Is my kitten too young?

Question
My kitten is almost a year old and I think she is going to have kittens. Is she too young? Could she die from giving birth?

Answer
Tiffany,

Hi! Any cat at any age can have complications but she should be fine. She could die if she is in labor for hours and not having any kittens and she is pushing and staining and she gets weak. Just watch her for any problems, but other than that just let her be and don't make her nervous. She should do it all on her own just fine.

I am including some links for you to read that should be helpful about labor and birth: (Copy and paste, or type the whole links into your address bar)


http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/howto15.html

Here is a 4 page article on pregnancy:

http://cats.about.com/cs/pregnancybirth/a/pregnancybirth.htm

http://www.2ndchance.info/felinelabor.htm

I hope this info helps and if you have more questions anytime feel free to write again as often as you need to.

Carol