Cat Pregnancy and BirthAfter three weeks, the cats nipples start to acquire a pink tone, they begin to turn firm and to straighten up. The rounded belly doesn't show until more than 30 days after. The pregnancy lasts about 63 days (between 57 and 70 days is also a normal period). The time of birth can be determine 63 days from the first mating.As a place for birth, a hard cardboard box (40x50centimeters) with a border of 30 cm oh height, can be the solution. On the bottom with newspapers, put a clean cloth. The birth box should be placed on a peaceful corner. Short time before the birth, the cats scratches the birth box, she lies on the box, goes to the cats tolled and follows its owner everywhere. The owner sits besides the box and talks calmly to the cat. At the beginning of the birth, the lets go of the amniotic liquid. The first whelps come shortly after surrounded by the chord through the overture. With strong contractions, the whelp is expulsed outwards. The mother tears chord if this hasn't exploded already by its own. After, she licks its sexual organs carefully and eats the placenta that appears after a few contractions, after cutting the umbilical cord, dries the new born with its tongue. The whelps are born al intervals of half an hour or an hour. Lack of milk in the mother: Sometimes, the mother has no milk. The most easy solutions is to find a substitute mother to feed oneself all those little kittens, absorb lots of time and some good nerves. In any case, when the time of birth comes, as a precaution you should have some cat milk at home (can be acquired at the pet shop). If there is an emergency, fill the nursery bottle with the milk cat and feed the whelps each two hours, also at night. After each meal, give each whelps two hours, also at night. After each meal, give each whelps a light massage on the belly with a paper tissue, so they can eliminate the excrements and urine. |
