How old does a cat have to be in order to be pregnant?

Answer 1

Cats can get pregnant as early as six months. It's not good for them to reproduce early.

Likewise, male cats can be viable early. Both sexes are prone to mature early when they suffered deprivation as kittens.

Don't dawdle about getting any cat neutered or spayed because of their age. Thinking the cat will be fixed before kittens arrive is how we have so many kittens without homes.

Answer 2

Cats can get pregnant before their even fully grown. As young as six months old, although pregnancies from cats that young rarely produce a healthy litter of kittens nor do much good for the young cats' well-being.

Answer 3

Female cats can come into their first season anywhere between four to seven months old. However, it is not ideal to let such a young cat become pregnant; at this age it is still a growing and developing kitten itself and it would be incredibly dangerous and risk the lives of not only the unborn kittens, but the mother as well.

Because cats usually reach sexual maturity at around five to six months old, it is best to spay or neuter them before this time.

Answer 4

At least 2 years old , to older she gets the better mother she will be .

Answer 5

Cats as young as 6 months can get pregnant.

Answer 6

The cat can be quite young-even a kitten. However the healthier age for a female cat to have kittens is when they are fully mature at the age of two.

Answer 7

Just for the health of the cat, the optimal time would be 2 years.

Answer 8

at least 14 months.