Cat Raising Guide: A calendar of cat growth 1

How many steps does a cat take from birth to old age? Keeping a cat is not difficult but not easy. In this section, let’s take a look at what kind of care a cat needs in its life.

Start: Before birth.

Pregnancy lasts an average of 63-66 days, during which time the energy and nutritional requirements are steadily increasing and need to be replaced with a high energy and nutritional cat food as soon as possible.

During pregnancy, the mother cat steadily gains weight, not only for the development of the baby in the belly, but also to store fat in preparation for the “crazy output” of lactation. In the first few days after labor, the mother cat has a poor appetite and almost all rely on its own reserves to secrete colostrum. After the mother cat regains her appetite, she needs to strive to consume enough high-energy cat food to maintain her needs and those of her kittens. (The cat mother’s milk production during lactation is twice her own body weight, which can really be said to burn themselves and light up the road to growth of the cat baby!)

Ensure adequate supply of high quality protein, taurine and DHA.High-quality protein provides raw materials for bone and muscle development of kittens; Taurine can prevent breeding problems in female cats. Taurine deficiency may lead to reproductive problems such as embryo stop development and embryo absorption in early pregnancy. DHA is an important nutrient in the development of young cats, which helps the synthesis of brain nerve cells. In addition, folic acid, beta-carotene, vitamin E, etc. help maintain pregnancy and provide a suitable environment for the growth of the embryo.