Childbirth at cats

It is necessary to prepare for appearance of kittens in advance. It is necessary to examine nuances of future process and carefully to prepare everything in time to give help to the favourite.

It is important to equip correctly the town for childbirth. Most often the cat independently chooses a place in the house, but it not always to liking to owners. So, take care of it independently. Best of all for some weeks to start accustoming future mother that in a consequence there were no excess efforts to a place. Optimum the pure box covered with several layers of paper or a disposable diaper will approach. In the room it has to be quiet that the cat was not frightened, and it it was comfortable.

If you for the first time independently deliver, in advance agree with the veterinarian about possibility of a call. It is quite probable that there will be any complications or you will be simply needs medical assistance.

Time of childbirth at a cat

How soon childbirth will begin, it becomes clear at once. Approximately in days the cat begins is characteristic to behave: has a little a rest, goes on all rooms in search of a suitable place for childbirth, makes up to the owner and holds up a stomach for strokings. Kittens behave very actively, constantly kick and move. Then they fade and as though queue, being going to be born.

How many childbirth at cats lasts? Process of childbirth

The first stage of childbirth at cats can proceed from 12 hours to one days. Fights begin, and the fruit gradually moves along patrimonial ways. During this period surely are near the alumna all the time, your support and care is necessary for her.

The second stage begins with a rupture of an amniotic bubble and directly childbirth. Most often kittens come a head forward, but happens that at first there are pads or a tail. Such phenomenon is not considered pathological, but demands bigger attentiveness and perhaps additional help to the woman in labor. In case of need, carefully pull a fruit on yourself in the direction down that it left quicker. If you noticed that the kitten long time is not born, grease a head (if it already seemed) and a vagina vaseline.

Important: If the break between the given birth kittens makes more than two hours, urgently call the veterinarian.

Most often mother cat has independently a bite an umbilical cord and eliminates an amniotic bubble but if it does not occur, manipulations need to be done to the owner.

Disinfect hands and accurately break off an amniotic cover near a kitten nose, and cut an umbilical cord in 2-3 centimeters from a stomach. A wound can be stopped, having blotted a wound with a napkin and having processed hydrogen peroxide. Further rub off the newborn a damp rag, eliminate slime from a nose and a mouth by means of a pipette. Put a kitten about nipples of mother or in a separate box with a hot-water bottle.

At the third stage the uterus of a cat calms down and there is an afterbirth exit from each kitten. Surely consider them, they have to leave all to the last. If though one afterbirth remains in a uterus — address to the veterinarian as it needs to be eliminated surgically to avoid development of a serious inflammation.

Cats have an interesting feature: after the birth of several kittens childbirth can stop for a while, and then again begin. Such calm is capable to last from 12 to 36 hours.

Not to distract at the time of delivery, in advance prepare all necessary subjects: scissors, antiseptic, sterile gloves, hydrogen peroxide, vaseline, pipette, drinking water and food.

Childbirth at a cat: complications

Potential complications at which the help of the veterinarian is necessary are given below.

1. Long time does not leave an afterbirth.
2. Temperature increase, fever.
3. More long than two hours the following kitten is not born.
4. The first stage of childbirth lasts more days.
5. Emergence of a pungent smell from a vagina; allocations of brownish-red color.

It is also very important to watch the term of pregnancy of a cat. If it lasts more than 70 days, inspection at the veterinarian is necessary.

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