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My pregnant cat has a black sac hanging, but no kittens yet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 5 years and 8 months old | 9 lbs

My pregnant cat appears to be in labor. I just came home from work. She has this weird black sac hanging out of her vagina. She has not had any kittens and she is walking around. It is definitely not a kitten (I poked it lol). She is purring and does not appear to be in pain. I attached photos of it. It looks like a big, black, grape. She is trying to poop it out in the litter box. Update: Now she is trying to reach it and lick it, but she’s so big she can’t bend over far enough.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 23rd, 2018

It's the amnionic sac, inside of it there is most likely a kitten, this is the very last stage of labor and the kittens should come out within a couple hours tops, if it takes longer you need to take her to the vet urgently.

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