what age can a female cat become pregant?

Question

cos i just wanted to no incase i would get a female cat and let it out as i dont want it to get a litter!!!

Answer 1

Usually a spay is done at around 4-6 months. Shelters do them sooner because they don't trust the new owners to have it done.

Your cat will never become pregnant if you just keep her as an indoor cat. As long as you play with her, and give her a nice window to look out of, she won't be bored, and will live a nice happy life indoors.

I have 2 indoor cats that are fully clawed, and they are very happy.

If you do decide to let her out, which would be a bad idea, you will want to wait until she is spayed, vaccinated, on a monthly heartworm/flea/tick preventative such as Revolution, and big enough to defend herself. So about 6-8 months minimum. Just because you don't see other cats in the neighborhood doesn't mean they are not there.

Answer 2

From 4 months of age, rarely - more commonly, from 5-6 months of age. You MUST keep her inside until she has been spayed, make the appointment for when she's 5 months old. If she goes outside without being spayed after 5 months of age it's pretty much a certainty that she'll get pregnant.

Spaying is not just for preventing pregnancy, it also protects the cat's future health by preventing mammary cancer, pyometra and ovarian and cervical cancer.

Chalice

Chalice

Answer 3

Our Cat came on heat at around 3 months old - but that is quite unusually early. A simple operation is needed to stop a litter, but you should do the same to ay male cats you get. Just because your not the one that will have to look after the kittens its still half your fault!

Answer 4

Female cats can get pregnant as early as 5 months. As with owning any animal, one should get the animal fixed as soon as possible. The population of cats in the US is out of control, and the shelters had to euthanize over 42,000 cats in 2006 alone. Please have your animal fixed. Besides, a cat in heat is nothing pretty to listen to. Two weeks of incessant crying, etc.

Answer 5

Our Kitten came to us this way.Her mother had a litter. when they were one week old the mother was hit and killed by a car.The kittens owners didn't know what to do. They brought the kittens to our towns animal control office, where there was a 9
month old female kitten who had given birth to 1 kitten that was still born. That 9 month old kitten became a surrogate for the litter. Kittens need to spayed as soon as they can prior to their fist "heat".

Answer 6

As soon as she comes into season for the first time - as early as 5 months. If she doesn't get mated, she'll come into season again and again at short intervals until she either finds a husband or is taken to the vet and spayed. You'll notice that she becomes very affectionate, and yowls without apparent reason. If you don't want a litter - and it's responsible of you not to - get her to the vet and have her spayed as soon as she's had her first season. Good luck.

Answer 7

Normally at about 6 mo. some sooner if they mature faster. You don't have to wait till 6 mo. to have it fixed. As soon as you get it have it fixed. Better yet, go to your local animal shelter and pick one out. They're spayed already and you might possibly be saving a life by adopting from a shelter.

Answer 8

5 or 6 months. Get her spayed. Keeping her under house arrest for being female is just plain cruel. (And no, having her spayed isn't, it increases her life expectancy and keeps the cat population under control.)

Answer 9

well is ur cat an outside or inside cat? because if its outside she will most likely be pregnant!
good luck!

Answer 10

it is best over a year and a haft