We are providing some
important information regarding cat pregnancy. This include pregnanacy
signs and precautions to be taken during pregnancy
Cat Pregnancy
If you are a cat owner, the phase
of your pet's pregnancy is a crucial time for you. At this time your cat
needs immense care and concern. Thus you must take special care of your
cat in this period. You must feed her with rich diet and give her
extreme comfortable environment. You also must take care if her from
mites and insects. You should also take care that your cat must not get
any kind of food poisoning or allergy during this period. Try to keep
her away from dirt and filthy things and also provide her with the best
possible medical care. Here are few tips that will help you understand
your cat's pregnancy and help her have a healthy gestation period.
Pregnancy signs in cat
The gestation phase in a cat lasts for about nine weeks. During the
first four weeks, even your cat would not be able to figure out her
pregnancy. Thus it will almost impossible for you to find whether she is
pregnant or not. She will hunt, rest, and behaves entirely normal.
However after sometime under the influence of progesterone- a female
hormone released in her boy she will start feeling lethargic due to her
heavy abdomen and thus will cling towards resting tendency.
How can you figure out her pregnancy?
If you think she has conceived, it is better you take her to her
veterinary doctor. However if you wan to find on your own, you can get a
little clue after first few months. You can check her nipples. After one
month of her pregnancy, her nipples will become more prominent and pink.
After four months due to her visibly enlarged tummy, it will not very
difficult to figure out that she is pregnant. You can even easily count
the developing fetuses.
Precautions to be taken during cat's pregnancy
You also need to take care of your cat during her pregnancy period. Here
are few tips…
- There is very great risk to the unborn fetuses of your cat in the
first three weeks of her pregnancy. So it is better to avoid giving
her any drug during this phase.
- It is also better to your cat away from filth, dirt and insects
in her pregnancy as they pose as serious threats to the fetus in her
womb.
- Protect your cat from feline infectious enteritis (FIE, or
panleukopenia) at this time as they may cause severe brain damage to
the unborn kittens in her womb.
- Cats should be vaccinated before they are pregnant but there
should absolutely be no kind of vaccination during her gestation
phase, you msut even avoid other cats getting vaccinated in the
household of a pregnant cat as live worms in these vaccines can lead
to harmful effects in the pregnant cat.
Practical advices for Cat Pregnancy
- Before your plan your cat's pregnancy, arrange a home for the
resulting litter.
- You must make sure you pet cat is physically strong enough to
bear pregnancy.
- You must get your cat tested for viral diseases such as FIV or
FeLV before breeding her.
