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Thinking your cat is pregnant only to discover she is instead experiencing a false pregnancy is disappointing, but not necessarily a tragedy. She can go on to a successful breeding career.
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Infertility is the inability to conceive or to carry a pregnancy to term. Failure of a female cat to produce kittens can arise at any stage of the reproductive process.
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The feline estrus or heat cycle has quite distinct stages, although the signs of one cycle may be subtle and may overlap those of the next. The typical heat cycle lasts 10 to 14 days, although individual variation in the length of each stage can vary.
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With the exception of elephants, killer whales and pilot whales, no mammal species undergoes menopause other than humans. Despite this, there are changes in a female cat's reproductive health and productivity as she ages.
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Just because your queen has pyometra, there is no reason she can't recover and produce many future litters of healthy babies, but only is you use the correct antibiotic AND hormone treatment.
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Because pyometra can be life-threatening to the cat, it is important to recognize the symptoms. This article includes photos of the most definitive sign of pyo — vaginal discharge.
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