When everyone raises cats, they like to keep a litter, but there are male and female cats. So when they become adults, they will always have mating. So can the litters be matched?
It is not recommended to mating a litter of cats because the genome of a litter of cats is relatively close, and once mating is done, it is called inbreeding. In this way, the rate of disease or deformity of kittens born from inbreeding will greatly increase, and there is almost no cure. Therefore, for the health of offspring cats, it is recommended that the owner first determine the blood relationship when mateing cats to avoid the occurrence of breeding cats in the same litter.
1. The harms of mating of cats in the same litter
1. Mating of cats in the same litter is the so-called inbreeding. Inbreeding will first cause miscarriage of the female cat, cause mummy, malformed or stillbirth. Even after the cat has a normal childbirth, kittens are prone to abnormal development in the later stage, such as dwarf disease, skeletal abnormalities, etc.
2. Inbreeding can also lead to the expression of invisible genes, expressing various invisible symptoms, and kittens born to inseparable from infertility may live shorter than other kittens.
2. What should I do if a cat in the same litter is mating?
Cat in the same litter needs to be isolated immediately. If the cat successfully conceives, it is recommended to give birth naturally and check the health of the newborn fetus. Inbreeding in this way is usually prone to deformities and natural diseases, but not all inbred cats will be sick.
3. Precautions
Cats have estrus early and have sexual maturity earlier than physical maturity. Therefore, for cats in the same litter, good measures must be taken at 5-6 months. It is best to raise cats of the opposite sex in the same litter separately, or take them to a pet hospital for sterilization to prevent cats in the same litter from being mismatched.