Kittens!
Our Mom LOVES kittens! but on Kitten Day we are supporting in our local area the Boundary Helping Hands Feline Rescue Society. They strive to improve the quality of life & reduce the increase in population of domestic cats while raising public awareness regarding responsible pet ownership.
Right now, in our area, there is a total over abundance of kittens! Covid adoption cats are being returned, cats are not being spayed or neutered and the local shelters are totally overwhelmed! Where are they ALL coming from!?!?
It is not only about how many cats a cat can have in a litter, but also about the number of litters it can give birth to per year, which, as we said before, can be between 2-3.
Based on the fact that the number of kittens a cat can have per litter, as mentioned earlier, is between 4 and 6. So, to get an approximate idea of how many kittens a cat can have per year, we have to multiply at least four kittens by two litters, which means that our cat can have eight kittens every year. In the highest case scenario, five kittens x three litters x three years could equal 15 kittens.
So, each female cat could give birth to between 8 and 15 kittens each breeding season from the beginning of her reproductive cycle until practically the end of her life. If we are not sure how many kittens a cat can have the first time, we should know that the number of kittens is the same as that of a cat in a second or subsequent pregnancy.
So we can calculate approximately how many kittens a cat can have in its whole life. To do this, we multiply the number of kittens we determined per year for each cat by the years of its life. Keep in mind that the average lifespan of a cat is between 12 and 14 years, and that female cats are usually fertile practically until the end of their lives.
So a single cat could give birth to between 96 and 210 kittens, and if not spayed, this number will increase exponentially with each new generation.
Many places and organizations now offer low cost or free Spay Neuter programs!
Kozmo wants all the lady cats to know
"My inner Kitten is ageless!"
Keep being AWESOME!
