Cat Pregnancy Signs

Cat pregnancy signs can be easy to spot - if you know what you are looking for.

The trouble is, your female cat might just want to make the task a little more difficult for you than it might otherwise be.

Unless you are looking to breed from your female cat, it is likely that your cat’s pregnancy will be unplanned and will come as a complete surprise to you.

Your lovely pet will have made her own arrangements with the local tom cats when she came into season and will have played her flirtacious games with them without you even knowing.

But at some point, you will doubtless begin to think that there is something ‘not quite right’ with her and it is at this point, your knowledge of cat pregnancy signs will stand you in good stead.
Maybe the earliest cat pregnancy sign is a pinking up of her nipples. This generally occurs around week three of her nine week pregnancy. Most owners won’t notice this and probably wouldn’t immediately suspect pregnancy at all.

Naturally, you will expect to see a gradual weight gain of between 1-2kgs, depending on how many kittens your cat is carrying but this pregnancy sign will only become apparant in the last third of her kitten’s gestation.

Your cat may become fussy about her food during weeks three - four and this is another cat pregnancy sign that many owners miss. After all, whose cat isn’t picky about their food from time to time?

Maybe your cat experiences morning sickness, just as we do!

Things go quiet for for awhile now as the kittens continue to grow and it is not unitl week five or six that things start to change noticeably.

As you reach week six life begins to become more interesting. You will certainly begin to see your cat’s tummy becoming rounder and her milk glands will start to become enlarged in readyness for feeding her newborn kittens.

Cat pregnancy signs appear in droves during weeks seven, eight and nine as you will be left in no doubt at all that your lovely cat is expecting a litter of kittens!  Her increasing size will make grooming physically difficult and you will be able to see the kittens moving around inide her when she is lying, relaxed.

Your soon-to-be mother cat will be eating around double the amount of food she normally does at this stage, as she supports her growing litter.

Finally, in the last week of pregnancy, the last cat pregnancy sign is really a sign of impending labor. Your cat will be looking for a suitable place in which to give birth and it is at this point that you need to take a little control. Being aware of each stage of your cat’s pregnancy, you will be able to prepare in such a way as to retain contol of the whole process. This will enable you to remain calm because you know what to expect and how to deal with any unexpected turns and your cat will be given the very best care by her owner - that’s you!