A Michael Broad Blog
The question in the title is a roundabout way of asking if female cats have periods. As female cats come into heat in cycles (the estrus cycle) we have to make sure we understand what a human period (cycle) means in terms of menstruation and ask if cats have the same thing. Women obviously …
“In the wild and in captivity, most young are born in May and June, following a gestation period of 94 to 103 days.” The verbatim quote is from Mel and Fiona Sunquist’s premier book on the wild cat species, Wild Cats Of The World. The Sunquists refer to the international snow leopard studbook. The …
“Leopard cubs are born after a gestation period of about 96 days, although zoo records suggest that gestation can take anywhere from 90 to 105 days.” The information is a direct quote from the premier book on the wild cat species, Wild Cats of the World by Mel Sunquist and Fiona Sunquist. They are …
No lengthy words of description needed. The video shows a tortie-and-white pregnant, mom cat lying down purring like mad while her unborn kittens wriggle around inside her causing her skin to pulse and rippled. It is cute. I hope it all worked out nicely and some lucky people have nice tortie cats as cat …
The literature that I’m reading provides me with conflicting information. My book on cat health problems (which is the best book on the market1) tells me that the best time to spray a female cat is at 5 to 7 months of age before she goes into her first heat. This implies that female …
Feline superfecundation occurs when a litter of kittens has more than one father. Tomcats squabble over a female in heat and most females promiscuously allow one male after another to mate with her. Thus, all her admirers who have been fighting over her have their opportunity. Her reproductive tract contains the sperm of several …
Paris Zarcilla is a filmmaker living in East London. One day he found a cat under his bed. She had just given birth to a litter of kittens. It’s changed Paris’s life and his Twitter feed! Paris is completely enamoured by becoming an overnight father. He has no idea where the cat came from …
Gestation times for cats varies among the species and is longer for the larger cats for the simple reason that they are larger.
