What should I feed my pregnant cat?

I have dealt with a few pregnant cats. None of them exploded from continuing their normal diet.

Cat food. Although, when my cat was preggers I supplement her food with raw eggs and milk…..just because!

Yeah, I’d vote for cat food.

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Ice cream and pickles!

Just what she regularly eats for the first while, switching to canned kitten food in the home stretch might be helpful.

Calcium can be an issue, supplementing with a calcium supplement (the one you can get from your vet, not the one you can feed to grandma) would be a good thing.

hhhhmmmmm….......Cat food. Perfect. Thanks for the advice. Has anyone thhought of going into comedy?

Well, OK, canned cat food, with an ingredients list that looks like it his more meat than grain or filler. Felo Diet or Felidae are pretty good and not too expensive.

Gestation places a significant nutritional load on her system. During her pregnancy and during lactation, you should feed a high quality kitten food. When the kittens wean at about 8 weeks of age, you should switch her back to an adult food – the reduction in calories will help dry up her milk. You should also consider getting her spayed at that point, before she becomes pregnant again.

Cows milk tends to cause diarrhea and ‘scours’ in most cats and kittens and should be avoided.

@syz knows more than I do. Listen to her.

Yeah, I’d go with syz too.

I would like to add that she should be given as much food as she wants.

When’s her due date? Do we get to help name the babies?

Feeding more early in pregnancy tends to add unnecessary fat, which will make delivery more difficult and increase the risk of complications. Be prepared for a 3 to 10 day period of a lack of appetite in your cat around the third week of pregnancy. This is a common occurrence and is not that much of a concern if the cat is at least eating a little bit. If she completely stops eating for more than 1 to 2 days, consult your veterinarian.

During the last 4 to 6 weeks of pregnancy, the kittens begin to grow rapidly. This puts a big demand on nutrients and the mother-to-be will need more energy. During this final part of pregnancy, your cat’s weight should gradually increase by 40 to 50 percent. For this reason, during the last 4 to 6 weeks of pregnancy, your cat should be gradually fed more and more food until she is eating about 50 percent more food by the time she delivers. This means that if your cat normally eats one cup of food a day, you should slowly increase her food until she is eating 1½ cups of food a day. Also, it is a good idea to gradually switch her food over to a diet that contains more calories per mouthful. This includes growth/kitten food or a nursing/lactation diet. By feeding your adult cat kitten food, she will be able to consume the necessary nutrients to provide for her rapidly growing brood. A lactation diet is also a good choice. During the last 1 to 2 weeks of pregnancy, you may want to let your cat eat as much as she wants. During the last week or so, energy demands are great and your cat may need to eat up to twice her normal diet.

from http://www.petplace.com/cats/feeding-the-pregnant-cat/page1.aspx

I would say probably cat food, or should it be kitten food, seeing as she has kittens inside her?

Free feed cat food (keep food in the dish at all times). Talk to your vet to see if supplements are in order.

Oh, and unless your cats are purebreeds that win prizes and you are certified by cat breeding organizations, get your cats fixed. We don’t need more backyard breeders making cats that people dont want and who thus end up getting hurt/euthanized.