept all males away, thus no pregnancy. This is just my opinion and I love animals, we cant simply fix each and every animal, what if we did that to humans?

It's actually not good for animals to 'fix' them before they had babies once because they can get ill thinking they are pregnant but never get their babies because they can't. And I think it's cruel to 'fix' them because it's natural that they reproduce and if you don't want that just keep them away from males. And I don't like to call it fixing because it's far from fixing, it's messing with nature so actually the opposite of fixing.

#51 If you keep your cat indoors all the time or control your pets so that they are never in contact with the opposite sex and you want to take the risk of not getting your pets neutered, then fine. But keep in mind if your cat does get out and gets pregnant, or if you are unable to control your pets, then that is entirely your fault - that was the risk YOU decided to take. Many people would also argue that adding to the already sad number of stray/abandoned animals is far more cruel than neutering pets. There are too many kittens/puppies in need of adoption, and too little demand for them (people would rather buy direct from breeders or pet shops). In this case, OP (or OP's husband) definitely deserved it. If he chose to neuter his cat, this wouldn't have happened, and if he chose not to neuter his cat, he should have made sure it was strictly an indoor cat (which, by the way, is also anything but 'natural'). Speaking of which, nothing about having pets is remotely 'natural'. Domestication is not 'natural'. Cats and dogs eating human-processed pet food is not 'natural'. Being medicated, microchipped, dewormed, vaccinated - none of these things are 'natural'. So the argument 'desexing pets is bad because it isn't natural' is a load of bollocks.

No, it's best to ingest your pet... Some onions, garlic, soy sauce, ginger, sweet chilli sauce, capsicum, spring onions, salt, pepper & chilli flakes, to, "flavour"; yet, not too much, or, the burn in your tush will be uncomfortable when you pass the puss... Meow ;-)

Aw, look at all of you and your opinions. that's so cute.

43 some humans do deserve to be neutered/spayed.

Ignorance, I'd guess.

No, not ignorance. Not everybody believes in spaying their cats. Some believe its cruel.

#49, yeah because the risk of having puppies/kittens you can't take care of is FAR less cruel. #sarcasm

Who said OP can't take care of them? Nothing in the FML said they couldn't. We don't have to get upset every time someone ends up with a litter of kittens or puppies. Several years ago one of my dogs had a surprise litter, and they were all well taken care of, and all claimed by respective owners well before they were ready to leave the mother. It was not the big deal that people like to make of it on here.

#75 I'm very glad to hear that was the case for you, but too often that's not how it happens when an unexpected litter arrives. If OP's husband can actually take responsibility and either care for the kittens himself or find each and every one of them a good home, he is forgiven in my books. (But as others have said, he should still get his cat neutered afterwards if he wants to avoid a repeat of this situation.)

I was just pointing out that people shouldn't automatically assume that OP can't take care of kittens.

75 Based on the husband's reaction, I'm pretty sure he did NOT want kittens, even if he could technically lool after and rehome them.

Anyone who thinks spaying & neutering is cruel & unnatural needs to go spend some time at a pound or shelter that is forced to euthanise due to over-breeding - assist in the death chamber & do the body-bag run filled with the corpses of unwanted cats & dogs who suffered unnecessarily, then see you still subscribe to such myths.