So I have two kittens from the same litter. The female has gone into heat at 4 months old (way sooner than I expected) so no vets will spay her for 3 weeks when she is out of heat. I am trying to keep the male and female separated, but what if they end up mating? What are the chances that the kittens will be deformed? Also, the female is only 4 months, how will that affect her?
2007-11-19 04:02:02 · 11 answers · asked by cnewton228 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
I recommend either way to get her spayed in the 3 weeks(or as soon as they will due the surgery), in the mean time take the male in and have him neutered. ASAP
Good Luck
2007-11-19 04:08:47 · answer #1 · answered by Calamitty 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The chances that the kittens will be deformed are actually low with this combination. However, the real problem is the age of this female cat. Cats that become pregnant under 6 months tend to have stillborn or unhealthy kittens. It can also cause lifetime illness in the female cat. Just be very careful.
I totally understand. Many vets will not spay that young, but my vet was willing to neuter one of my boy cats at 5 months when it seemed he might be getting a little frisky. The other boy cat was done at barely 6 months. NO spraying! Yeah!!
2007-11-19 04:17:14 · answer #2 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the same thing has happened to me I have a bother and sister cat that mated their kittens turned out OK , after that happened I got the male fixed the kittens grow up just fine, but more then one mating between bother and sister may have unwanted results in the form of deformed kittens. I had the bother fixed after his sister had her kittens. and about the female being to young and going into heat I'd ask a vet for that information.
2007-11-19 04:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fact they are litter mates means the kittens could have a chance of being deformed but the risk is low.the bigger risk is she's so young . Get the male done now and make sure the female stays indoors.
2007-11-19 04:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Fluffy Cheryl♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if they mate and you still spay the female and neuter the male in 3 weeks you are not going to have to wonder. Just keep them separate. Period. Or how about taking the boy in to be neutered now.....no issues preventing that from happening. Check in the cat's mouth, if adult canine teeth are present, they are older than you think.
2007-11-19 04:17:44 · answer #5 · answered by lt4827 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, any inbreeding increases the chance of two recessive, defective genes matching and breeding out; however, the kind of situation you describe probably happens all the time, with few adverse effects other than more kittens.
More practically, I agree with the earlier answers: get the male fixed, and keep the female away from all males until you can get her spayed.
2007-11-19 04:14:58 · answer #6 · answered by aida 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cats could be able to reproducing as early as 4 months of age. Whoever informed your aunt to attend till they have been 6 months previous did her a disservice. Inbred kittens can prove thoroughly time-honored or completely screwed up. you may desire to finally finally end up with one or 2 deformed kittens and a few different completely time-honored ones. extremely, it is not confident that each and every of the kittens would be screwed up, yet there's a risk. i know a woman whose cat became impregnated by applying a son from a prior clutter. She had 4 kittens. 3 of them have been completely effective and time-honored bodily, however the 4th became a multitude; legs fused jointly, no seen sexuality (the intercourse organs did no longer sort good...it regarded strange), and he or she's extraordinarily confident it became thoroughly blind. the mum cat stopped feeding it (of direction), so she took it in to the guard to have it positioned down. Your aunt could have her spayed now even nonetheless she's pregnant. an entire hysterectomy extremely destroys each and every of the kittens. even nonetheless i'm in comparison in specific circumstances, it could be the main suitable difficulty in this one. the female is plenty to youthful to be having kittens, and with the prospect of the kittens being thoroughly screwed up, it could be the main suitable difficulty to in basic terms terminate the being pregnant entirely. good good fortune.
2016-10-17 06:48:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her to be spayed and the embryo kittens will be taken away too. It is highly likely that there will be problems with any kittens. if not at birth but in the future and get the male castrated.
2007-11-19 04:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The chances are high that the kittens will be stillborn and a pregnancy/giving birth at that age could kill her.
Neuter both of them ASAP.
BTW, neutering the male very young will up the odds that he will never spray to mark his turf (i.e. your stuff).
2007-11-19 04:12:24 · answer #9 · answered by andreaw35 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why not take the male in for neutering?
2007-11-19 04:07:19 · answer #10 · answered by fireflyy_101 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋