Cat pseudopregnancy is something that makes owners feel helpless. Many cats are in a state of pseudopregnancy, but their owners think they are really pregnant, and after making a lot of preparations, they find out that it is an inadvertent mistake. Have you ever encountered this situation?

1. What is the reason for false pregnancy in cats?

To put it simply, false pregnancy is actually a clinical manifestation of hormonal imbalance in cats. At this time, non-pregnant cats show the same symptoms as pregnancy.

False pregnancy usually occurs after a cat is in heat and mating. As time goes by, the female cat's breasts gradually develop and swell, and in the later stages, she can even express milk.

Some very maternal cats will even look for other kittens to nurse.

The belly of a falsely pregnant cat also gradually becomes larger, and finally it looks like there are several kittens in the belly.

The cat's behavior also changes. In the early stage, the cat will have anorexia, mild vomiting, restlessness, irritability, etc. However, in the middle and late stages, the cat's appetite gradually recovers and becomes bigger and bigger, as if it is always full, and its temperament She also became docile, and in the end she even had to look for things to build a delivery room; her vulva became more swollen, as if she was about to give birth.

At this time, the inexperienced owner will really be deceived by its realistic performance. He will be more nervous than the cat. He is busy preparing various things for the arrival of the kitten, but he waits and waits, but nothing happens. When the kitten arrived, many owners thought that the kitten was having a difficult delivery and hurriedly took it to the pet hospital to prepare for a caesarean section. When the doctor checked, the belly was empty and nothing was found. It's hard to believe, but it is what it is, and you can only rejoice in vain.

2. Why do cats have false pregnancies?

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

Under normal circumstances, if the cat is not pregnant, the formed corpus luteum will disappear quickly. At this time, the time for the corpus luteum to secrete progesterone and estrogen is also relatively short, so the cat will not have false pregnancy.

But when there is an abnormality in the cat's body, even if the cat is not pregnant, the corpus luteum in the ovary will exist for a long time and continue to secrete progesterone and estrogen, keeping the two hormones in the cat at the same level as during normal pregnancy. Hormone is a hormone that maintains pregnancy and causes changes in pregnancy, so the cat will have symptoms similar to pregnancy. This is a false pregnancy.