A cat's false pregnancy is a thing that makes the owner feel helpless. Many cats are in a false pregnancy, but the owner thinks that they are really pregnant, and after preparing for a long time, they find that it is an oolong. Have you ever encountered this?

1. What is the matter of false pregnancy in cats? To put it simply, a false pregnancy is actually a clinical manifestation of the hormone imbalance in cats. At this time, cats who are not pregnant show the same symptoms as pregnancy.

Pseudo-pregnancy usually occurs after the cat is in heat and mating. With the development of time, the breast of the female cat gradually develops and swells, and can even express milk in the later stage.

Some cats that are very motherly will even find other kittens to feed them.

The belly of the fake pregnant cat also gradually increased, and finally it looked like there were several kittens in the belly.

The cat's behavior also changes. In the early stage, the cat will appear anorexia, slight vomiting, restlessness, irritability, etc., but in the middle and late stage, the cat's appetite gradually recovers and becomes bigger and bigger. The appearance of not having enough to eat, the temperament also became docile, and finally even found things to build a delivery room; the vulva became more swollen, as if it was about to give birth.

At this time, the inexperienced owner will really be deceived by its realistic performance, and he is more nervous than the cat, busy preparing various things for the arrival of the kitten, but waiting Ah wait, but they didn't wait for the kitten to arrive. Many owners thought that the cat was having a difficult birth, so they hurriedly took it to the pet hospital to prepare for a caesarean section. The doctor checked the empty stomach. nothing. You can't believe it, but it's the truth, and you can only have fun.

Second, why do cats get false pregnancy?

This is mainly related to the corpus luteum formed in the ovary after the cat is in heat and ovulation .

Under normal circumstances, if the cat is not pregnant, the formed corpus luteum disappears quickly. At this time, the corpus luteum secretes progesterone and estrogen for a short period of time, so the cat will not experience false pregnancy.

But when the cat's body is abnormal, even if the cat is not pregnant, the corpus luteum in the ovary exists for a long time, and continues to secrete progesterone and estrogen, so that the two hormones in the cat's body are kept at and normal. At the same level during pregnancy, progesterone is a hormone that maintains pregnancy and causes changes in pregnancy, so the cat will have symptoms similar to pregnancy at this time, which is a pseudopregnancy.