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How Long Will My Cat's Pregnancy Last?

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This is the most frequently asked question by cat owners. After all, you want to know how long it's going to be before you need to start worrying about the birth!

Do you have any idea at all? Maybe you've done this before and your cat has already had a litter of kittens.

One thing is for certain, knowing how long a cat's pregnancy lasts from start to finish won't be of much use to you unless you know the approximate date when she conceived her kittens.

As a rule, your cat keeps that information a secret!

Just when you think that your life holds no surprises, your cat comes home with more than she went out with......

Your affectionate cat has been coming into season and all that cute rolling around hasn't been for your benefit at all - she's been working up to attracting every Tom, Dick or fur-covered Harry that she can get her paws on.

And now, quite suddenly, you have this niggling feeling that you are going to be a grandparent to a litter of kittens and have no idea just how soon they might be arriving.

So, how soon will your cat's new little kittens be born?

Feline pregnancy is generally 63-65 days in length - about nine weeks - but it is not unusual for kittens to be born after only 58 days gestation or as late as 70 days gestation.

But as a midwife-in-waiting, it's up to you to make the best guess at the delivery date that you can and unless you happened to see (or hear) your promiscuous puss-cat in action with the local toms, you're likely to be a day or two out.

It's much more likely that you will miss the fact that your lovely cat is pregnant until she is 5 or 6 weeks into her pregnancy and the signs become fairly obvious.

By the time you feel that you really need to know how long feline pregnancy lasts, your cat will be more than halfway through.

You may just notice - if you are very observant - that your cat's nipples are beginning to look significantly pinker. Her milk glands begin to prepare for full-scale milk delivery around week 3 of pregnancy.

At the same time, your cat's appetite may change and she may start to become picky about her food. Puss-cat morning sickness, perhaps?

Mind you, most cats go through phases of turning their furry noses up at whatever choice morsels you place in front of them, so it's highly unlikely that you associate a lack of appetite with pregnancy at this stage.

It is very unlikely that you will understand the significance of these subtle changes in your cat unless you have had previous experience of feline pregnancy.

It is only at the five or six week stage of your cat's pregnancy that you will begin to be certain that your beautiful pet is carrying kittens and at this point, you will only have 21-28 days to go before her kittens are born.

You will naturally be anxious to learn all you can about what to expect during your cat's pregnancy and labor so that you can be on hand to give her all the help and care she might need. So make sure that you have equipped yourself with the knowledge you will need by finding a comprehensive ebook that will easily guide you through all the stages of pregnancy, labor, birth and nursing.

But above all, just enjoy the thought that very soon you will become a kitten grandparent!

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