Information about black mamba snakes

cat pregnancy

Female cats are ready for mating when they are five to nine months old, and cat pregnancy a period range between 58-68 days., with an average of 63 days.

cat pregnancy

how long is cat pregnancy ?

After completing the mating process, which may occur several times a day, and for several days, the pregnancy begins, which lasts from two months to sixty-five days, and this depends on the type of cat and its physical health. The female has several cats at the same time from three to eight cats, and then she licks them to clean them, and eats the placenta.

cat pregnancy symptoms

After the female meets the male in the mating process, the possibility that the cat will be pregnant becomes great, and if it does, she does not show any signs until three weeks after her pregnancy, so the cat breeder should watch the following signs on his cat to know whether she is pregnant or not:

• The nipples of the cat acquire a darker color than normal, so that their color becomes dark pink, in addition to their enlargement, and sometimes brown secretions are observed from the nipples, although the cat does not start producing milk until after it is born.
• The cat’s passing periods of vomiting, especially in the early morning, is similar to the period of craving that many pregnant women go through, and not the condition of the pregnant cat vomiting, as the cat’s pregnancy stage may pass without vomiting.
• An increase in the size of her stomach after about a month from the date she met the male, and this sign cannot be observed on all cats, a fat cat is difficult to see bloating with her stabbing, as it can be noticed with the progression of pregnancy, and all pregnant cats gain an average of 2-4 pounds depending On the number of fetuses a cat carries in her womb.
• a change in the behavior of the pregnant cat; It begins with a stage called nesting, in which it begins to search for a quiet, safe place, to be the shelter in which to raise its young after birth.
• The emergence of the maternal instinct on her, so she becomes more attached to her owner, more tolerant of him, and more requesting to be strove on her, and on the other hand, cats may become more hostile to other animals, driven by their maternal instinct and protection of their children.
• Visit the veterinarian to examine the cat by ultrasound, 40-45 days after the beginning of her pregnancy, and this examination can be done as early as 21 days.
• To know the number of fetuses, the mother can be x-rayed, as ultrasound cannot know their numbers, and there is no need to fear the effect of x-rays on the cat or her young, as the amount of radiation is small within safe limits.

Health complications during and after pregnancy cats

cat pregnant

• Preeclampsia.

Or what is known as milk fever, which occurs as a result of the depletion of the mother’s stores of calcium, and this problem may also occur after childbirth, so calcium-rich food supplements are necessary during pregnancy and under medical supervision.

• Fetal death.

The death of one or more fetuses before leaving the birth canal may cause complications in the mother's birth.

• Difficulty giving birth.

due to the large head size in some breeds of cats, such as: Siamese and Persian, and here it is necessary to differentiate between fetal obstruction resulting from the large size of the head, and the difficulty of the pregnant mother, which results from the mother’s inability to excrete large-sized fetuses Normal, due to uterine insufficiency caused by weakness in the uterine muscles and their inability to further contract and contract to release the fetuses in their normal size, due to the length of labor in the mother, or due to low levels of the hormone oxytocin, which stimulates the uterine muscles to contract to push the fetus out.

• Inflammation of the nipples.

due to the closure of the mammary gland ducts, or infection, swelling of the nipples occurs, with the mother refusing to allow her young to breastfeed because she feels pain, as well as bloody secretions with milk, and the mother loses her appetite to eat, loses her vitality and becomes very lazy and lethargic.

• The inability of weak cats to breastfeed.

Colostrum is the milk that comes out of the mother’s breast immediately after birth, and it is rich in carbohydrates, proteins and antibodies that young people need to form their immunity and protect them from diseases, and it happens that some cats cannot breastfeed from their mother because of her weakness, or the large number of cats. Young children, or the mother’s illness and her inability to breastfeed her young, and here cat breeders must manually feed the young ones with formula milk equivalent to the mother’s milk.

• Difficulty defecation of the young.

This problem occurs when the young are unable to breastfeed from the mother for the reasons mentioned in the previous point, and here the children’s abdomen must be gently patted by hand, to help them defecate after their birth, as one of the signs of the health of the youngsters is that they defecate immediately after birth.