AboutMarcia Owen Expertise I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years.
Experience 30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.
Organizations GCCF (UK)
TICA
Various UK cat clubs
Publications Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines
Education/Credentials Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years
Expert: Marcia Owen Date: 7/9/2008 Subject: My expecting girl
Question Hey there
My bio-color Persian girl Katya is pregnant for the second time , 5 months after her first pregnancy . I have bought her calcium syrup and multivitamin syrup as she's now 5 weeks pregnant . I would like you to tell me how much can I daily feed her by these two syrups , and from which week I would better start it ? Is that really needed or not ?
Thank you
Soheil
Answer Hi Soheil
If your girl is having a good quality diet she shouldn't need any supplements and I would definitely be very careful about using the calcium syrup as if you get the balance wrong, it can be disasterous.
If you do feel you need to give her anything then do only give her about a quarter of the amount suggested for a child. Do reassess the quality of food you are giving her as the food companies have done a lot of research to ensure the optimum balance is in their food and to start messing around with it by supplementing with any more can actually cause problems rather than benefit them.
