I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but here goes. I have a 4 year old queen who has never been bred or spayed. We've just never had the money to do and up until now all our male cats have been neutered. We recently got a new male kitten and have not gotten him neutered yet. He is 8 months old and I know he is capable of mating. My queen came into heat and he has started marking and attenpting to mate with the queen. I do not mind if they mate as we already have homes all the kittens could go to and if a few don't get placed we will just keep them so that is not a big deal. What I am concerned with is the fact that Tomas (the male) is tearing Scooter (the queen) up. She is painful to touch on all areas of her boby but her head and neck. She has a patch of missing fur on the base of her tail. I'm not sure if this is from Tomas or from her licking. She seems unstable mentally as she has never had a breeding experience. Now she is no longer in heat. I'm not sure at this point yet if she is pregnant or if she just came out of heat. Tomas is now marking everything and is being kept in the basement until his appointment with the vet. What can I do to help Scooter? I hate to see her this way. We would also like to get her spayed ASAP. If she is indeed pregnant and we don't know it yet and have her spayed will this cause her harm? I know it is unsafe to spay a dog if she is pregnant and didn't know if this applied to cats as well.
I have had experience with breeding cats but have never had anything like this happen. What could be causing her stress? I have also heard that not spaying a female can in time cause the eggs to become encysted in their ovaries. Is this true? Could this cause a problem if she is indeed pregnant.
I know I probably sound like a very irresponsible pet owner not having them neutered but money has always been tight and they don't go outside so I wasn't concerned with her becoming PG. I guess I don't know if I should go ahead and have her spayed or wait until I know for sure if she is PG or not. If she is PG I would like to wait until after the kittens are born and weaned before I do it. What would you do if you were me? BTW these will not be purbred cats. And I did not intend for them to mate but if they have, as I stated above, we do have prospective homes for them already.
Thanks for your help.
Kyttin
I have had experience with breeding cats but have never had anything like this happen. What could be causing her stress? I have also heard that not spaying a female can in time cause the eggs to become encysted in their ovaries. Is this true? Could this cause a problem if she is indeed pregnant.
I know I probably sound like a very irresponsible pet owner not having them neutered but money has always been tight and they don't go outside so I wasn't concerned with her becoming PG. I guess I don't know if I should go ahead and have her spayed or wait until I know for sure if she is PG or not. If she is PG I would like to wait until after the kittens are born and weaned before I do it. What would you do if you were me? BTW these will not be purbred cats. And I did not intend for them to mate but if they have, as I stated above, we do have prospective homes for them already.
Thanks for your help.
Kyttin