Is it true that incest between a female cat and its brother will produce unhealthy kittens?
I've read it online that if there is a bad gene in their blood, it will increase the chance for the kittens to inherit the bad gene and get sick.
My female cat has recently had 5 babies who all didn't survived due to unidentified illness. The first kitten died when it was 10 days old, the following 2 kittens was 12 days old, the 4th one was 14 days old and the last one was 17 days old.
It could be a number of reasons that has caused their death but I am just curious whether incest is the leading factor.
I've never experience this kind of situation where all of my kittens die.
I've had raised a lot of kittens in my whole life and this is just saddening.
In addition to that, some of the kittens had some kind of a trouble to suckle from their mother.
Due to that, i've had feed them with kitten milk replacer to ensure that they are well nourished. However it didn't seem to work as they all didn't make it.
If anybody is wondering, why i didn't spay and neuter them in the first place?
I was about to, but the law here is the cats needed to be vaccinated 3 times first before proceeding with the spaying and neutering procedure.
The female cat has been vaccinated once only because due to my busy schedule and transportation issue, i couldn't visit the vet as often as i needed to. Hence, they couldn't get fix fast enough to prevent this problem.
I've read it online that if there is a bad gene in their blood, it will increase the chance for the kittens to inherit the bad gene and get sick.
My female cat has recently had 5 babies who all didn't survived due to unidentified illness. The first kitten died when it was 10 days old, the following 2 kittens was 12 days old, the 4th one was 14 days old and the last one was 17 days old.
It could be a number of reasons that has caused their death but I am just curious whether incest is the leading factor.
I've never experience this kind of situation where all of my kittens die.
I've had raised a lot of kittens in my whole life and this is just saddening.
In addition to that, some of the kittens had some kind of a trouble to suckle from their mother.
Due to that, i've had feed them with kitten milk replacer to ensure that they are well nourished. However it didn't seem to work as they all didn't make it.
If anybody is wondering, why i didn't spay and neuter them in the first place?
I was about to, but the law here is the cats needed to be vaccinated 3 times first before proceeding with the spaying and neutering procedure.
The female cat has been vaccinated once only because due to my busy schedule and transportation issue, i couldn't visit the vet as often as i needed to. Hence, they couldn't get fix fast enough to prevent this problem.
