Hi & welcome

Congratulations on your imminent arrivals

The queen will normally nest a week or so before the babies arrive. She will become very restless approx. 24 hours before the birth, and her appetite will reduce; you will find her using the litter box frequently too. Her milk will appear one or two days before the birth and you can expect the kittens to arrive very soon after

Good luck!

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Best Wishes,
Maddy

hi andrea, welcome to the forum

as well as what has already been said, you may notice her being more affectionate a day or so before they arrive. she may also be restless...lots of pacing, not being able to make her mind up what she wants to do.

it is difficult to give you a clear idea as they are all different & have their own way of doing things

when the babies are ready to arrive, she will lose a little "plug" from her rear end...a fleshy coloured bit of gunk lol, except you might miss this if she cleans up after herself quickly...there may be a little discharge & her back end will have opened up compared to normal.

also, the contractions will be obvious...big shudders down the length of her body & she'll probably lay down & start to push.

it's all very exciting! do feel free to ask away if you're worried about anything, & i'm looking forward to hearing all about the bubs when they arrive!

Thank you so much for your advice!!! I am so excited i keep having to check on her as i dont want to miss out on the labour especially incase she needs help.
We are new to breeding and one of our queens had her kittens while i was at work and the first one was breech which caused alot of problems, my husband took her to the vet 2 mins away and he said she would have to be transported elsewhere for a cesarian.
It was a nightmare she ended up having 3 kittens, one sadly was lifeless at birth and one other had a cleft pallet, so we were left with one gorgeous blue eyed snow boy who is our stud, and is due to become a father to 2 lots of kittens!!!
Just hope we have better look this time!
Will keep you posted

awww sorry to hear that...breeding certainly isn't easy, it's a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but fingers crossed for happy healthy births this time for you