I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I scanned the list a dozen times and couldn't find anywhere more appropriate for it.
I had eight cats, my four adult cats (all de-sexed) and my four kittens (not yet de-sexed) until my ex house mate could no longer look after her 18 month old female cat Skittles. The choice was, that either I took her, or she'd be taken to the pound. Now we all know what happens to adult cats at the pound and I had formed an attachment to her when she was at my house. So I took her, and thus I became the proud (can you see the sarcasm?! lol) owner of 9 cats.
On a side note, the looks I get when I tell people this are priceless - especially at the grocery store when I buy 7 days worth of food and litter = 35 cans, 10lb bag of dry kibble and about 50lb of kitty litter (5 fully indoors, 2 semi indoors)
This caused all sorts of chaos obviously, as it upset the balance in my house in subtle ways, but all those can be overcome.
My problem though, is that my kittens are 21 weeks old now. Which means that they are 5 and a half months.
They're all indoors, the kittens at the moment, so unlike my adult cats I haven't yet spayed them but they are definitely getting spayed after their 6th month. I still see them as babies at the moment and the thought of them going under the knife when they're so tiny and young is daunting, knwim?
Spaying them hasn't been a problem up until now. Unfortunately, the owner of Skittles never did get her Spayed and I have this horrible suspicion she's going into heat.
I DON'T want more kitties! I DON'T want her pregnant. She is indoors with the rest. This wouldn't be a problem except my male kittens are NOT de-sexed yet.
The question here is, will my male kittens be able to impregnate Skittles? Are they old enough of sexual maturity at 5 and a half months?
I will be getting Skittles de-sexed, more so that she can go outside and stop peeing on my floors (this cat is seriously mental - I think she was abused) but A) can't afford it right now and B) I'm going away for 2 weeks from Wednesday, so couldn't de-sex her until mid march.
Will she get pregnant between now and Mid March being indoors with my 2x 5.5 month old kittens?
thanks
Autumn
I had eight cats, my four adult cats (all de-sexed) and my four kittens (not yet de-sexed) until my ex house mate could no longer look after her 18 month old female cat Skittles. The choice was, that either I took her, or she'd be taken to the pound. Now we all know what happens to adult cats at the pound and I had formed an attachment to her when she was at my house. So I took her, and thus I became the proud (can you see the sarcasm?! lol) owner of 9 cats.
On a side note, the looks I get when I tell people this are priceless - especially at the grocery store when I buy 7 days worth of food and litter = 35 cans, 10lb bag of dry kibble and about 50lb of kitty litter (5 fully indoors, 2 semi indoors)
This caused all sorts of chaos obviously, as it upset the balance in my house in subtle ways, but all those can be overcome.
My problem though, is that my kittens are 21 weeks old now. Which means that they are 5 and a half months.
They're all indoors, the kittens at the moment, so unlike my adult cats I haven't yet spayed them but they are definitely getting spayed after their 6th month. I still see them as babies at the moment and the thought of them going under the knife when they're so tiny and young is daunting, knwim?
Spaying them hasn't been a problem up until now. Unfortunately, the owner of Skittles never did get her Spayed and I have this horrible suspicion she's going into heat.
I DON'T want more kitties! I DON'T want her pregnant. She is indoors with the rest. This wouldn't be a problem except my male kittens are NOT de-sexed yet.
The question here is, will my male kittens be able to impregnate Skittles? Are they old enough of sexual maturity at 5 and a half months?
I will be getting Skittles de-sexed, more so that she can go outside and stop peeing on my floors (this cat is seriously mental - I think she was abused) but A) can't afford it right now and B) I'm going away for 2 weeks from Wednesday, so couldn't de-sex her until mid march.
Will she get pregnant between now and Mid March being indoors with my 2x 5.5 month old kittens?
thanks
Autumn