cat pregnacy pondering

if a stray cat had a litter then mated again as soon as the litter was born, and had another litter while still feeding her olderlitter. would the new kittens get any colostrium or would it not be eaten up by the greedy older kittens.

also would the cat keeo getting pregnant over and over again if left to her own devices?

depends on how many kittens there were, but if there were more than 6 total, not only would the smaller kittens have difficulty getting enough milk, it would be too much of a strain on Mom too.

And yes, theoretically this could happen again and again. Is there anything you can to do keep it from happening and getting the Mom indoors until she weans her kittens and getting her to a rescue group to be spayed and who would put all, including the kittens, up for adoption?

In fact, if that's not possible for you, a rescue group could take them now and foster them out.

Also, know that it is not unkinown for a mother kitten, if impregnated while she is nursing another litter, to actually kill the kittens in the first litter since a new Tom is now dominant, to care for the 2nd litter. Queens have also been known to kill kittens if there are simply too many for her to handle, and she would rather care for a lesser number completely than try to spread herself too thin and not be able to care for all adequately.

This would not a good situation to ponder about for many reasons.

Take into consideration the following important things:

1. Female's health is now officially in danger since she went through two very close pregnancies. Killing kitties will be done in nature in order to retrieve curtail vitamins into the females weak body (she eats them..). This can be prevented by putting her into a serious health diet built by you and your vet, look for these in the internet too.

2. Two litters growing together is a serious responsibility and yes, expect the small ones to suffer from the existence of the big ones. In order to deal with this, find homes for the big ones as soon as these seem to be independent. Give them away as pairs if it's possible, in order for them to not lose their social structure that is built by playing with their brothers. This will prevent wild cats that make a lot of mess and scratch and bite cause they don't know limits.

3. Weight the small ones and make sure they grow right. Consider feeding them by yourself once or twice a day to take some of the load from their mother and make sure they get enough food.


Understand that careful attention should be given to what is now a very tired mom. Good luck.

oh no. i was not referring to my cat!

my cat is a pet and is being fixed as soon as possible. she came to me as a rescue who was already pregnant. but i am keeping her and her kittens. getting them all doctored.

i was really thinking about what happenbes to stray cats in general.

I fostered a kitty named Sugartoes. She had shown up at someone's house, and lived under his porch. He began feeding her, and letting her be an in and out kitty, because he thought it was cruel to lock her inside. She had 3 litters in 6 months. If I remember right, she lost all but one of the second litter, because she had them in the attic, and they got cold.

When I got her, she was about to have the third litter. She didn't have any other kittens with her any more. She seemed to be a wonderful Mommy, caring for her 5 kittens. But only 2 survived. I do think it takes a lot out of the Mom, and endangers the babies when they are allowed to breed without any intervention.

And while I understand how someone's pet can get pregnant once accidentally, I don't understand how anyone allows multiple breedings. While Sugartoes obviously loved and cared for her kittens, she wanted nothing to do with the two feral kittens I fostered. I think she was just sick of kittens by that time!

Originally Posted by pussygalore

oh no. i was not referring to my cat!

my cat is a pet and is being fixed as soon as possible. she came to me as a rescue who was already pregnant. but i am keeping her and her kittens. getting them all doctored.

i was really thinking about what happenbes to stray cats in general.

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I have a friend who says that as the kitten season progresses...she sees more and more sick kittens because these will be the second or third litter from the mom and they aren't as healthy as the first litter. The sad thing is that people will bring in the kittens, but don't even think about helping mom by getting her spayed since she is a stray. If everyone would help just one stray cat to get spayed..just imagine what a positive impact that would have on the overpopulation.

Katie

Originally Posted by pussygalore

oh no. i was not referring to my cat!

my cat is a pet and is being fixed as soon as possible. she came to me as a rescue who was already pregnant. but i am keeping her and her kittens. getting them all doctored.

i was really thinking about what happenbes to stray cats in general.

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Good because I was going to offer help because the poor mom would be in such trouble.