Acupressure To Bring Your Female Cat Out Of Heat
Learn the acupressure technique you can use to delay breeding your cycling queen. The technique is easy to learn and apply.
Learn the acupressure technique you can use to delay breeding your cycling queen. The technique is easy to learn and apply.
If all the cats in a breeding program are related, the breeders will soon realize that they have backed themselves into a corner.
When labor and delivery does not go normally, it can be an anguishing decision whether to schedule the mother-to-be for a C-section, or whether to wait and see if the queen can deliver naturally. Test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
The response to the first article in this series was overwhelming - and so here are 10 more real-life feline pregnancies for you to test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
The response to the first article in this series was overwhelming - and so here are 10 more real-life feline pregnancies for you to test your knowledge and instincts by deciding what you would do given specific birthing scenarios.
Cats and dogs are the most popular pets in the world, and are frequently best buddies in their family hierarchy. While we may think of them as being very similar, nothing is further from the truth. From health issues to behavior to breeding, felines and canines are very different.
One of the most serious health problems that can occur in a female breeding cat is if she develops a closed pyometra. Learn more about this life-threatening condition. The most important factor in closed pyometra is early detection and treatment.
Are your queens having smaller litters? Or having premature births? Perhaps your cats are failing to get pregnant at all. Are you losing newborns to Fading Kitten Syndrome? These are all symptoms of a G Strep infection in your cattery. Learn how to stop the losses and maintain a healthy breeding program unaffected by G Strep.
Liz Ward of Huggibear Burmese shares her experience with a queen successfully producing live kittens after suffering two bouts of pyometra.
Knowing what is 'normal' behavior in a female cat following the delivery of her kittens is critical to determining whether or not to intervene in her care of her newborn litter.