Hi all, I am new to the forum and have 2 beautiful british shorthair boys. We just got our second kitten about 3 weeks ago. I was looking at the breeders website this morning and noticed she has another kitten available who has the same dam and sire as mine. And this one is only 9 weeks and 1 day older than my kitten. Is this possible? I thought a cats pregnancy lasted 8 or 9 weeks.
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How soon can a cat get pregnant again
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The gestation period for cats is around 66 days, or 9.5 weeks. That's cutting it awfully close.
(Off topic perhaps but I need to ask: why is the (irresponsible?) breeder breeding so frequently--awfully hard on the mother cat.)
I'd call the breeder--maybe there is a typo/mistake on the website.
(Off topic perhaps but I need to ask: why is the (irresponsible?) breeder breeding so frequently--awfully hard on the mother cat.)
I'd call the breeder--maybe there is a typo/mistake on the website.
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Otherwise, this CAN happen with an careless breeder. And soemtimes alse with a decently careful breeder too.
They CAN get pregnant anew as soon as about a week after delivery - quite a few come in heat then. They arent protecteed by lactacing, unlike humans who are somewhat protecteed (not 100% safety but better than nothing).
Having a virile intact stud near makes the heat even more probable...
And, quite a few studs are friendly and even helping them moms. This sound nice and swell, it IS nice and swell. But if they do "ignite" on each other, there is the apparent risk of Ooops pregnancies...
Why this phenomen can exist and be not uncommon, this with studs helping the moms and acting help mom? Its quite common a stud and queens living together dont "ignite" on each other. And thus can be alloved do live toghether. Which have the advantage its not necessary to have the stud living alone (with perhaps a companion cat) in its own stud cottage.
If such a breeder having all the cats coexisting peacefully all toghether really want to have a litter of that pair, the trick is to have them in a special mating room. So they understand there is something going on, there is something they are supposed to do with each other....
Nice and swell, but as everyone understands, this preventive method isnt 100% safe.
Of course, with a breeder where all the cats are of the same breed and color, they really dont risk very much. Even an Ooops litter can be registered and sold for decent prices.
This scenario above is described by a serious breeder. A non serious breeder dont bothers much, and happily takes all saleable litters she can get.
They CAN get pregnant anew as soon as about a week after delivery - quite a few come in heat then. They arent protecteed by lactacing, unlike humans who are somewhat protecteed (not 100% safety but better than nothing).
Having a virile intact stud near makes the heat even more probable...
And, quite a few studs are friendly and even helping them moms. This sound nice and swell, it IS nice and swell. But if they do "ignite" on each other, there is the apparent risk of Ooops pregnancies...
Why this phenomen can exist and be not uncommon, this with studs helping the moms and acting help mom? Its quite common a stud and queens living together dont "ignite" on each other. And thus can be alloved do live toghether. Which have the advantage its not necessary to have the stud living alone (with perhaps a companion cat) in its own stud cottage.
If such a breeder having all the cats coexisting peacefully all toghether really want to have a litter of that pair, the trick is to have them in a special mating room. So they understand there is something going on, there is something they are supposed to do with each other....
Nice and swell, but as everyone understands, this preventive method isnt 100% safe.
Of course, with a breeder where all the cats are of the same breed and color, they really dont risk very much. Even an Ooops litter can be registered and sold for decent prices.
This scenario above is described by a serious breeder. A non serious breeder dont bothers much, and happily takes all saleable litters she can get.
