If you have a healthy, sexually mature female in your homecat, then sooner or later she will decide to gift you with her numerous offspring. And what to do? The call of nature. Only extraordinary circumstances can keep a cat from selflessly searching for a partner and no less selflessly making love, such as: being in a locked iron cage, cast-iron chains with which she is chained to a radiator, or a sudden decision by the owners to sterilize their pet. However, only sterilization gives a 100% result. And even if your cat does not have the opportunity to contact individuals of the opposite sex, then sooner or later she will still run away from home (it is possible that irrevocably), or this very individual will secretly and insidiously enter your house, attracted by the inviting meowing of your recluse. So, no matter how you guard, you will still be on the lookout and will rack your brains: is the suffering pregnant, or did God have mercy. In the opposite situation, some cat owners are also racking their brains over this question, eagerly awaiting the birth of offspring of aristocratic feline bloodlines. That is, they have chosen a purebred groom, and everything has worked out as it should, but doubts are tormenting them. And they really want to figure out what to spend the money from the sold purebred aristocrats on. Well, if you absolutely need to resolve doubts about your cat's pregnancy, then let's figure out how to find out whether she is pregnant or not.
The first (implicit) signs of pregnancy
Let's make it clear right away that in the first three weeksyou won't be able to get a clear answer to the question of whether your cat is pregnant. Even a veterinary clinic won't help you: an ultrasound won't show anything, and the doctor won't feel anything. However, if your cat is walking on her own, then you can be sure that the period of another heat has ended successfully (for her) or, rather, fruitfully. There's no point in guessing: are there any signs or not, and in nine weeks your house will be filled with the squeak of newborn kittens. And it often happens that the owners are simply not sure that the love act took place at all. This is especially true for those moments when the cat is taken to the male cat specifically for these purposes. However, experienced breeders (people who professionally breed pedigree cats) have noticed the following features.
But this is all, of course, just a summary experience.cat owners and conclusions drawn from observations. In fact, such behavior of a cat may not say anything except its bad character. And, nevertheless, sometimes (and often!) these signs turn out to be true. And one more phenomenal observation. If you (the owner) with all your soul resist the addition of your cat family, then rest assured - after the first mating your kitty will get pregnant. If, on the contrary, you dream and see your kitty pregnant, then dreams will remain dreams for a very long time. Do they do everything on purpose to spite us?
Clear signs of pregnancy
It is only possible to determine that a cat is obviously pregnantthree weeks after conception. The very first, most obvious and most textbook sign is a change in the color and size of the nipples. The cat's nipples swell slightly and turn pink. This happens by the end of the first trimester of pregnancy, when the embryos already reach a size of one to two centimeters. During this period, an experienced veterinarian will be able to feel and determine not only the presence of kittens, but even their number. The cat's tummy also increases slightly by the third week of pregnancy, but it is almost impossible to notice. Hormonal levels are already noticeably changing (for a cat), so the cat may suffer from morning sickness. A sharp change in behavior also indicates an interesting situation for your pet. And an ultrasound performed at this time will help you find out for sure about the cat's pregnancy. Only from the second half of pregnancy, the signs of your cat's interesting situation become visible to the naked eye. From the fourth week, the kittens begin to develop and grow intensively, so the belly of a pregnant cat also noticeably and quickly grows. You can already feel the kittens moving with your palm, and if there are a lot of them, you can even see it. However, the belly of cats carrying only one or two cubs does not increase significantly. Pregnancy also affects the behavior of the animal. Many cats become calmer, more indifferent to current events. They sleep a lot and for a long time (longer than usual), constantly and persistently demand attention and affection. In general, pregnant cats become more affectionate not only to people, but also to other animals living with them in the same house. By the end of pregnancy, the cat's nipples begin to sag, the belly becomes noticeably larger, and the cat itself tries to find a place for the upcoming birth. In fairness, it should be noted that some cats do not change their constitution throughout their pregnancy. And in some long-haired breeds, it is difficult to see not only changes in the color and size of the nipples, but it is problematic to find the nipples themselves. Therefore, sometimes it can be quite difficult to distinguish a pregnant cat from a non-pregnant one. And here only an ultrasound examination will help to dot the i's and cross the t's.
On a note
- Human pregnancy tests on animals do not work! So do not try to determine your cat's pregnancy with this test.
- Reliably and absolutely to learn about pregnancy or its absence it is possible only by means of ultrasonic research.
- False pregnancy in cats is very rare, and in veterinary medicine is classified as a neuropsychic disease.
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