Meeka Gone For Breeding

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Ooooh I didn't realize how hard it would be to switch from pet mode to breeder mode. Its my first time sending a cat away. She's over in Charlotte about 2.5-3 hours from me. She's been showing signs of coming into heat for a couple weeks and then yesterday morning she certainly was in heat so I brought her over straight away. Of the cats there her mother is the only other one in heat and is being bred to the same stud.

She was so mad at me yesterday. All the new cats and new surrounds... she yowled the whole way there (does not like cars, though I've tried training her). Today evidently she is better, sort of sticking to her perch but not to interested in food (or stud). She is so stressed out and I'm so worried about her. She probably won't stay in heat which means she will only have to stay there longer. If she changes her mind and decides to breed I could get her back pretty soon. The stud, Lakewood's Red Boy, started courting her right away but she was NOT interested.

Poor Hope too. She has been going around meowing (not usually that vocal) and sort of wondering where her play buddy is. She's been super loving like we're going to get rid of her next. Sometimes I wish I could tell my animals everything thats going on and that everything will be OK!
 

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Ohh I hope all goes well for the breeding... Yeah I too would love to speak fleunt cat
 

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maybe you can take hope to where meeka is to keep her company. Hope is spayed so you don't have to worry about her getting prego. It would be a long trip though =0(
 
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Ok so shes eating now but we figure she is out of heat. Jennie doesn't think she will come around, the way she is acting. So On January 10th shes coming home with a stud for a while. It wasn't the one I was originally planning on but he will certainly be a great match and he dosen't spray which is always great with me.
 

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Originally Posted by SolarityBengals

Ok so shes eating now but we figure she is out of heat. Jennie doesn't think she will come around, the way she is acting. So On January 10th shes coming home with a stud for a while. It wasn't the one I was originally planning on but he will certainly be a great match and he dosen't spray which is always great with me.
Well , good to hear she's eating. You may have problems with the stud not wanting to breed if he's in unfamiliar territory, that's the reason queens always go to the stud. But you never know.
Get some full spectrum daylight bulbs and keep them in a room with the light on for at least 12 hours a day.
 
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I've always heard this but Jennie has several studs out with other breeders. It might be a while before he is comfortable but thats ok as she probably won't come into heat right away. We have a problem of leaving our lights on all the time. I think that is why she came into heat in the first place. I get up earlier and my fiance likes to stay up half the night. I suspect tahts why she came into heat in December only a month after her last heat.
 

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We have had just as much luck sending queens away to having studs at our house. Normally if they wont breed one way, they will the other.

We don't have modes here, our cats are pets first and foremost - but we don't forget they are breeding animals.
 
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Yah but that means its just as hard to send my girl away
. I'm counting down the days until she returns. She's apart of our family.
 

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I've heard from breeders that the hardest ones to deal with are those "single" female cats who live as a pet and never been in a cattery. First time is the hardest and that is typical behavior on your female's part.

If its a good stud he will be patient and wait her out. Sometimes you get a male that will breed anything and everything no matter if its a first timer or seasoned vetern


Your female needs a good first time experience - sounds like the breeder is making her as comfortable as possible.

BTW how old is your female?
 
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Jennie has visiting queens but still thinks that my girl is showing signs that she won't breed there at all even in time. She is very unhappy. Sometimes EG's can bond very deeply with their owners and are not happy when kept apart. I think had I brought Hope with her it might have helped some. She is 9 months old and she had a very strong first heat. We really wanted to have her breed on her second but at least it wasn't as strong as she came out very quickly. Hopefully we won't have any problems on her 3rd. If it goes any longer than the 3rd she might become sterile but these things are really hard to tell.
 

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Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

I've heard from breeders that the hardest ones to deal with are those "single" female cats who live as a pet and never been in a cattery. First time is the hardest and that is typical behavior on your female's part.

If its a good stud he will be patient and wait her out. Sometimes you get a male that will breed anything and everything no matter if its a first timer or seasoned vetern


Your female needs a good first time experience - sounds like the breeder is making her as comfortable as possible.

BTW how old is your female?
Yeah it's amazing how persistent they can be. My young stud is now breeding my marble queen and he does not let her out of his sight. She dosn't want to be bothered but he just follows her around and waits and waits and waits for an opening. My proven stud also will mate anything at any time. He even was mating with my pregnant queen. I didn't know she was prego but now she's showing and that means he actually mated and made penetration while she was already prego!
Is the stud your trying to breed her with a young stud? She might do better with a seasoned stud.
 
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I was told that seasoned studs will be more aggressive, like they know what they want and won't let go until they get it. This can be hard on a new girl. The studs I am working with are young but not inexperienced. They certainly go through a courting ritual instead of jumping right in.
 

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Most breeders will try to pair a virgin with a proven breeder. Whether its a female who has been bred and puts her in with a virgin male so he won't have a a bad experience or vice versa.

Yes some males can be more aggresive, but the ideal is a male who is persistant but gentle and gets his work done.

My first breeding rex would have been excellant with any male - virgin or not. She loved being bred - she was not mean after and actually pursued the males to get them to mate.
 

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Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Most breeders will try to pair a virgin with a proven breeder. Whether its a female who has been bred and puts her in with a virgin male so he won't have a a bad experience or vice versa.

Yes some males can be more aggresive, but the ideal is a male who is persistant but gentle and gets his work done.
Absolutely correct. It's always best to attempt breeding a newbie with an experienced cat.
 
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Well the 2 I've been working with are proven. Unfortunately her more seasoned stud is my girls father. The other older stud she has is out with another breeder right now. The first boy we went with (Red Boy) was the top male. He was with 2 other males and no other male approaches the females in heat except for him. He's young but knows what hes doing.

Yogi is a little older and has a bit more experience I believe. I'll have to ask more questions though in that regard as I don't know how many litters hes fathered. I was planning on Red Boy so I need to look into Yogi a bit more as to his background.

Hope has never been this vocal... She is lost without her buddy. My fiance was saying that he thought Meeka was holding her back (voice wise as Meeka is a chatterbox). I think she is just lonely
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Well the 2 I've been working with are proven. Unfortunately her more seasoned stud is my girls father. The other older stud she has is out with another breeder right now. The first boy we went with (Red Boy) was the top male. He was with 2 other males and no other male approaches the females in heat except for him. He's young but knows what hes doing.



Not sure if I understand this: she keeps the 3 males together in the same cage and puts the female in there and only ONE male breeds? I'm confused by the "he was with 2 other males and no other male approaches the females in heat except for him" - can you clarify this?
 
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She has 2 other young males that are sort of adolescants. They have been together a lot and don't cause problems. Right now so many of her cats are not in heat that she housed them together for the time being. Then one of her females went into heat and she got concerned and went to move her but was curious on teh dynamics of the males together. The one male would follow the female and breed her but the other 2 males would never come close to that female in heat. Now yes one is really young so he might not yet know much about what to do but there was certainly a heirarchy observed. I don't think she kept the other female in there but was interested in the behavior when the situation happened.

I don't know its hard to explain. You also have to take into account that she is building a new cattery and house, so space is tight right now as things are not done. Its really a long story.
 

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I let my two males in with eachother too untill now. Now my young male is breeding and they fight like crazy when they get around eachother. My young male is the very agressive one (towards other cats) and the older seasoned male is not very agressive towards other cats but is agressive towards humans.
 
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Yah I think keeping them together is probably fine until the aggression starts. These guys are fairly young and in time will have to be seperated. Her seasoned male is alone as I'm sure he could get aggressive with other males.
 
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