What are the symptoms of false pregnancy in cats?

Dec 10,2023
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Symptoms of false pregnancy in cats:

1. The symptoms of false pregnancy in cats are similar to those of real pregnancy. False pregnancy usually appears after cats are in estrus and mating. As time passes, With the development of breast cancer, the female cat's breasts gradually develop and swell, and in the later stages, she can even express milk.

2. If some cats are very maternal, they will find other kittens to nurse. The belly of a falsely pregnant cat also gradually becomes larger, and finally it looks like there are several kittens in the belly.

3. Cats with false pregnancy will also have behavioral changes. In the early stages, cats will have anorexia, slight vomiting, restlessness, irritability, etc. In the middle and late stages, the cat's appetite gradually recovered, becoming bigger and bigger, as if it couldn't get enough to eat, and its temperament became docile. In the end, it even started to look for things to build a delivery room.

Causes of false pregnancy in cats:

1. If the cat is not mated during breeding, it will be mistakenly thought to be pregnant.

2. Cats have abnormal and disordered sex hormone secretion.

3. When infection occurs in the reproductive tract, false pregnancy may also occur. If a pseudopregnant cat will go into heat again, you can also perform a B-ultrasound scan around the 30th day of mating to see if there is a fetal heartbeat.

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