About recovering condition between pregnancies... some cats do lose condition while pregnant and nursing, and need time off to recover. But for many cats, it works the opposite way: they may lose condition when cycling between pregnancies, and recover condition while pregnant. Repeated heat cycles can be really hard on cats, so I generally worry more about "how long is it safe to wait?" rather than "how soon will it be safe to breed again?"If she has easy pregnancies and he gives her time to recover condition in between pregnancies ...
There are a number of ways to simulate mating so that a female cat will ovulate, which can make her heat a bit shorter (it doesn't bring her out of heat immediately) and can increase the time between heat cycles. I don't know anyone who uses a vasectomized male... but I have known breeders who have used an "acupressure" technique, particularly with female cats that are being taken to shows. If you are showing a female cat, you want her to maintain her weight and coat, and you don't want her to be in heat all the time at the shows. It can be convenient for the owner to keep a female cat out at the shows a bit longer and delay breeding her.I have read of breeders keeping a sterilized tom (clipped vas defer-ins) to breed with the female to take her out of a heat cycle. This reduces the risk of pyometra.
?? I've never had male sterilized that was interested in mating they have no interest...I have read of breeders keeping a sterilized tom (clipped vas defer-ins) to breed with the female to take her out of a heat cycle. This reduces the risk of pyometra.
Some vets will give a tom a vasectomy instead of castrating him. It makes no difference to his sex drive or tomcat behaviors (which is why pet owners don't go for that) but it can be useful to breeders to have a sterile but functional tomcat around.?? I've never had male sterilized that was interested in mating they have no interest...
(Not a 'breeder' but had a few litters...)
That's a great comfort to know. I have no idea how many litters our recent cat had. She was out there for at least 3 years breeding- and after I trapped her she was so close to delivery that I kept her (no spay abort) during the time of weaning her kittens she was in heat so frequently.I once had a cat that had seven litters of kittens before she was spayed. It didn't seem to harm her because she lived a long life into her late teens.
When I was young, my father bred hunting dogs.For most breeds, 1 year between litters for a breeding queen is considered a caring and ethical approach...