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.