Bright representatives of the cat family are Siamese cats, are in excellent demand for manufacturers, fans and admirers of this great breed. As a rule, owners of such cats sharp-sightedly monitor private life of the pets and pregnancy of a favourite cat for them - a big holiday.
Pregnancy of cats
One of the most polycarpous cat breeds are Siamese. Also Siamese cats differ from ordinary cats in respect of duration of incubation of kittens a little. If the ordinary cat on full pregnancy needs slightly more than nine weeks, namely 63-65 days, the Siamese cat copes with this task for shorter term, 59-61 days. Of course, it is impossible to claim that these terms are indisputable, but it is necessary to make a start when determining term of pregnancy from them.
Pregnancy of a cat should be counted of day of fertilization of an ovum, but it manages to be made not always, and therefore the first calendar day of knitting becomes a reference mark usually.
External signs of pregnancy of a cat for determination of term of pregnancy
From the first to the fourth week visually to notice pregnancy of a cat very difficult. But it is possible to pay attention to a small increase in the weight of a cat, vomitings after a meal and small slackness in behavior are also sometimes possible, the cat becomes quiet and slow. On the fifth week of pregnancy it is visually possible to note that at a cat the stomach begins to grow if accurately to stroke a cat on a tummy, then small hillocks are felt, these are the grown-up future kittens. It is also possible to find out that nipples became more dense, pink and well noticeable among a hair. When the sixth week of pregnancy begins, you will understand that your cat became much more in very short terms, literally in 1-2 days. On the seventh week it will be possible to feel visually and taktilno the movement of kittens in a tummy of a cat. Also at this time the cat will begin to study in detail the space surrounding her to decide on the place where she will want to give birth. Last weeks pregnancies the cat will become absolutely inactive, released. If a little earlier you noticed that at a cat nipples bulked up and turned pink, increase in mammary glands is obviously visible now. Some days before the okot at a cat it is possible to notice small light or white allocations. Several hours prior to the okot your cat will begin to lick to herself a stomach and genitals. The diarrhea or vomiting are also possible. The cat will begin to look for purposefully the convenient location for childbirth. If at this moment you help her and offer a convenient stove bench, most likely, she also will choose it. It should be noted that thoroughbred cats not always prefer a privacy during childbirth. There are precedents when the cat waits for attention and support, presence of the owner. Especially such tendencies can be shown at cats with the first dung.