Ok how many out there took their cats to the vet and did the abdominal palpation done to check for pregancy?????
if you did how far along were they? was the vet able to tell?
reason I ask is I did some research on false pregnancies in cats and also on abdominal palpation and found this info:
1. found a TON of sites that said a false preg in cats is very very rare. unlike dogs
2. Abdominal palpation (technique of examining the organs and other parts of the body by touching and feeling). However, kittens can seldom be felt until at least 26 to 35 days after breeding and fetuses can be difficult to feel in some cats. ( Angel would be around 25-31 days (last day out to first day out))
3. at 28 days kittens are no larger than a small walnut(about 1 inch in size). at 35 days theya re floating in capsules of fluid and are more difficult to detect........ (so at 31ish days it may be harder to feel maybe????)
4. another one says that it is best between 3-4 weeks (abdominal palpation) and done between 4-6 weeks may yeild the least............ (she would be 4 weeks 3 days from first day out)
So wondering if maybe she was just that much further along that made it harder to tell???????? or if she is one that you can't really tell on.........
guess it is more waiting just wondering if others had this done and what they found out and how far along the kitty was...........
if you did how far along were they? was the vet able to tell?
reason I ask is I did some research on false pregnancies in cats and also on abdominal palpation and found this info:
1. found a TON of sites that said a false preg in cats is very very rare. unlike dogs
2. Abdominal palpation (technique of examining the organs and other parts of the body by touching and feeling). However, kittens can seldom be felt until at least 26 to 35 days after breeding and fetuses can be difficult to feel in some cats. ( Angel would be around 25-31 days (last day out to first day out))
3. at 28 days kittens are no larger than a small walnut(about 1 inch in size). at 35 days theya re floating in capsules of fluid and are more difficult to detect........ (so at 31ish days it may be harder to feel maybe????)
4. another one says that it is best between 3-4 weeks (abdominal palpation) and done between 4-6 weeks may yeild the least............ (she would be 4 weeks 3 days from first day out)
So wondering if maybe she was just that much further along that made it harder to tell???????? or if she is one that you can't really tell on.........
guess it is more waiting just wondering if others had this done and what they found out and how far along the kitty was...........