Help!What should I do if my cat is pregnant??

Question

I can't tell if she is,But if she is how should I help??And what do I do when she's is in labor??? Do I help??

Answer 1

Your cat (if pregnant), will be due give birth between 63-65 days. (around 9 weeks). You should have somewhere safe and quiet for her to nest otherwise she will pick somewhere like your bed.Nesting boxes are good. Once you start seeing your cat getting big and you have about 2 -3 weeks to go get your cat onto kitten food and keep her on it until the kitten have weaned. This serves two purposes. 1. she needs the extra nutrition whilst she is pregnant and 2. when the kittens start to wean they can also eat her food as well

She will start to show behaviour when she is due to give birth like pacing around the place looking generally unsettled she may meow a lot or sit there and purr comfortably. It is not unusaul for cats to wait until there owners are home for them to start with the labour.

Do not get involved with her labour leave her in a quite area of the house, you can definately supervise (I would recommend to make sure everything is going ok), She will probably be in labour for quite sometime but things to watch out for.
1. She should not strain for more than and hour. So if she in her active phase of labour by trying to push a kitten out and she has been doing it for more than an hour you must get her to the Vets asap as she may need some help with drugs or an emergency C-section.
2. She can be in labour for hours but as long as she is not pushing for more than an hour she will be ok. Keep a clock around the place.
3. when a kitten is born mum will removed the amniotic sac herself and clean the baby, she is meant to clean the whole lot up to give her energy for the rest of the labour. so dont get rid of it.
If you feel that she is struggling to clean the sac of quickly enough you can help her but you should not need to.
4. Have mum and kitten checked with in 48 hours of birth to make sure mum is ok and there are not any kittens left. And the live kittens dont have any birth defects like Cleft palates of the mouth that will stop then from suckling.

Hopefully you wont have any complications. Cats seem better at birthing than there K9 freinds so you should be fine.
Ring your vet asap if you are concerned.
And please get her desexed next time as there are enough kitty's in the world we really dont need anymore unwanted litters.
Good luck and keep an eye on the dates.

Answer 2

Take her to the veterinarian for an exam--the vet may be able to tell by palpating her tummy, but the only definitive way to know is by doing an x-ray or an ultrasound. This will also tell you how many kittens she is having.

You should have her spayed after her kittens are weaned. Unspayed cats are at risk of developing several types of cancer and pyometra, which is an infection in the uterus and is deadly unless emergency surgery is performed which can cost around $1,000. Not to mention, cats without homes are euthanized on a regular basis and more kittens take away homes from adult cats.

You don't need to help when she is in labor unless she is having trouble, for example if a kitten gets stuck. If that happens you need to rush her to an emergency vet right away. I suggest doing research on kitten birth in the meantime so you know what to expect.

Answer 3

you dont need to do anything your cat will do it all how i know this is when my cat was prego right before she gave birth she found a dark place to have her kittens but if u want u could follow your cat just make sure she dont see you but if you think ur cat might be having problems when she gives birth all u need to do is call a vet any vet and they would help u. but other than that just let your cat be ok my cat had 5 beautif kittens and i didnt even know she was prego for 3 or 4 weeks . how u will know if ur cat is prego is she will look like shes gaining weight and she will start eating alot of cat food hope that helps. o yeah and 1 more thing when the kittens are born do not touch them your cat will disown them u should wait until the kittens are runnning all over the place k.

Answer 4

Have her checked by a vet to make sure she is pregnant and healthy enough to give birth. If she is very early on, you might want to consider spaying her and aborting the embryos. If you choose to let her have the kittens,
You might not be able to tell she is pregnant until the 3rd trimester on your own. Later signs that she is include:

Nipples get very pink
Cat becomes very affectionate
You can feel lumps in the abdomen
Cat gets "wider"

Line a box with clean towels and keep in a spot she likes. Keep food and water near by. Cats generally do everything on their own. Your vet will discuss any intervention if it is needed.

Once it is established she is pregnant, switch to kitten food. Pregnant and nursing cats need the extra protein and fat. Once the kittens are weaned, have the mother spayed ASAP and make future appointments to have the kittens spayed or neutered.

Answer 5

Cats, along with many other animals, rarely need intervention in giving birth or the care of their young. They most of the time can do it all on their own. Now kitty vitamins should be given though to be sure her and her babies are healthy. She may not like them so you can crush some of them and mix them with canned food. Vet visits is a must too, especially as soon as possible after she has her litter...to be sure there's no more in her that could harm her and check her born ones too. Once she has them she'll need quiet around her be careful not to stress her too. If you do she could move the kittens to what she thinks would be safer, but it could be where you have no clue about too.

Answer 6

Ideally you should let a vet look at her and do whatever he recommends. Kittens do not have strong immune systems so can get the common cat diseases if you don't get them vaccinated when they are recommended. They can also get worms from the mama cat. Some are passed through the milk. See if mama can be wormed now. If mama is outside as her delivery time comes, she may decide to have her babies somewhere you don't have access to. You have to keep her inside to keep this from happening.

Usually mama cats don't have problems with delivering their kittens but it is nice to be around when the kittens are born in the rare case any help is needed.

Cats are pregnant about 8 weeks. Each kitten will come out in a clear sac. I did have one mama that got tired when it came to the last one and she didn't lick the sac off of the kitten so I had to tear the sac open and wipe the kitten's nose so it could start breathing. Soon the mama gained her strength and licked the kitten the rest of the way.

I also had another mama (a stray) have kittens in my yard and one babies umbilical cord got tangled in the grass and he died be cause he got cold and couldn't snuggle against his mama. I wasn't home at the time so couldn't help.

I've done cat rescue and taken in pregnant strays. As soon as the kittens can be weaned, please get the mama spayed (fixed) so she won't have anymore kittens. There are so many unwanted cats in this world and it's a shame. A female cat can go into heat and get pregnant again while she is nursing kittens so if you don't want her to do that, you need to keep her inside away from the males.

Have fun raising the babies and find them a home with responsible owners who will spay or neuter them. Un-neutered male cats are poor pets in my opinion because they will start spraying their territory with smelly urine and roam all the time. Neutered males do not have smelly urine and may not spray and do not roam as much.

Answer 7

You don't need to help your cat give birth if she is pregnant. Just like humans cats already know how to give birth naturally. If she has milk then she is pregnant. Just give her a nice comfy box that is easy for her to find when she is going into labor.

Answer 8

Don't worry.My cat was pregnant 2 times and she is going to have her 3 time soon.To get a clue just spread out your hand and put it on her tummy.And I would go to the vet.By the way your cat is pregnant for about 63 day so do worry if you can't go tomorrow.

Answer 9

if she is just pregnant you may still be able to get her speyed. otherwise the vet can do tests or you can assume she is and start feedind kitten food. cats rarely need help giving birth, if she is having contractions for more then 30 min call the vet for their opinion. chances are she will give birth at night and you wont find out till the next day.

Answer 10

Calm down and take a step back. The cat has instincts and she'll know exactly what to do. Expect her to go missing, meaning deep in the closet or under a bed when it's time to birth. You don't need to do anything other than use extra care when handling her.