How soon after losing kittens can a female cat get pregnant again?
Nautilus asked:
The kittens were 3 weeks old and disappeared overnight. We don’t know what got them. The next day a male cat was already visiting the mother cat in the barn.
She’s not our cat. She’s a stray that wandered onto our farm.
We don’t keep cats in the house. And because she’s a stray, she won’t stay put in the barn or other shelters. I guess the only option is to lock her in the garage with a litter box and hope she’s potty trained!
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The kittens were 3 weeks old and disappeared overnight. We don’t know what got them. The next day a male cat was already visiting the mother cat in the barn.
She’s not our cat. She’s a stray that wandered onto our farm.
We don’t keep cats in the house. And because she’s a stray, she won’t stay put in the barn or other shelters. I guess the only option is to lock her in the garage with a litter box and hope she’s potty trained!
August 10th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Back to back breeding like that is pretty dangerous and I’m sure she’s already bothered about “losing” her poor kittens.
You should have your cat spayed, why would you let her breed like that?
You can’t stop her having kittens even if it is dangerous, if she’s stray unless you take her in and do something about it.. she’ll have them anyway.
August 10th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Pretty soon. It’s not unusual for cats to come into heat a few days after giving birth.
That’s too bad about the kittens. I know you said the cat is a stray, but just in case she’s pregnant again, I wonder if there’s a way you could catch her or lure her into a more secure place this time. Do you have a garage or some other outbuilding where she could have her kittens and not have to worry about predators?
August 13th, 2009 at 8:51 am
She can get pregnant now….in fact it’s possible this male could have killed the kittens…I’ve seen this happen often in the feral cat colonies when the male wants a female to go into heat more quickly. Unfortunately it’s a cruel world for kittens born and raised outside.
If you can, please get her spayed, or be ready next time to bring the kittens inside with the mom cat or find a secure place for them to be where wildlife and male cats can’t get to them, until they are at least 8 weeks old. FYI, even if she gets pregnant, she can be spayed.