Postpartum care for female cats
A female cat may experience many problems after giving birth. Complications, such as shortness of breath in cats, are one of the most common postpartum complications. The probability of postpartum complications in cats is related to the individual physical differences of cats, but some complications have little effect on the body of female cats, but some postpartum complications may lead to the death of cats. Therefore, after the female cat is born, the pet owner needs to strictly take care of the female cat:
1. Supplement adequate nutrition and water.
After the female cat has given birth, the pet owner needs to supplement the female cat with sufficient nutrition and water in time to prevent the female cat from being exhausted and collapsed. The pet owner can adjust the diet of the female cat and feed her some foods rich in protein, vitamins, calcium, etc., to quickly supplement the female cat’s nutrition. In addition, because the mother cat needs to breastfeed the kittens after giving birth, the mother cat’s body’s demand for energy will greatly increase, especially for calcium. Therefore, during the period after the mother cat is born and before the kitten is weaned, it is necessary to pay attention to supplementing the mother cat with sufficient calcium and other nutrients to avoid calcium deficiency and postpartum fever in the mother cat after childbirth.
2. It is forbidden to take a bath.
The pet owner should be careful not to bathe the female cat within one month after giving birth. Because the resistance of the cat will decline during lactation, bathing it at this time is likely to cause upper respiratory tract infections or other stress reactions. At the same time, you can try to avoid bacterial infection of the cat’s vulva.
3. Seek medical attention in time
If the female cat still has shortness of breath 2 to 3 days after giving birth, or is accompanied by loss of appetite or loss of appetite, muscle tremors, body convulsions, Symptoms such as lethargy are very abnormal. The pet owner needs to send it to the pet hospital for X-ray examination as soon as possible to check whether there is any problem with the cat’s body, and to treat the problem in time.
Of course, in addition to taking care of the mother cat, you also need to take care of the kittens:
Newly-born kittens are very fragile. The pet should pay attention to keeping the environment of the delivery room clean and hygienic, and it is best to place newspapers or urine pads
where the kittens are located, which is not only convenient for cleaning, but also reduces the size of the kittens. risk of infection. When the pet owner needs to touch or move the kitten, the pet should pay attention to wearing odor-free and sterilized gloves before touching the kitten. In addition, pet owners need to pay attention to the physical condition of the mother cat and kitten every day. If the kitten is found to lose weight, cry excessively, or does not like to drink milk, it must be paid attention to, and if necessary, take it to the veterinary hospital. examine.
This is the introduction to the postpartum care of female cats. For more cat feeding and care methods, please pay attention to our later sharing.
