Chapter 671 Childbirth
When Zhang Zian was redecorating the shoe store, he thought about opening up with the pet store, so that he could enter the shoe store directly from the house without going outside, but he gave up on this idea after hesitating for a while. He always felt that there was no need to go to war After all, even if you walk from the 'door', the distance between the two main 'doors' is only about ten steps away from an adult man. . шщш.㈦㈨ⅹS.сом is updated so fast.
The size of the shoe store is slightly larger than that of the pet store. It is a waste to use it purely as a delivery room for cats. Zhang Zian hasn't figured out how to use it yet. Considering the impact of the Ai Meng pet incident, I am afraid that in the next two to three months, the sales of ordinary pets in Binhai City will definitely drop sharply. Based on the principle of not sitting on the mountain, maybe it is time to introduce new pets... But The type of pet has not been decided yet.
He went downstairs while getting dressed, trying to walk as lightly as possible to avoid disturbing the rest of the elves and pets, but there was still a lot of noise when he opened the shutter door.
However, compared with the sound of fireworks and firecrackers coming from all directions, the sound of rolling shutter doors pales in comparison.
The wind at midnight is quite cold, and there is a strong smell of gunpowder in the air, which is pungent but nostalgic.
When Zhang Zian walked out of the 'door', he remembered that he forgot to take the key to the shoe store, and hurriedly went back to get it again. When he came to the 'door' of the shoe store again, Fina was already impatient.
"You've been dawdling all day, what use does this palace want you for?" it said dissatisfied.
Zhang Zian opened the lock while lighting the light on his mobile phone, and was about to explain when he heard the window of the bedroom on the second floor of the pet shop being pecked open. When he looked up, Richard pressed his face against the glass and yelled narrowly: " Quack! Do you hear me, please don’t grind and grind, be careful to grind it into an embroidery needle!”
Zhang Zian waved his fist at it, signaling to let you show off your tongue for a while, and then we will settle the score later, tonight I must hang you all night!
Pulling open the rolling shutter door of the shoe store, and then pushing open the glass door inside, while Zhang Zian was still fumbling for the light switch, Fina had already jumped in first.
Without the night vision of a cat and unfamiliar with the layout of the shoe store, he was left behind.
In order to keep the delivery room dark and quiet, the lights on the second floor of the shoe store are all low wattage. Even if the lights are suddenly turned on at night, it will not disturb the pregnant or giving birth female cat too much.
Zhang Zian went up to the second floor. Although he was anxious to check the condition of the female cats, he could only move on tiptoe. He saw Fina standing outside a delivery room cubicle, gazing gravely into it.
Looking in through the glass of the indoor 'door', a female cat inside was wandering anxiously, with panic in her cry, obviously she was inexperienced in giving birth for the first time. To prevent pregnant female cats from interfering with each other, there is only one cat in each compartment.
Fina glared at him because she disliked his late arrival, and motioned for him to open the 'door'.
After opening the 'door', a gust of hot air gushed out, and the temperature in the delivery room was obviously much higher than that of the pet shop, because newborn kittens need a high temperature of more than 30 degrees to avoid premature death due to hypothermia. The compartments used as delivery rooms are decorated with emphasis on thermal insulation performance, and each compartment has an electric heater embedded in the wall.
Since the area of each cubicle is small, an electric heater is enough. The purpose of inserting it into the wall is to prevent cats from scalding themselves. After all, curiosity killed cats. There are not a few cats who are scalded and burned every year because of the fire.
In addition, during the decoration, the air outlet of the central air conditioner was reserved on the ceiling to prevent the room from being too stuffy during childbirth in summer.
When the female cat saw Fina, her body immediately froze, trembling slightly due to excitement and nervousness.
Fina raised one of her front paws and pointed to the cardboard box in the corner, beckoning the female cat to go in and wait for delivery.
With Fina here, the female cat's panic calmed down a bit, and she obediently lay down in the cardboard box. A small electric blanket was spread under the low cardboard box, and the temperature of sleeping on the electric blanket was about 35 degrees.
However...Fina can only do so much. After all, she has never given birth, so she can only help the female cat in her heart. A small part of her calmness on the surface is out of restraint, and most of it is forced to pretend of……
It turned its head and gave Zhang Zian a fierce look, "What are you still poking here for? It's like a piece of wood! Hurry up and do something! If my cat clan is damaged, I'm the only one asking!"
This is too unreasonable... Zhang Zian shrugged helplessly. In fact, he had already prepared all the things that might be used in each delivery room, and he could reach them with his hands. In an emergency, otherwise people should try not to intervene and let the female cat solve it by herself. This is also a valuable experience for her to give birth. If she can get through the first time safely, the second time will be smoother.
Having said that, under Fina's aggressive gaze, he couldn't stand idly by, so he had to take out the medicine box that had been placed in another corner in advance, and took out scissors, cotton thread, alcohol, iodine, etc. Volt, 'milk' bottle and goat's milk powder for backup, then go to 'plug in' the electric kettle and start boiling water... In short, you have to pretend to be very busy.
The scissors and cotton thread are for the dystocia that the female cat may encounter, and the milk bottle and goat milk powder are for emergency when the female cat has no milk...Of course, it is best not to use these things.
Compared with dogs, the delivery process of cats is much safer. Even if it encounters dystocia, it does not necessarily require human intervention, because cats are far more flexible than dogs.
The female cat was lying on its side in the cardboard box, raising its head to look at Fina from time to time, as if Fina's gaze could make it feel more at ease.
A low-wattage night light was turned on in the delivery room, and Zhang Zian could barely see that the female cat's abdomen was wriggling periodically, and the frequency of the wriggling was gradually accelerating, probably because of contractions.
The female cat's vocalization became sharper and her breathing became more and more rapid. During this period, there were occasional purring sounds, as if humans were snoring.
The water in the electric kettle boiled, Zhang Zian poured hot water into the thermos bottle, but did not cover the bottle cap, and 'inserted' a thermometer into the thermos bottle, let the water cool naturally to a suitable temperature, and then covered it for about 50 degrees.
Fina stared nervously at the female cat. Its eyes were burning, and its eyesight was not affected by the dim light.
Suddenly, it exclaimed in surprise: "Then... what is that? An old... mouse?" There was a rare panic in the voice.
Zhang Zian couldn't see clearly from too far away, but he knew very well that there were no mice in the shoe store, and the insect-proof sealing measures were well done during the decoration, so it was difficult for even fleas to get in, let alone mice. He came a little closer, and saw a thin black tail between the female cat's hind legs, which Fina mistakenly thought was a mouse's tail.
"No, no, that's the tail of a kitten." He explained in a low voice, "The kitten is about to be born."