Is it okay for a cat to go into heat one week post birth?

Desi cat lady · Feb 2, 2022

My cat delivered a kitten on the 26th January and today I caught my male cat mounting her, she was acting a bit like she is in heat.
The male is due for a neuter in a few weeks and he is a 8 month old Persian who recently entered puberty. He is not the father of the kitten. I am scared that hello get her pregnant and she'll abandon the kitten.

Is it possible for her to be on heat?

maggie101 · Feb 2, 2022

It is very possible. Keep them separated if she's not fixed

StefanZ · Feb 3, 2022

Yes, its very possible. Cats arent either protected by nursing. so its quite probable you will get a new litter in 65 days.

StefanZ · Feb 3, 2022

ps. If she had just one kitten, another litter wont be the same serious affair as if she had two big litters immediately after each other.

Maria Bayote · Feb 3, 2022

I agree. Keep them at different rooms at all times and make sure it would not be possible for any to escape their respective rooms especially when you are not at home.

di and bob · Feb 3, 2022

Yes, it's very possible! My little female had litters not even 70 days apart. She was nursing the 2-month-old kitten we had kept right along with the newborns. She had 17 kittens in one year! We had to wean way too early on the first batch so she wouldn't be so stretched. She is fixed now!