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Today we're going to need some gloves, towels, and a hot water bottle, because today we're going to assist with Totoro's birth. Hi, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. A few weeks ago, in our Facebook group, a subscriber asked us how she could help her cat when she went into labor because she was pregnant. Based on that comment, I decided to make this video to answer all the questions you may have if your cat is pregnant and is approaching her due date. I've designed the video in two parts. In the first, I'm going to explain how a normal cat gives birth and how you can help her bring her kittens into the world normally. In the second part of the video, I'm going to explain all the things that can go wrong because logically, not everything always goes well and when you should start to worry and also how you can help your cat during those times. And taking advantage of the fact that we are making this video, I am going to tell you, based on my experience as a veterinarian, what are the most frequent questions that you have usually asked me when you are working and you ask me, oh, I don't know what to do with my cat. She has gone into labor. Well, all of that will be answered in this video today. The first thing you need to know is how many kittens your cat is going to give birth to. Because this cannot be a surprise, I recommend that you go to the vet first so that they can do an ultrasound or also do an X ray so that they can tell you, hey, your cat is giving birth to five kittens or your cat is giving birth to six kittens. Because if your cat was supposed to give birth to five on the day of delivery, in the end she only gives birth to four. Then we already know that there's one left inside and that at that moment, she needs to be assisted. Logically, this can't be like Scentmatis, where when the dog gives birth, she ends up giving birth with 15. Just think, she gave birth and no one knew how many she had. It was always a surprise. Another one, Another one? No, no. Here. With your cat, you have to know exactly how many kittens she's going to give birth to. Normally, it's usually between 5 and 6, but that's not always the case. It could be that your cat's litter is smaller and there are only four, but no, there weren't 101. At the end of the movie, there were a lot. There were more than 15. Yes, but the ones who give birth to the dog are 15, which I read yesterday on Wikipedia. The rest are adopted, but the rest will be from another family. I really don't remember. Okay, if you know how many dogs gave birth in the movie 101 Dalmatians, let me know in the comments, because according to Wikipedia, it's 15 and a. Do you know how long a cat's pregnancy lasts? Because we know that it's nine months for a person, but nine months for a cat, right? Please. In cats, pregnancy usually lasts around 63 days. Well, from 58 to 63, more or less. It may be a little late or a little early, but it should be around those days with the ultrasound. They can also tell you more or less the day your cat is going to give birth. And that way you can have everything ready for the moment when the birth occurs. And all this is the preparatory phase for your cat's birth and so on. What will you see on the day your cat goes into labor? The first thing you'll notice is that your cat is a little more affectionate at first and will seek you out. But you'll also notice that she's a little restless. She'll be walking around your house, meowing all the time, looking for a little attention. It's also possible that your cat will end up looking for a more or less comfortable place to give birth. It has to be a secluded place where your cat feels protected, where she'll be able to carry out the entire process without any interruptions. Normally, in the days leading up to the birth, your cat will have already started to make a nest somewhere inside a closet, under a bed, somewhere where people won't be able to see her. And it's possible that your cat has picked up some kind of fabric, like her blanket, or she's put a cushion in her mouth to prepare the area where she's going to give birth. And you have to leave everything for her. In these cases, if your cat has chosen it, it's because she likes that place, then you could leave it to her if, for whatever reason, it's not convenient for you, because, I don't know, it's inside a closet and it's going to leave the closet in a mess. You can provide her with an alternative if you want to give your cat a different space so that she can give birth and feel comfortable, which is the most important thing, because if she doesn't feel comfortable, she won't do it. You can try to find a more or less secluded Location in your house where you can take her basket, her blanket, things that smell like her, so that she more or less understands that that place is also suitable for her to give birth. Okay. And if not. And in the end, your cat insists that she give birth in the closet. Well, I'm very sorry. You have a cat and you have to respect that. Try to protect more or less all surfaces. To do this, you can use these absorbent pads that are normally sold, I don't know, even in supermarkets that feel like fabric and that can protect the fabrics that she has chosen to make her nest with. If the birth is taking place in winter and it's a bit cold, you can try to make your cat a bit more comfortable by placing a hot water bottle or a hot water bottle like this one. If you can put your hand on it and not burn yourself, it's perfectly fine to put it on your cat.

And how many degrees is that, more or less? It's usually around 45 degrees or so. And I've already told you that on the day of the birth, it's. She'll be looking for you a bit, and she'll be a bit restless. But you can also think that the birth is getting closer. If you see that your cat goes to the litter box a lot and poops a lot, or doesn't do anything at all, but just sits there for a while, like pushing, and nothing comes out, that could be a sign that your cat is going into labor and that the time is almost here. Well, after explaining the preparatory phase, let's move on to the expulsive phase of labor, which sounds like a volcano, but that's what it's called. What are we going to do before we start talking? A word to consider. Everything I'm going to explain to you right now is what should happen so that you know that everything is going well and normally. How exciting. Well, wait, don't get so excited.

Did you get excited?

Yes. Well, but you could also get excited at home. The first thing cats need to give birth is peace and quiet. That's why they've found a secluded area in your house to go through the whole process. Therefore, you don't have to be on top of your cat, watching to see if she's giving birth. Oh, she needs air. Oh, a warm water compress on her head. No, don't worry. Leave your cat to her own devices for a bit. I'm not saying you shouldn't check on her. You can stand at a distance and watch everything develop normally, but please don't be on top of your cat, because that will stress your cat and will delay the whole process much more.

It's better to keep family, children, etc. Away, right? Yes, well, of course, one person and that's it. Because if you want your children to see the miracle of life, record it with your phone and then show it to them. Also, excuse me for saying it, the miracle of life is a bit disgusting. But hey, there are all sorts of tastes, obviously. But a cat's birth isn't very bloody, right? Yes, it's not that it's bloody, but there are liquids of a certain color that start to come out well. Now let's talk about the liquids. A cat's birth process lasts about two hours, but it can take much longer. There are some cats that take five hours to give birth, 24 hours. So don't panic, don't worry if everything is developing normally. According to what I'm going to explain from now on, it may take a little longer, but don't worry. You'll start by seeing your cat lie down, start to feel a little more comfortable and start to breathe a little more rapidly. You'll be able to feel the contractions perfectly because you can also see them in her abdomen. And you'll notice that Mouye looks a little pitiful from time to time because it's obviously hurting her. How long will they last? Well, no, you don't need to measure them. I mean, people do these contractions to know how long it takes to give birth. But when your cat gets into the labor position and starts to get comfortable, she's already in labor. Therefore, you don't need to be there with the clock. Oh, one, 30 seconds. Another. No, you don't need to. From the moment you start to see all this, the expulsive phase is developing. Your cat will start grooming herself more impulsively around the vulva area and you will see how she also gradually pushes. From the moment you start to see a kitten emerging from the birth canal until it finally comes out, no more than two minutes usually pass. It can take a little longer. It could be three or four, but more or less that long. In other words, if you are going to give birth to five kittens, two by C. Everything will be done in about 10 minutes. No, no. The time that passes varies between cats and sometimes it takes up to two hours for the next kitten to be expelled. So imagine if there are five cats, five by two, 10 hours. You have spoiled this question for me, Josia, which I will explain a little later. In the video. But anyway, I will explain it later. Normally, the first kittens are born much faster, meaning that there shouldn't be much rest between each kitten. But more or less towards the middle of the birth, things start to take a little more calmly and they may take a little longer to come out. Don't worry. Until two hours have passed, it's normal. Now you're starting to understand why it's important to know how many kittens your cat is carrying, right? Because if more than two hours have passed since the last kitten, and you know that there are still some inside, that's when you should start to worry. As the kittens come out, she's going to start breaking the sacs that cover them. She breaks them without any problem with her teeth, and later she'll also cut the umbilical cord with her teeth. Normally, you don't have to get involved in these actions because your cat will know how to do it completely on her own due to her maternal instinct. In addition, your cat will groom the kittens a little and wash them to remove all the acnotic fluid that they have around them and also help them to revive themselves a little.

And you do not have to pick up the kittens at all. In principle, no. If your cat is doing all these actions by herself, you have to let your cat do all this and let nature take its course. The secretion that you see coming out of your cat's vulva at that moment when she is giving birth will be a greenish brownish color. Don't worry. This is the normal secretion that a cat should have when she is giving birth. Don't say, oh my God, why is there something green coming out of my cat's vulva? Don't worry, that is normal. If you see that your cat's labor is developing more or less According to the Schedule 1 I'm telling you, don't worry because everything is going well. Don't get too close, don't bother her, because if you're constantly getting close to your cat and making her uncomfortable, you're going to delay the birth. It's happened to me a lot when I'm working and other things that people call me and say they're constantly moving the kitten, and the kitten doesn't finish giving birth because she's not comfortable. There are many times when they even bring her to the clinic because they say she's been giving birth for I don't know how long. I leave her alone and the cat ends up giving birth on her own. Many times it's our desire to help our kitten. That makes the birth a little more difficult. When everything is over, what you have to do is leave your cat alone for a little while so that she can nurse her kittens well and the kittens can go to their mother's teat to start feeding. They will do that very, very soon, and your cat will start to adopt a more or less maternal attitude, lying down and giving the kittens access to her nipples so that they can feed. But it is very important that after giving birth and after a reasonable amount of time has passed in which the cat has become accustomed to having her kitten with her, that you move your cat and her kittens a little. Remove all the blankets and towels that have been underneath them and that are soaked with all the fluids that have come out during childbirth, and change them for new blankets and towels. As the fluid cools down, it will logically also transmit that cold to the cats. And they are also fluids that are very rich in nutrients. Therefore they will cause bacteria to grow very quickly, and that can be an unhealthy environment for cats. Remove all those blankets, wash them, or simply throw them away if you are not very fond of them. Oh, well. And a question that almost everyone usually asks me. What about the placentas? Because we're all obsessed with the subject of placentas. As a general rule, a cat will expel one placenta for each cat she has. Sometimes, if the kittens are twins and come from the same placenta, she will only expel one placenta for those two cats. But don't start counting placentas like crazy when your cat expels them, because you may not even realize it. You know what cats do with placentas after Paris? You know, Jose? Like Tom Cruise? They eat it. Like Tom Cruise, they eat it. That's right. Your cat is going to eat the placenta after giving birth. Therefore, it is possible that you don't see that your cat has expelled a placenta and has already eaten it, and you haven't eaten, even seen it. They do it for hygiene reasons. They do it to get her out of the way. They also do it because the placentas will give the cat a large amount of nutrients and so on. I'm not saying that humans shouldn't eat the placentas of our kittens, but cats did. And you have to let your cat do it.

How gross. I knew it.

And now we're going to give some small nuances, a few brush strokes about the postpartum period so that you know what's normal after your cat gives birth, it's normal for your cat to not move from where her kittens are for almost anything in the first few days. Almost not even to eat. Or she'll only get up once or twice a day to eat, to go to the litter box, and that's it, she'll go back to her kittens. You have to make sure that the food you give your cat during those days is very nutritious, since your cat will eat very few times a day and will have a lot of expenses. Because producing milk is also an expense for your cat. Logically. So you'll see that during the lactation period, your cat, especially if she's a small kitten, will become very, very thin. Therefore, always choose a very good quality feed and have it available at any time of the day so that your cat is free to get up whenever she wants to go eat and return to her basket.

And at that point you can approach the cats or they will become very jealous, right? Yes, you can approach them. What I don't recommend is that you touch them too much so that she sees them and always smells them with the smell that their pheromones must have. You can see that if you take a kitten from the cat, the cat is not stupid and knows perfectly well how many kittens she has in the basket and how many are missing. She will demand that you return the cat by calling you, looking at you, or petting you directly. The more you bother your cat after giving birth, the more likely she is to move the nest. And after this initial phase of overprotectiveness with the cats, you may see your cat get out of the basket and leave the cats alone for a long time each day. This usually happens when the kittens are a month old. Don't worry, they are already more or less self sufficient and do not need to be feeding from their mother's teeth all day long. Perhaps this is a bit of a delicate matter, but obviously we know that many cats give birth and what families do is give those kittens up for adoption when you can take them away.

So see, giving up a kitten for adoption is a delicate time. You should only give up a cat for adoption when the cat is self sufficient, when the cat is already feeding itself, of course, not before the first month. Under no circumstances. Normally you should consider it between a month and a month and a half, and I recommend that it be closer to a month and a half.

I have many more questions about this, especially how the cat takes it afterwards and how to adapt. But I Suppose that's another topic for another video, right?

Of course this is too long, because after all, your cat will react in some way to you having taken away the cats. If you want, I can tell you about this in another video. Tell me in the comments if you're interested in this topic.

I'm interested.

Very good. Well, up to this point I've explained to you what a normal cat birth is like and what are the things that you can help if everything is going completely normally, but not everything always goes well. For example, it may happen that your cat is unable to expel a kitten and that it spends more than two or three minutes in the birth canal without being able to come out. At those times you can help your cat a little. What do I recommend that you do? That you take some disposable latex gloves like the ones I have here right now, foreign, put them on and help the kitten come out of the birth canal by pulling very gently. And I have to insist on this, because if you start pulling like a jerk and you see that it doesn't come out, you could end up causing some kind of problem for your cat. Therefore, don't play the hero. If you start to see that your cat, for example, complains when you start to pull on the kitten, or you see that the kitten doesn't come out with very little force, don't keep doing that. Go straight to the vet. Because it could be that the kitten is stuck in the birth canal in some way and that when you pull on it, or if you use too much force, you could either kill the kitten or cause a tear to the mother.

The cat has to come in butt first.

There are two ways in which the cat comes in correctly. Head first with its front legs like this, or butt first with its back legs like this. Okay, I'm not going to show you my back legs. If the cat is coming in head first but with its legs like this, or the cat is coming in rump first but with its legs tucked forward. These positions are usually dangerous and can prevent the kitten from coming out of.

The birth canal, so you can't help there.

Of course, what happens is that you may not be realizing exactly how the legs and so on are coming in. Therefore, that's why I tell you to apply a little force, not too much. If the kitten doesn't come out, don't even try. Take her straight to the vet. Other reasons why you have to go to the vet and which are an emergency when a cat is giving birth. If you see that your cat is Bleeding very heavily with red blood, and that blood lasts for more than 10 minutes. You have to go to the vet because something inside may not be right. If your cat starts to have a little blood, it can be normal as long as this blood doesn't last more than five or 10 minutes and isn't too abundant. And regarding blood and secretions, you don't have to worry if 10 days after your cat has given birth, she's still spotting a little and still has that greenish or brownish secretion. Don't worry because it's normal. The uterus is emptying itself of everything that's been inside. You'll also have to go to the vet if more than two hours go by between cats and you see that your cat is no longer having contractions, isn't pushing, no kitten has come out and isn't showing any signs of labor or is completely exhausted and isn't showing signs of progressing. In those types of cases, you'll have to go to the vet because a cesarean section will most likely be necessary.

How urgent, I suppose.

Yes, yes, that's it. I mean, that can't wait because otherwise the kitten inside could die. Another very important thing, go to your vet if you notice that your cat is listless, has no maternal attitude towards the cats, doesn't groom them, or doesn't let them suckle from her teeth. All of these types of behaviors can be very worrying and may indicate that your cat is having a very serious health problem, because often all the effort of giving birth ends up exhausting them. And it's necessary to see a vet in any case, whenever you have any doubts, during, before or after giving birth, whenever you don't know if everything is going well, I recommend that you go to the vet or call them on the phone and start getting information, because that way you'll reduce the time it takes to get your cat's care and you'll have a much greater guarantee that all the kittens will survive. And it's very common for things not to go well, not so much in female cats, a little more in female dogs. Since kittens are very small, they are very fragile and they have almost no energy in their bodies because they obviously have no reserves. If you have any questions, always anticipate the answer and take them to the vet. I hope that all the information I have just given you has helped you to know when your cat's labor is going well, when it is going badly, what kind of decisions you have to make, and also to prepare for the moment of labor, which is Almost the most important thing. And before finishing, I do not want to leave without recommending that you please reconsider spaying your cat even if she is about to give birth. You cannot be giving birth to litters of kittens every six months. Although at first you will have family and friends who can take care of these kittens, you do not have enough friends to keep spaying cats with you. Furthermore, it is not advisable for your cat to be constantly giving birth and giving birth, because jealousy can also have repercussions for her health. It's not good physically, emotionally, or anything like that. But in addition to all this, you also have to consider that if there's a friend of yours who's thinking about adopting a cat, adopting one from your cat's litter will prevent them from giving a chance to one of those millions of cats that are abandoned in shelters waiting for someone to open their home to them. In this way, we are in one way or another promoting the issue of abandonment and the issue of these kittens not having a second chance. So, as always, I'm in favor of neutering. And I hope that all my videos help raise awareness in favor of this position and prevent the huge problem of abandonment. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Remember to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already, because our channel has countless benefits for the health and well being of your cat, you and your entire family. And hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload new content. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel and I'll see you in the next video. Today we're going to put an end to a controversy. Many of you have told us in the comments on our videos that Totoro is not a cat. Well, I'm going to give you some examples. Totoro is not a cat. He's a tanuki. And since when is Totoro a cat? Are you aware that Totoro is not a cat? XD Totoro is not a cat. He's an alien. Greetings from Japan. Totoro is a chinchilla. Totoro is a cat with a question mark. He's not a chinchilla. Well, you can see that even our fans can't agree on whether Totoro is a tanuki, a cat, an alien, a chinchilla, or what. And that's why, to clear up all our doubts today, we have the interested party here and you, Totoro? What do you think? Are you a cat or not? Well, that's all for now.

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This. This was a joke. Well, and after having explained to you the observation that everyone with the fly. There, it came out. Oh. Oh, how cute. He's almost certainly going to eat it. Come on. I mean, I haven't removed a placenta from a middle cat. Move the nest after giving birth. I gave birth.

I gave birth. I gave birth. Oh, my coins from what I earned selling feed have fallen out. And now someone with a weird face. If Toru's species wasn't clear enough, now I don't even know its sex. Wait a minute. I can't even feel this leg. Oh, please amputate it already.