How do I know if my female cat is pregnant? What are the signs?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 year old | 11.023 lbs
How do i know that my female cat is pregnant?
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Published on December 5th, 2017
That could be diagnosed at around 25th day of pregnancy by quite expert ultrasonographers, or possibly later (36-40th day) with abdominal radiographs or manual palpation. Unfortunately only the ultrasound can give you information about the vitality of the kittens. There are hormonal tests available as well, but not everywhere and cost could be higher. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
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Published on August 16th, 2017
Hello. Confirming pregnancy in cats can be done by many different methods. Firstly, you can palpate the uterus at about 1 month into the pregnancy, however it is always possible with palpation to feel something else instead, for example kidneys, bladder, an infected pus filled uterus, or masses, can all be mistaken for a pregnancy as they can feel the same. The best way at this stage to confirm pregnancy is to have an ultrasound done to look for the heart beats of the kittens. In a couple weeks you can also have her x-rayed to look for skeletons, however the skeletons will only be visible (calcified) on x-rays later on in the pregnancy. At this point, if you want her to have the kittens you can just wait, make sure she is vaccinated and dewormed, and on a high quality kitten food. If you don't want the kittens, you can get her spayed (desexed) now, in which case if it wasn't a pregnancy then they will be able to see what they palpated while spaying her (which is a good idea anyways). Best of luck with Dolly. If you do have the kittens than I would highly recommend having her desexed once she has weaned off her kittens.
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