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This has to be the number one question owners ask. After all, you need to know how long it's going to be before you need to start panicking!

Do you have any idea at all? Maybe you've done this before and your cat has already had a litter of kittens.

One thing is for sure, knowing the length of a cat's pregnancy won't help at all unless you know the date when she mated with her chosen suitor.

In the general way of things, your cat doesn't let that sort of information slip out!

Just when you think that your life is on track, your cat comes home with more than she went out with.......

All that affectionate behavior and cute rolling around she's been doing recently hasn't been for your benefit after all - she's been in season and has been anxious to get outside and call for any Tom, Dick or fur-covered Harry to mate with.

And now, out of the blue, you strongly suspect that you're going to be a grandparent to a litter of kittens and you have no idea when that might be.

So, just how long will it be before you can gaze on your tiny new kittens?

Feline pregnancy is generally 63-65 days in length - about nine weeks - but it is not unusual for kittens to be born after only 58 days gestation or as late as 70 days gestation.

But as a midwife-in-waiting, it's up to you to make the best guess at the delivery date that you can and unless you happened to see (or hear) your promiscuous puss-cat in action with the local toms, you're likely to be a day or two out.

It's far more usual not to have any idea that your beautiful, pregnant cat is 'with kittens' until she is 35-42 days into her 65 day pregnancy and starts to show certain signs.

By the time you begin to recognise the physical changes in your cat she will already be over halfway through her pregnancy.

If you know your cat well, you may have noticed a definite pinking up of your cat's nipples. Her milk glands are the first part of her body to undergo changes in readyness for full-scale milk production and this will happen after just 3 weeks into pregnancy.

At the same time, your cat's appetite may change and she may start to become picky about her food. Puss-cat morning sickness, perhaps?

Mind you, most cats go through phases of turning their furry noses up at whatever choice morsels you place in front of them, so it's highly unlikely that you associate a lack of appetite with pregnancy at this stage.

Unless you have experienced a previous pregnancy with your cat, it is highly unlikely that you will attach any significance to these subtle changes.

It will be around weeks five and six that you will become certain that your lovely pet is expecting kittens and by this time, you will only have 21-28 days to go before they are born.

Of course, as a loving and responsible cat owner, you will feel that it is your duty to make sure that you are fully prepared to help your cat give birth safely and calmly. It is up to you to arm yourself with the knowledge you will need to care for your newborn kittens and their mother to the best of your ability by finding a comprehensive ebook that will easily guide you through all the stages of pregnancy, labor, birth and nursing.

But above all, just enjoy the thought that very soon you will become a kitten grandparent!

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