i dont know what to do!
2007-07-22 14:15:18 · 18 answers · asked by janellexox 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
I don't know, they may have birth defect. You defiantly need to get both of these cats fixed as soon as possible to prevent this from happening again. Talk to a vet and see what the outcome of this could be.
2007-07-26 12:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by feathermree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A one generation happening - - kittens will be fine. Should get the male fixed to stop future problems. The mom would not get pregnant until she stops nursing then she should be fixed, too. Find homes for your babies when they are at least 6 weeks (preferrable 8 weeks) old.
3-4 generations of inbreeding are causing serious health issues. The more inbreeding upon inbreeding and they will have eye infections or perhaps stunted growth with a shorter life span. No problem with this situation - - normal pregnant cat.
2007-07-22 21:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Carole Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interbreeding has been happening for generations. With every species of cat originally deriving from the wildcat (which our common tabbies are closest too, genetically) and with all the different variations, the breeders had, to create the various breeds, to breed parents with offspring to get a line of cats with the same mutation. This happened over dozens of generations, and about the only "defect" that has ever affected a cat seriously because of it is the tendancy for white cats with blue eyes to be deaf. Your cats will be fine. It has been happening since cats began to exist, not only in the wild but also by deliberate human intervention
2007-07-22 23:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by jadot134 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silly. Cats do this all the time. Face it, they are not humans. One thing you might notice is six toes on the front paws rather than five. That's about as far as mutations go and that mutation is rare. Cats. Our Spooky is a bluepoint long-haired American mix angora and the runt of the litter. Every other cat was short-haired. The characteristics of breeds in cats unless controlled is totally random. Several generations of short-hairs might be born and all of a sudden a long-hair shows up. Don't sweat it. Interbreeding among cats simply results in more interesting cats.
2007-07-22 21:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by MMM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you willing to find good homes for them?
If so they should be fine. In the wild cats mate with other cats that are closely related. There are only problems in rare circumstances when a genetic defect is passed from both mother and father.
As soon as your mother cat has finished nursing her new brood have her spayed so this does not happen again.
2007-07-22 21:21:32 · answer #5 · answered by Patricia W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Provided that neither cat carries the genes for a defect, they will probably be fine. It is not uncommon in wild, ferral and barn cat communities for adults to mate with their offspring. Fanciers of pedigreed cats will sometimes do a close breeding like this to "lock" desireable traits into their line, but only after doing testing for genetic healt problems that must be avoided.
2007-07-22 21:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by Pam and Corey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. They'll be fine.
Please ignore all the ludicrous suggestions that they will some kind of freak kittens! Most of the other folks answering your question are completely nuts! (Ask your vet!)
Society "teaches" us that in-breeding is bad, but the truth is that it is only MORAL objections that create that idea. While in-breeding over multiple generations can indeed cause problems by diminishing variation in the gene-pool, your cat's kittens will be just fine!
Congratulations!
2007-07-22 21:25:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The kittens will probably be fine....What you should do, or should have done is to get your cats fixed. Make sure that you get that done ASAP (especially the male), I know you will have to wait for the mom cat. Then make sure that those kittens get fixed as soon as they are old enough.
2007-07-22 21:18:55 · answer #8 · answered by galapagos6 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
What'll happen is she'll have kittens. This isn't anything to worry about. In dogs, this is how you get a purebred.....breeding the same dogs back to the same family. It's quite normal.
2007-07-22 21:50:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats aren't like people..
If a woman has a baby with her son, the kid's gonna be pretty messed up..but with cats, it's totally different..
It's not necessarily healthy for them to keep doing it for several generations, but it's fine..
Just make sure you get them spayed/neutered, it'll happen again if you don't..
2007-07-22 21:25:06 · answer #10 · answered by Beautiful mess 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋