Causes and solutions of difficult births in cats

If artificial assistance is not provided, the mother cat may suffer from lifelong gynecological diseases and reproduction problems, or the mother cat and kittens’ lives may be endangered. What should I do if my cat has a difficult birth? Causes of obstructed labor 1. maternal 1. old age 2. delivery with disease 3. sudden change of environment during delivery 4. obesity 5. narrow birth canal insufficient cervical dilatation 6. fear 7. ectopic 8. placentitis, endometritis 9. low blood calcium hypoglycemia 2. fetal 1. fetus too large 2. fetal death 3. abnormal fetal morphology 4. abnormal fetal direction, fetal position and fetal potential in the birth canal. Symptoms of difficult labor 1. abnormal discharge from the vulva (e.g. red-green discharge with foul odor). 2. the mother cat is weak and exerts abdominal pressure irregularly for more than 2 to 4 hours. 3. kittens or vesicles can be seen in the vulva and the kittens have not been born for more than 15 minutes. 4. the amniotic membrane breaks and amniotic fluid flows out but the kittens are not born. 5. the mother cat will keep crying and licking and biting her pussy. 6. more than one week after the expected delivery date 7. No kittens are born after 3~4 hours of the second stage. 8. All kittens cannot be born within 36 hours. 1. Massage the abdomen of the mother who is too fat, lack of exercise, too many fetuses and other causes of uterine relaxation, resulting in weak contractions and difficult labor. If the fetus has been exposed for more than 5 minutes and still cannot be delivered, the mother cat should be laid horizontally, the left hand should be placed against the cat’s shoulder, the right hand should hold the first exposed part of the fetus and gently send it into the pelvic cavity, then gently turn the fetus and pull it outward. 4. If the fetus cannot be delivered for more than 5 minutes, the mother cat should be laid horizontally, the left hand should be placed against the cat’s shoulder, the right hand should hold the exposed part of the fetus and gently send it into the pelvic cavity, then gently turn the fetus and pull it outwards. 5. However, if the mother cat is suffering from a critical disease and cannot deliver the fetus, surgery is not recommended and non-surgical methods should be used to assist delivery. Note that difficult births in cats are not terrible, what is terrible is the delay in the best time for the cat to give birth. Therefore, when a cat has the above difficult labor symptoms, if you do not have clinical experience in pet delivery, you must promptly send it to the veterinary hospital or consult the relevant personnel for help.