What can we do to make sure our cat gives birth to healthy babies?

Question

She's got about a month of pregnancy left, and we wanna make sure that her kittens are as healthy as possible. Any suggestions would be great.

Also, we didn't plan on getting her pregnant. She wasn't fixed when she was given to us, and we didn't really want her to get pregnant, but she ended up running out of the house on us for a week, and we just noticed the other night. Didn't even know she was in heat cause she's so darn quiet lol.

Answer 1

I guess she was tested for FeLV/FIV, fully vaccinated,wormed, and the male had the same---all prior to breeding. That would go a long way. However, most people don't do that and just let the cat out to get pregnant.

After this litter, please spay!!! If you just look on here and see all the people that let their cat have kittens, it is overwhelming!!!!!! The problem is awful!!! At the shelter I work at, we have to euthanize sooooo many cats and kittens each year. If even half the people that get a kitten each year let it have kittens, we would be drowing in them!!!! It is sad to see so many brought into the world when so many are dying.

Maybe you should have her teated for FeLV/FIV NOW so you can abort the litter if she is positive!!!!!! Positive moms have positive kittens and they most often die.

Answer 2

Well even if she had something such as FIV (her kittens may not) she may still live a healthy stable life indoors. You may want to bottlefeed the kittens if the mother has something contagious? Cats survive, are adaptable and tough little critters...even if she had (fiv) something, she still has good chances of a nice life if kept indoors, fed a healthy diet, & given her vaccinations. I'd make sure the kittens & her are vaccinated & spayed & neutered when old enough (wait at least SIX months old for spay/neuter), and when she has finished nursing & has completely recovered from this whole ordeal she can be spayed as well. Unfortunately there's no sure way to have healthy babies, only love, attention and a healthy diet can help, but never guarantee any of these things. That's life. Many cats have one/sometimes two babies that die stillborn or shortly after birth. IT's sad, and hopefully they'll all be happy li'l healthy critters.

Good luck, T :)

Answer 3

Keep her indoors if possible.
Start feeding her KITTEN food now, and keep feeding it to her until she weans the babies. She needs the extra nutrition during gestation as well as when they're nursing.
A calm and gentle environment is best, with lots and lots of love. You may also notice Mommy-To-Be being much more affectionate than normal, as well.
You should also go online and do some research re: what to expect with the birth, and what to do should anything go wrong JUST IN CASE. You'll need to get her a birthing/nesting box, etc. ready and find a nice quite, out of the way place with no foot-traffic where she can comfortably have the babies.

Answer 4

best thing to do is to put her on kitten food now, it has more nutrients that both good for her and the unborn kittens .
you should be getting a nice secure place that she likes where she can have her kittens, usually a dark closet, big box where she can lay down and nurse her kittens at the same time, one of my kitties litters was born in the bathroom cabinet under the sink.
there isn't too much you can do just make sure she has plenty of water, kitten food and a cunfy place to sleep, when the time comes to have her kittens she will usually pick a spot that she feels very secure in for her and the kittens.

Hope this helps, Im sure you will take good care of the kittens. Good Luck.

Answer 5

First, have her checked over buy a vet and checked for any contagious diseases. Mainly leukemia and FIV (feline aids) These are two highly contagious and common diseases in cats. If it is determined that she is healthy then feed her a high quality kitten food. It has all the protein and nutrients that she and the kittens will need.

Answer 6

Definitely don't feed dog food! Feed kitten food, canned food, and milk formula for a little extra while she's nursing. Taking her to a vet wouldn't hurt either. And do not give the kittens away for free. Pitbull breeders and fighters love this!

Answer 7

Its probably too late to think about that now. You should have had her fixed first. You should have started to firstly feed, 3mths prior to her getting pregnant, on a healthy non-commercial, organic diet, for healthy kittens (cats do not have babies, people do).

Answer 8

You should feed your cat high protein dog food. It is way better for them than cat food and try to keep them away from other cats the female cat might get attacked and cause a miscarriage.

Answer 9

Taking good care of him.