Pregnancy Cats

One day a time will come when your graceful teenage cat, which you consider a kitten, suddenly starts asking for a cat.

Usually cats reach sexual maturity about 6-9 months, sometimes 5-12.

Pussies should be prepared in advance for a future pregnancy. Carry out all necessary vaccinations, to prevent infectious diseases in cats and her kittens. It is necessary to pre-mature the cat against fleas and helminths.

So, the binding took place, and your kitty was in an "interesting position".

At an early stage, pregnancy in cats is invisible. But some cats who have already come from mating behave as if they were pregnant for a long time, eat a lot, often sit for a long time looking thoughtfully at one point, as if listening to changes in the body. The other cats continue to behave like rogue kittens, frightening the hosts with dizzying jumps.
You need to be prepared for anything ... Unmarked street kittens, more adapted to life than domestic, they usually cope at birth.
Births in cats, especially pedigreed pedigrees, often require the presence of a veterinarian or an experienced breeder of cats.

In cats it is impossible, as in humans, to determine pregnancy by a blood test or urine test. Determine that your cat is pregnant by the following symptoms:

- Already by the third week of pregnancy , the cat's nipples grow (become similar to rice) and turn pink.

- And by the fourth week the pregnant cat starts gaining weight, this makes the cat's pregnancy more obvious.

- Like humans, some pregnant cats can experience morning sickness on the third week of pregnancy.

- An experienced veterinarian can touch the belly of a cat, find cats for 3 - 4 weeks of pregnancy. But do not try to do it yourself at home, this can seriously damage developing fruits.

- Pregnancy in a cat can be detected with ultrasound in a month.

- X-ray can also detect pregnancy of cats, but only after 40 days, because earlier the skeletons of the embryos are invisible in X-rays. Sometimes these procedures can reveal in advance as a pathology and prevent various undesirable consequences.

But it is not advisable to do uzi and X-rays of a pregnant cat just for the sake of curiosity.

For a pregnant cat, it's the trip to the stress clinic itself, not to mention the procedures.

Do not also forget about the danger of infection of a pregnant cat, as the immunity of a cat is weakened during pregnancy.

- The wiggling of cats can be felt in the last three weeks of the cat's pregnancy.

Pregnancy of a cat makes 62 - 68 days (on the average 65), but at separate cats pregnancy can fluctuate from 58 till 72 days. Kittens born before 56 days and kittens weighing less than 60 grams, as a rule, do not survive.

During the pregnancy of cats, there are several critical periods during which the fetus is very sensitive to external factors: stress, heat, medication, etc.

The first critical period of pregnancy of cats is 7-8 day of pregnancy, when the embryo descends into the uterus.

The second period is 14-15 days of pregnancy, the embryo is attached to the wall of the uterus.

The third critical period is the beginning of the second month of pregnancy, when the formation of the placenta is completed.

During these periods, it is possible to prevent negative factors with the help of Elvestin.

Elvestin has an immunomodulatory effect. Promotes the normalization of metabolism in pregnant cats and reduces embryonic mortality.

In the last weeks of pregnancy, cats often have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, constipation appears. To improve the work of the intestines can pierce Liarsin.

We pierce the Gamavit preparation for our cats about ten days before the birth.

Gamavit contains a complex of biologically active substances, optimizes metabolic processes in the body (protein, vitamin and mineral), normalizes the blood formula, has an immunomodulatory effect. Reduces postnatal mortality and increases the viability of offspring.

During pregnancy, the weight of the cat should be optimal for the adult cat. To feed pregnant cats need to use a full diet. Special feed for pregnant cats used for feeding throughout the pregnancy. A pregnant cat may have an increased need for better nutrition. The frequency of feeding a cat during pregnancy increases several times. But excessive weight gain in pregnant cats is usually due to additional fat deposits. In pregnant cats, the body weight after delivery does not decrease immediately. A reserve of fat is needed for cats for full lactation. Without a reserve of fat and in the absence of high-quality feeding, the cat will not be able to provide the kittens with enough milk.

It is important that a pregnant cat eats high-quality food, rich in calcium and proteins.

But it is necessary to avoid overfeeding a pregnant cat, because excessive weight can complicate the birth of kittens.

Carefully observe the pregnant cat during the last two weeks of pregnancy, so as not to miss the moment when the cat begins to give birth.