Yes, there can be several fathers, and because of this there can also be babies of different gestational ages born in the same litter... (I had this happen to me once) One of the cats I was caring for had had a litter of about 8 kittens. All which by the age of 8 weeks should have been fully capable of caring for themselves however 3 of them seemed to be lagging way behind. I consulted the Vet on Staff at the shelter about it and he told me: That all the kittens were perfectly healthy and that it was quite possible that because it is possible for the female to become impregnated several different times and quite possibly by several different males throughout her estrus cycle. The majority of the kittens she became pregnant with were conceived at the beginning of her cycle while the last 3 were probably conceived towards the end, making the first 5 gestation 8 weeks but the last 3 were closer to 5 or 6 weeks (gestational age).
You will be happy to know that all survived and by the time they hit 12 weeks Calendar age the last 3 had caught up to their brothers and sister. One of the actually grew to be 20 pounds of solid muscle.
Yes they can! Female cats mate with many different toms in the same heat cycle and they ovulate new eggs each time. This leads to superfecundation: one pregnancy from more than one mating.
What's interesting is that you can actually detect superfecundation by examining the kittens in a litter. It's possible to calculate the date of a kitten's conception (within a day or two) from the date when its first adult teeth come in. So if two littermates start losing their baby teeth on different days, then there's a decent chance they have different fathers.
I learned all this on one of my cats' many kittenhood checkups. By looking in their mouths the vet was able to tell me that the male is a week "older" than his twin half-sister.
You can also tell because the kittens will look different. Most of the time, kits will resemble their father. So if, for example, if you have two kittens that are brown tabby and two that are tortoiseshell from the same litter, then the mother has mated with more than one cat.
Yes. Each time a female cat mates with a male, it can produce a kitten with that male cat's genes. It's very common to see differently colored kittens (and different length fur) in one litter.
Genetically, it is impossible for any person alive today to have two fathers. There are geneticists working on developing organisms with three parents, but this technology is not intended to create human life.
No, only one, the mother may have mated with more than one toms, but only one sperm will have fertilised the egg, so only one father is possible.
Yes
no, the kittens will have to learn to share or starve.
your cat may have a disease. or is just unable to carry kittens. either that or the father might have a disease. a disease that makes them unable to have kittens. you should take your cat to the vet to see why.
Cats can have up to 5 litters a YEAR. it's usually more like 3 or 4. Each litter can be from 1 kitten to 10 or more. The average is 4-6 kittens per litter. Cats have kittens as long as they live. Each kitten in a litter has kittens. Each of those kittens has kittens. = According to humane sites one un-spayed female cat and one un-neutered male cat and their offspring results in 420,000 kittens in 7 years. = It takes a male cat to produce each of those kittens. So spay AND neuter.
Yes, it's true that a female cat can mate with several male cats and have a litter of kittens of all colors and that goes for dogs as well.
My client witnesses a hermaphrodite cat have kittens, it looks mostly male from the outside but delivered kittens.
Yes she has more than one cat or kittens.
yes
no, the kittens will have to learn to share or starve.
Unfortunately, you can't get any more than the cat you had in the beginning of the game.
A neutered cat is male so he cannot have kittens. If he's neutered, he cannot father kittens either.
Kittens no and mother of the kittens no. The Cat should way more than usual because she is still nursing her kittens so the kittens can gain weight and grow :) Hope your new additions arent too much of a handfull
your cat may have a disease. or is just unable to carry kittens. either that or the father might have a disease. a disease that makes them unable to have kittens. you should take your cat to the vet to see why.
when you have more than one female cat they often times feed each others kittens even if not related
It is perfectly normal for a cat to have only two kittens. Sometimes a cat will have only one kitten. Usually a cat will have fewer kittens in her first litter, and when she is older she will have a larger litter.
Yes but take it slow on introducing the kittens to th father or male.
orange is sex linked dominate, a female orange cat will almost always have a few orange kittens, and a male orange cat can have orange daughters --- If the orange one is the mother, all the male kittens will be orange. If the orange is the father, you wont get any ginger kittens but you will get tortoiseshell female kittens.
It depends. Kittens usually need to stay warm and healthy until they start to grow into an adult. However, if the mother takes good care of the kittens and has a father to help take care of them, they could grow up outside.