Gestation and childbirth

The normal preñez of the cats lasts approximated of sixty and three to sixty and four days, after which the childbirth happens. Nevertheless, in determined occasions and with more frequency in the Burmen, Siameses and balineses, the females can delay the arrival to the world of their children by different reasons, as well as ?go ahead? of one to four days based on environmental conditioners, common fact to all the races.

During this time, the future mothers have to receive special cares as far as the daily treatment and also, logically, with respect to the nutritional diet, it is necessary to feed with a food premium for puppies that already comes added with vitamins and minerals.
Days before we wait for the birth of the puppies, we must prepare an ample drawer whose walls have a height nonsuperior to 15 cm and in which we have some strips newspaper paper on a bottom of clean rags, it will be located in a corner calm and gathered, isolated of the cold and the airflows.

The childbirth and the lactancia of the kittens: As a rule, all the races of cats are absolutely self-sufficient, and in this particular biological period the females, even primerizas, are able and efficient cleaning, licking and receiving perfectly their children, who arrive at a variable number from three to six on the average. Only in very special or pathological cases, we will have to resort to the aid of Veterinary Doctor to conclude this episode.

The puppies are born with the closed eyes and are opening them as of the fourteen days of life, suck with avidity, sleeping frequently during many hours.
He is frequent which cats, even very affectionate, are ferocious and distrustful with their masters the first days after the childbirth, without leaving come near to new born. We do not have to never try to approximate us against the will of the mother, being contented to us with observing the small ones carefully when the cat leaves the drawer to eat, to drink or to evacuate.
Still the most distrustful mothers usually allow their owners who come near the litter, passed forty and eight hours from the childbirth.

The lactancia usually extends during a month or something more, but as of the four weeks we will be offering to the captivating puppies different soft foods (maternizada, maizena milk very clear, etc.) in a wood teaspoon, injects or baby's bottle that we will approach its naricita until touching it.
If the kittens begin to be interested in the food that we offer to them, the weaning will take place soon and without problems. During this period, the mother will have to receive in fats, but enriched a very complete, power and balanced, poor feeding in mineral proteins, vitamins and salts.

The litters numerous, superior to eight young, have few probabilities of feeding themselves homogenous and will be necessary to help to the mother, nursing artificially several kittens with milk prepared for orphaned puppies, which quite difficult, is sacrificed and not always feasible.

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