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My first-time pregnant cat is nervous. How can I best care for her?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Burmese | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 8 months old | 7 lbs

I have One female street cat. Her Name is Simba. She is 1st time Pregnant Now. so what should we do for her. For her Helth. She get scared by every small momemt and she dont sleep in proper positions. Plz give me tipa for het care.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on February 18th, 2018

The best tip i can give you for her health is to feed her wet and dry kitten food during the pregnancy and as long as she is nursing the kittens, other then that she will take care of all the rest. just make sure you have a quite place where she can feel safe to give birth.

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    Answered By Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA

    Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

    Published on October 8th, 2017

    Thanks! We are happy to provide this service! Here is an article that will probably answer all of the questions you have. Read it over, and if you think of other questions, let us know! http://www.veterinarypartner.com/content.plx?p=A&S=0&C=0&A=1738

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    Answered By Linda G, MS, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on March 29th, 2018

    Hello. Make sure she is as healthy as possible by having your veterinarian examine her, administer appropriate vaccinations, & make sure she is free from fleas, ticks & intestinal parasites. Feed her a good quality cat food switching to kitten food a week or so before she is due to give birth. Continue her on the kitten food until the kittens are weaned & then switch her back to regular cat food. Please also consider having her spayed as soon as you can after you have weaned them. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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