we put nesting spots all over the place for our kitty when she was pregnant - boxes where she loved to hang out with blankets and stuff in them. she seemed to just stay pregnant FOREVER - DH was working away and i told him she was waiting for him to come home so she'd feel safe.

anyway, he got home about 4am one morning, gave Dix a pat and came to bed - got out of bed at 6ish to find her with four kittens - on the kitchen table! no nesting stuff - nothing - just a cat and her kittens! thankfully she let us move them into one of the big boxes we'd kept for them and she kept them in there until they started to get mobile. it was good cos we could move them into the lounge with the fan and things where it was cooler.

don't think Dix quite got the notion of nesting - either that, or because she knows our dogs (chihuahua cross) run through the kitcen on their way outside in the mornings, she was making sure they couldn't get near them...