Owners of a pregnant cat should define in advance when their favourite gives birth. The fact is that pets sometimes need the help of the person to bring posterity into the world. Intervention of the owner quite often allows even to save to a kitten life, especially if the cat gives birth for the first time or if it has certain deviations or problems with health.
Instruction
1. Define date of conception and calculate approximate day of childbirth. Knitting can repeat within 3-4 days, and it is important to consider it. Pregnancy at catsof lasts usually from 58 to 72 days. Partly its duration can depend on quantity of kittens and also on a condition of a cat. In particular, stresses on late terms can lead to a delay of childbirth. If your cat already gave birth earlier, consider duration of her previous pregnancy as this time it can appear the same.
2. Pay attention to a stomach of a cat. On the sixth week it becomes quite big, and in a week, having taken a closer look, you will be able to notice the movement of kittens. It demonstrates to the coming childbirth. As a rule, approximately one week prior to the okot the mammary glands considerably increase in sizes. You monitor these changes to define approximate date of childbirth.
3. Watch behavior of a cat. In 1-2 weeks prior to childbirth the animal usually begins to look for a nest, worries, rummages cases, tries to get into the most secluded places. The cat keeps within in a certain place, but then rises and starts over again looking for. In 1-3 days prior to childbirth the animal becomes inactive, in large quantities sleeps. Some cats begin more often usual to caress the owner.
4. You watch closely a cat last week of pregnancy. Take it temperature rektalno: directly one day before childbirth it will go down approximately to 37 degrees Celsius. In 1-2 days prior to childbirth the mucous stopper departs. To notice it can be difficult as cats at such moments usually hide. However you can see how the animal worries and often licks genitals.
5. Several hours prior to appearance of kittens on light the cat can loudly begin to mew and make up to the owner, her breath will become heavy, and from genitals yellowish or red allocations gradually will begin to appear. If you noticed these signs, know that the cat will give birth to kittens within the next day.