1, a female cat that is too fat before pregnancy will affect the number of ovulation, resulting in too few babies. Therefore, maintaining exercise before pregnancy and avoiding obesity have a far-reaching impact on reproduction.

2, the weight is not up to standard, malnourished female cats, do not blindly mate. Even if pregnant, the fetus will have various problems.

Dietary considerations for female cats during pregnancy:

1, most denominator cats will become very edible after pregnancy, and will reach at least 1.5 times the daily level near delivery, and there are many cases where it is twice as high.

2, within 30 days of pregnancy, gradually change the diet of the female cat, and adopt the 7-day food exchange method, so that her diet is excessive than the staple food of the weaned kitten. Usually this staple food is high in nutrition and calories.

3. If the female cat is too obese during pregnancy, it may cause dystocia and delay the delivery time. Therefore, it is very important to keep moderate exercise and improve the digestibility of diet (so there is no need to eat too much).

4. Usually it is a family that provides food regularly, and the diet during pregnancy must be gradually increased. Because the fetus will grow, the mother cat will eat more. It is suggested that with the arrival of labor, excessive free feeding should be carried out in the last week.

The reason for eating freely is that the space in the stomach is getting smaller and smaller as the stomach gets bigger, so eating less and eating more meals is the best choice.

6. It is very important to supplement calcium and phosphorus in a balanced way, which is helpful to the skeletal development of kittens. As for other nutrients, only a few are added, but not all, resulting in overnutrition.

7. It is suggested that it is best to replace the staple food during pregnancy with canned food with high nutrition, and weaned cats can be mixed with canned food. If a pregnant cat lives on dry food, it can be provided with canned staple food or cooked meat during pregnancy. Female cats may be picky eaters during pregnancy and can try several kinds of meat. Feeding raw meat during pregnancy is not recommended.

8. Be sure to eat and drink well during pregnancy. Malnutrition will cause many problems. For example: self-priming, stillbirth, abortion, premature delivery, low fetal weight, fetal dysplasia and so on. Almost all these problems are related to nutrition and drug abuse.

9. During pregnancy, the living environment of the female cat is too important. Any drastic changes in daily life will have a serious impact on their health. In particular, a case is pointed out: the upstairs and downstairs decoration is very noisy. Cats must be scared, and it has a great influence on pregnant cats.

Dietary considerations for female cats after delivery:

Once a female cat gives birth to a baby, 40% of her weight gain during pregnancy is gone, so she will eat more. But the energy density of food must be high at this time. Be sure to replenish enough water. Cats that can drink milk must give more milk. During lactation, their nutritional needs will be more stringent.

2. Be sure to add extra calcium. Liquid calcium is a good choice.

3. If fewer than two kittens are born. You can return to a fixed time diet (if it is), and excessive lactation may cause mastitis.

4. If there are more than three, including three, then continue to feed freely. Kittens have a great demand for breast milk.

5. If the female cat is under-lactating. You should give the kitten milk. It not only reduces the pressure on the mother cat, but also helps the kitten to grow better.

6. After the kitten is weaned, the diet of the mother cat can be restored to the level before pregnancy. Usually around 6-8 weeks after delivery.

7. The feeding bowl of the postpartum female cat can be as close to the nest as possible. So once the kitten climbs out, it is likely to learn from the mother cat and start to slow down.