What is the appropriate age for a cat to become pregnant?

Question

My "Lucky" is 7 months old and pregnant.

Answer 1

Never! Just take a stroll and look at all the poor kitties living there. Then think about the fact that more than half of them will be euthanized (put to sleep). THEN think about the fact that you and others with unspayed females are having kittens. Causing shelters to be overrun with unwanted cats. Unwanted cats who will be killed simply because there are too many.

Now you are responsible for her and all of her offspring. Do you have good (can take care of them by taking them to the vet every year for shots, will get them fixed, will take them to the vet any time they're sick) homes for all the kittens? Can you make sure they're all spayed or neutered when they're adopted? If it doesn't work out, are you prepared to take any or all of the kittens back? That's all the responsible thing to do. If you aren't prepared for any of that, you shouldn't have had these kittens.

Please, once all her kittens are gone, get her spayed. Don't cause other kitties to die in shelters through irresponsibility.

Answer 2

Breeders usually wait until the cat is at least two year old. Seven months is still a young teenager in kitten years. Since your kitten is under a year old, she's still a "kitten" and not a "cat".
It can be very stressful, and harmful to the cat's health. This is especially true if she gets pregnant again again - a second time shortly after having the first set of kittens. And she can go into heat again and more kittens shortly after the upcoming litter is born. I would say to make sure your kitten doesn't get pregnant soon again. I strongly suggest getting her spayed.

Answer 3

7 months is too young for a kitten to become pregnant. A cat has to be full grown for her kittens and herself to have the best possibility of a successful birthing. Cats grow until 18 months so anywhere after that is an okay time for them to have babies. Your cat is still growing and it's not healthy for her to have the babies. She may be too young to know what to do with them or there could be complications resulting in her death (not to scare you) or her having deformed or dead babies. I suggest you get her spayed as soon as possible so that you can insure her health and safety.

Answer 4

Please get Lucky spayed as soon as she has her litter and the litter is weaned, as she will go into heat very soon after giving birth. She is very young to be having a litter; you could have had her spayed at 4 months. Check with your local Humane Society; they offer very low cost spay and neuter and many counties and municipalities also offer vouchers for low or no-cost spay and neuter programs.

Here in Los Angeles we are fortunate enough to have the county-run "Spaymobile" which is a mobile spay/neuter clinic that is in a different location around the county on weekends and a few days during the week. It hits the parking lot of the grocery store one block away from me once a month and I have benefitted from it greatly!

Answer 5

That's not very appropriate (beyond the fact that the cat population is booming) as your cat isn't anywhere near to being an adult. Generally in breeding people will wait till at least 2 years of age before even considering breeding. At her age, she's simply not prepared to take on this venture and depending on her size, she could very easily die. I'd suggest taking her to be spayed (generally vets and spay/neuter clinics will abort the kittens at the same time if she's not too far along). Please please get her fixed, it's not expensive and it will be worth it for you and her in the long run!

Answer 6

Lucky is about the right age to get pregnant.

Answer 7

They can begin going in heat at 6 months which means she can be pregnant then.

Please save some money and have her spayed after she delivers. There are several lost cost services to help with the costs of this. One organization is "The Spay and Neuter Clinic".

Do a search for l"ow cost spay neuter" on your favorite search engine and you can find where you can get help. Here's one service that helps you line up assistance: http://www.spayusa.org/.

Answer 8

The ideal age is 2 years as they are more mature.

My advise is to sell the kitten when old enough and use that money to go toward having her spayed.

Answer 9

These heat cycles may start as early as the fourth or fifth month of a kitten's life, and will continue until she is either bred or spayed. Heat cycles in cats last from several days to two weeks or longer, and repeat every two to three weeks. You can see then, how a female cat may almost always seem to be in heat.

No one can say with any accuracy that heat cycles are painful to cats; however from the calling (loud yowling) and other symptoms they exhibit, it would appear that they are very uncomfortable.



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Heat, oestrus, and estrus all refer to heat cycles in cats
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The breeding season in cats lasts almost year-round
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Heat cycles can start as early as four or five months in a female kitten
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Heat cycles in cats last from several days to two weeks or more
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Heat cycles in cats repeat every two to three weeks
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Heat cycles may cause pain or discomfort in cats

Answer 10

apparently lucky was not so lucky. Yes cats can get pregnant at 6mos and older but that doesn't mean they should. Please have your cat spade after the kittens are born.