help! my kitten is not growing :(

i have a Persian kitten . she is in her 9 months but seems like 5 month old. she takes food properly but nothing happens. at 4 month she was injured badly and my vet said she'll not grow although she's good at health i want to ask if she can become pregnant? is it okay with small stature? 

Firstly, are you a registered breeder who purchased this kitten with breeding rights? If not, the answer is no, she most definitely shouldn't be bred from. 

Otherwise you'll have to wait until she's over 12 months as she shouldn't be bred before that, to see if she's healthy and large enough for breeding. 

i dont think she'll grow any because i havn't seen any change. i am also giving her special feed and complete care

 are you a registered breeder who purchased this kitten with breeding rights?

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The answer to that question gives the answer to whether you can breed from her. Being smaller at 9 months isn't the issue right now, if not registered for breeding she needs spaying asap - so growth is irrelevant. [/font]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Are her lines generally a good size, or are they on the small side, genetics plays a part in cat size. [/font]

yes i have purchased with breeding rights. how i'll come to know she's on heat?

The best person to ask whether or not your small kitten/cat would be breedable is your vet.
 

Natasha Sobhn said:

yes i have purchased with breeding rights. how i'll come to know she's on heat?

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She's meow loudly nonstop 24/7, will pose with her bottom up in the air, especially if anything happens to brush by her.  Unless she is a silent caller, then things get tricky as there are no signs. 

She shouldn't be bred until at least 12 months, longhaired breeds are often 18 months of more before they're well grown enough for breeding. You should be asking your mentor these things, she knows her cats best and is the best person to help you. 

missymotus said:

She shouldn't be bred until at least 12 months, longhaired breeds are often 18 months of more before they're well grown enough for breeding. You should be asking your mentor these things, she knows her cats best and is the best person to help you. 

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Yeah, this is standard advice for most breeds, but double important for persians who tend to mature later then other breeds.  Both males and females.

Her being on the petite side dont need to be a drawback in itself, unles she is markedly sub-sized for persian female. Many females are petite, that is normal so to speak.   You dont need to mate her with the biggest male you can find, carrying also genes for big sizes.

Find her some nice in between.  (NOT a petite size male, unless you want to produce small sized persians)   Who and when, ask your mentor and or the breeder you did buyed her from, as MissyMotus already mentioned.

More serious is, if she got hurt, and the damage made she wasnt growing any more. OR if the hurt wasnt serious, but she IS sub-sized.

Such a happing is more than enough for many breeders to decide NOT to breed on their planned queen.

Sometimes the queen has such especial lines, it is genetically necessary to get some litters anyway. So they may take calculated risks, after carefully preparing the cat and their vet.

But if she isnt that genetically important...  As said, most breeders would discuss thoroughly with their vet, their mentor, and think thrice before  taking litter, in such a case you do hint.

If you buyed her for full price, hoping for breeding, I understand if felts sour to resign.  But it cant be helped... Such is the life of the good breeder...

The only remedies are to have a good insurance.

And or have good contact with your breeder, who hopefully will sell you another queen with breeding rights, this time for a reduced price.  Not so few breeders do so, helping their customers.

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Good luck!

StefanZ said:

Such a happing is more than enough for many breeders to decide NOT to breed on their planned queen.

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Very true, just because you get a cat with breeding rights doesn't mean you'll actually get to breed from her. 

this is partly what separates good breeders and bad, by doing the best for their cats no matter their own personal disappointment. 

And or have good contact with your breeder, who hopefully will sell you another queen with breeding rights, this time for a reduced price.

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To me this really depends on the conditions the cat was purchased with, and why she was injured. 

Generally genetic conditions or fertility are guaranteed, but accidents are not covered.

*differing by country and each breeder of course