Anatomy Of A Pregnant Cat
Every breeder should be able to envision what is going on beneath the surface of their pregnant cat.
Every breeder should be able to envision what is going on beneath the surface of their pregnant cat.
Calcium is an important and vital ingredient in the health of your breeding queen. Lack of calcium can actually lead to a nursing queen`s death. However, over-supplementing calcium can also cause serious problems. Understanding the role calcium plays is important in ensuring a queen's a successful pregnancy.
Is it possible for a cat to be bred, become pregnant, then be bred again during her pregnancy and conceive again? You may be surprised at the answer.
Every breeder should be able to recognize the signs of eclampsia. Your queen's life may depend on it.
Learn how to palpate your queen to confirm pregnancy and count kittens. This is a useful skill for the modern cat breeder to develop.
Your cat has been bred. Hopefully the stork is on the way… but when exactly are the kittens due to arrive? You no longer need to count on your fingers or cross out weeks on a calendar. Use this calculator to simply type in the date your queen was bred, and the date she will Pink Up and her Due Date will be automatically calculated for you.
This article discusses what happens to a cat's body when she is pregnant. Included is a chart showing the progress of the pregnancy from the first day of breeding until the date the queen gives birth to her kittens.
It is always upsetting to discover ringworm, but it is especially distressing if the cat in question is pregnant. While you should not give the mom-to-be oral anti-fungal medications, you do have other options to treat both her and her newborns,
It is imperative that every breeder know which medications can be used safely during a queen's pregnancy, and which drugs must be avoided completely as they are proven to cause developmental problems with kittens in utero.