Left to themselves all
cats , TRAKEHNER Horse will decide to
breed. , German Wirehaired Pointer Allowing nature to simply take its course, is not the best idea.
Cats , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas can multiply at a tremendous rate; we should be overrun with
cats , American Bobtail and unable to find homes for their innumerable
kittens. , Red Bellied Parrot To preserve the species at what we consider its best only the healthiest, finest-looking and best-natured
cats , Links Footer should be bred from. Such selective breeding for health
appearance , Gypsy Vanner horse and temperament has made today s pedigree
cats , Gypsy Vanner horse superior to any that have gone before. Of course there is a risk that inbreeding will encourage the development of hereditary defects but responsible
breeders , Dog Shows will guard against this.
The average non-pedigree cat , Scottish Deerhound is usually let out at night and nature is left to take its course In this case the kittens , Parrotlets may be of any colour , English Springer Spaniel and type according to the colours , Skye Terrier and types of the sire and dam. There can even be more than one sire to the same litter of kittens. , Estrela Mountain Dog in which case the resultant mixture may be very colourful Cross-breeding produces mongrel or alley cats , Protozoan Fish Diseases which are very robust. and the pretty ones are usually offered homes But it you want a specific type and colour , Goldfish spectrum you must restrict breeding to certain pedigree animals , Pomeranian that can be relied upon to give the correct results when mated. according to its genetic make-up.
Keeping a queen
It is best to smart by owning a queen of the chosen breed. , Parrotlets A queen is an entire female , Pomeranian Beginners should not also try to own a stud (an entire male) in the hope of mating them. as this is extremely impractical.When the queen is ready, send her to a stud of the same breed , Norwegian Lundehund She may be anything from six months to two years old, but even if she is an early developer wait until she is a year old so that her body has a chance to mature The foreign breeds , Miniature Schnauzer usually call' much earlier than the other shorthairs or the longhairs. Calling is the term given to queens who come into oestrus (on heat) - - that is, who are ready to mate. The term 'calling' is used in cats , Scottish Deerhound because most of them are exceptionally vocal at this time. Their loud plaintive cries. intended to attract any passing male are accompanied by rolling on the floor, head down and rear end in the air, and rubbing their legs against their owners and thefurniture. Foreign breeds , Grooming your Cat have been known to call as early as four months whereas some longhairs and other shorthairs may be one to two years old before their first call. The average age would be the first spring after reaching adulthood at eight to nine months old. Persians in particular have a closed season from October to March whereas many foreign cats , Akbash Dog will call all the year round Cats , Scorpions of any breed , Whippet usually settle down to a pattern which may be every other week for some Orientals to twice a year or anything in between for others - the cycle is individual to each cat. , TRAKEHNER Horse
Calling coincides with a vaginal discharge of clear liquid which the queen removes with her tongue Another sign of oncoming oestrus IS therefore frequent washing particularly in this area.
It is possible for a queen to have as many as five litters in two years if she calls frequently but it is best for her to be limited to one litter per year Some queens go on producing year after year Others dry up naturally at about eight years old or continue to call and mate but no longer become pregnant When you want to stop her producing kittens , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse have your queen spayed (if necessary)
Pre-mating preparations
When you first see signs that the queen is ready to mate you must keep her in or she will choose her own husband within an incredibly short time. The cat , Dog Shows will be anxious to get out of the house. pacing up and down by the windows and lumping at the door handles. Children are often tempted to oblige by opening the door for a cat , Goldfish that is obviously desperate to go out. To avoid this temptation and the accidental slipping out as humans come and go. it is best to fit a room with a cat-proof wired-in run attached to sleeping quarters or to build a special house and run in the garden where the cat , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse can be confined. This should be prepared well in advance of the queen's first call.
These queen's quarters will be invaluable later for confining the cat , Shetland Sheepdog and her kittens , Grooming your Cat so that they do not get trodden on or moved by the queen to unsuitable places Keeping her in such a nursery will also make sure the queen does not escape to stray or get killed before the kittens , Green Aracari have been reared- a disaster that would leave the owners with the onerous task of hand-rearing. In cold and temperate climates a source of heat should be available. particularly for foreign breeds. , Cairn Terrier so that the quarters may be used all the year round.
Look around for a suitable stud of the same breed , Gypsy Vanner horse while waiting for your young adult queen to Ball: the breeder , How to Care for Your Bird who sold her to you may have some good suggestions to make about this. You might wish to consult the pedigrees , Parrotlets of several studs and compare them with the queen's own pedigree. , Palomino and Pinto Horses The stud should be a champion and fairly experienced if he is to mate a maiden queen. A more mature queen can be sent to a young stud The stud should be chosen to complement the queen and excel in any points where she is lacking For instance if her only defect is poor eye colour. , Small Munsterlander Pointer choose a stud with superbly coloured , American Bobtail eyes. You can sometimes assess him by his kittens , Shetland Sheepdog seen on the show bench. Some studs always throw kittens , Bichon Frise with good eye colour , English Springer Spaniel regardless of the queen's potential.
Book the stud in advance. and give the stud's owner some idea of when to expect the queen. You can judge a suitable date if you keep records of her calling cycle. once this has started Some cats , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas go off call if moved too quickly. It is better to wait a day or two until the cat , Florida Cracker Horse is really ready than to send her or take her to stud as quickly as possible. If she goes Goff call whenever she is moved it may be necessary to arrange with the stud's owner for her to stay with the stud until she comes on call again This will not be possible unless the stud has a double stud house with room to have a queen in waiting.
It is usually wise to visit the stud in advance. not only to see the stud but to inspect his quarters. They should be clean and roomy preferably with a queen's department with her own fresh-air run and some heat for the queen if she is used to it at home Otherwise she may catch a chill during her stay.
Mating procedures
The queen must always be taken or sent to stud in a cat-proof container. for however gentle , Goldfish or docile she is at home she is liable
to go berserk at the first smell of a stud cat. , Border Collie particularly when she is calling. The ideal arrangement is one where she can enter the queen's quarters without going through stud territory before her box is opened. Usually a wire partition separates the queen from the stud so that they can see and smell and get to know each other before mating. The queen will usually hiss and spit at her suitor at first sight. particularly if not absolutely ready This is quite normal and nothing to worry about
As soon as they start billing and cooing and rubbing together through the wire. it is safe to let the queen out to be mated. A non-slipmat is usually provided in the stud s half of the stud house and the queen instinctively runs there The stud grabs hold of the back of her neck and mounts her from the rear At her climax she throws him off and rolls violently in circles on the floor. She may even attack him. so he wisely jumps up and out of the way.The queen may be mated more than once while with the stud. If both are allowed to run together there will be many matings in one day. But more matings do not necessarily mean more kittens. , Palomino and Pinto Horses Once is sufficient and a litter of 10 is known to have been produced from a single mating.Of course owners as well as cats , Scorpions have their affairs to settle Financially this means you pay a stud fee that includes not only the service fee but a proportion of the costs of keeping the male at stud throughout the year plus the queen's board and lodging. which may last some days if she is not ready to be mated on arrival. The stud owner will usually also insist that the queen has been inoculated. so her certificates should be produced on arrival. The queen's owner should likewise be able to inspect the stud's certificates.
The pregnant queen
When she returns home the queen may still be calling so you hold her paw and make reassuring noises. You can return the kitten , German Wirehaired Pointer box to the queen's quarters after birth.
Most cats , Shetland Sheepdog have their kittens , Miniature Schnauzer quite naturally with no mishaps. Each kitten , Russian Blue comes in a plastic bag called the amniotic sac. This has to be broken so that the kitten , Links Footer does not suffocate. Usually the queen bursts the sac If she fails to do so or neglects the kitten. , Dog Shows perhaps because another is already on the way you can safely break the sac with clean fingers or a tissue wiping mucus away from the kittens , Bichon Frise mouth and nose It will then be able to breathe and will probably make little squeaking noises that immediately cause the queen to take fresh interest in it. She will lick it all over and draw its towards her to keep it warm It may even move towards her teats instinctively and try to suckle.
If the kittens , How to Care for Your Bird come in quick succession you should certainly help but if they are well spaced the queen may prefer to do all the work herself. This will include biting off the umbilical cord about 1 0cm (4in) from the kitten , Small Munsterlander Pointer to separate the kitten , Miniature horse from the placenta. which attached it to the womb and came away during birth. If the mother fails to sever the cord, you must do so. Take care not to cut it too close to the kitten, , Estrela Mountain Dog nor to pull it away from the kitten. , Yellow-shouldered Amazon You can use scissors, or pinch with thumb and forefinger pulling towards the kitten , Redbone Coonhound After some weeks the remaining piece of cord withers and falls off. The queen usually eats the nutritious remains of the placenta known as the afterbirth. If there are many kittens , Gypsy Vanner horse the queen may not want to eat all the afterbirths and when you see she has no more interest in those that remain, remove them.
Birth problems
Sometimes a queen fails to produce any kittens , Small Munsterlander Pointer hours after starting labour (a condition where the muscles in the flanks contract at regular intervals). If this happens and she is becoming exhausted. call the veterinarian. It may be a breech birth (that is. the kitten , Lurcher is presenting hindquarters first) or something else may be wrong Provided the queen is not distressed, however, it is best to leave well alone and let things happen naturally It is unlikely that deformed kittens , TRAKEHNER Horse will be born, but if in doubt have the veterinarian examine them and put malformed kittens , Red Bellied Parrot to sleep painlessly. Do not try to drown them yourself. Any with cleft palates will make a shrill unpleasant noise easy to distinguish from the soft squeaking of normal kittens. , St. Bernard - Saint Bernard Often the queen will lie on such kittens , Falabella and American Shetland to silence and smother them. and this is the best thing that can happen to them. The queen is usually very good at telling which kittens , Small Munsterlander Pointer to rear and which to discard.
Kitten care
When all the kittens , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas are born, you can lift them out of their box on the pad of newspapers. Prepare a clean bed in the box, and return the kittens , Whippet one at a time. The queen may object to this but will soon realize that what you are doing is sensible, and curl up with her kittens , St. Bernard - Saint Bernard purring her satisfaction. Now she can safely be left for some hours to enjoy her babies, although she may also appreciate some warm milk, a commercial whole-food diet usually mixed with milk or other warm drink (bat see the chapter on feeding. as some breeds , TRAKEHNER Horse are allergic to milk). Put the drink in a deep bowl and hold it so she can drink while in the kitten , Shetland Sheepdog box: some cats , Lurcher refuse to leave their box for hours, but will drink or eat anything offered while they remain there suckling their kittens. , Samoyed
Eventually the mother will leave her box to visit the litter tray, which should always be nearby From now on such visits offer you the best times for changing bedding. If possible shut the queen out of the room for the few minutes this takes. or she will rush back to the nest at the first vocal sign that her young are being disturbed. Once they are all settled down in new, clean bedding, you can let her back into the room, and she will curl up with them in the clean bed. The bedding will have to be changed once or twice daily for the first week as the queen will probably still be losing a certain amount of blood.
Changing bedding is the best time for sexing kittens, , English Springer Spaniel although they often screech when suddenly picked up. Sexing is done by holding the kitten , Javanese in one hand, all four feet on the hand, and lifting the tail , Ocicat with your other hand
After a few days the queen will get hungrier and hungrier. and some people say it is impossible to overfeed a nursing queen She should have as much nourishing food , Norwegian Lundehund (with added vitamins and minerals) as she can eat She will appreciate regular grooming during this time and if the kittens , Javanese have any infection around the eyes her whole underside should be washed with baby or other cat-safe shampoo and the kittens' eyes cleaned with damp cotton wool a fresh piece for each kitten , Schipperke - before they are placed back together again.
Should the queen call before the kittens , Pharaoh Hound are fully weaned, she must be carefully confined with them. But if she loses her milk, has no milk, has been allowed out and fails to return to attend to her maternal duties, or has died giving birth (a rare occurrence), the kittens , Boxer Dog will have to be reared without her Sometimes it is possible for another queen who has milk to take over the kittens, , Norwegian Forest Cat and this is the best way as she will also wash the kittens , Skye Terrier and keep them warm. If you cannot find a foster mother you are faced with hand-rearing. a very time-consuming but most rewarding process.
You will need a foster-feeding bottle and a substitute milk formula. The kittens , TRAKEHNER Horse will require feeding every two hours, night and day, for the first week, so no one should attempt this without the patience to see it through And feeding is only part of the task the human foster mother must also massage the kittens' bellies to stimulate urination: wipe their rear ends clean with damp cotton wool: change the bedding twice a day, and keep the kittens , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas warm. There are various electrically heated beds or panels on the market for this purpose. A hot water , Pharaoh Hound bottle is not recommended as you would have to replace it every four hours. There is a non-electric pet bed warmer on the market but this lasts only eight to ten hours before needing attention. A bed heated at one end only is a good idea as the kittens , Redbone Coonhound can move to a hotter or colder section as required. When hand rearing, you can drop some of the night feeds in the second week, then feed only every four hours for the third week.
Rearing kittens
After giving birth to a lovely litter of kittens, , Estrela Mountain Dog your queen will hardly move out of the kittening box for the first week, except to feed herself and attend to her toilet. She will curl up with them, purring, letting them suckle and washing them, completely satisfied
At about 10 days old the kittens' eyes will begin to open, and the kittens , Norwegian Forest Cat will start to move around in the box If there is a litter tray near the breeding box, the mother will nudge them into it after feeding them and instinctively they will know what to do. They usually start using the litter tray before being weaned, provided you have been thoughtful enough to provide one for their use. Normal kittens , Kathiawari Horse will eat some of the litter in the tray or any other dirt lying about, which apparently may help them to populate the gut flora with bacterial organisms vital for digestion.
They will be content with only mother's milk to begin with but if she is lacking in milk they will not plump up as they should and you must think about supplementing her milk with a foster feeding bottle The smallest who are not getting a fair share will be the first to accept the bottle and the queen will eagerly devour whatever contents are left. In fact she should be offered a bowl of the same kind of milk. A week later this can become a milky baby cereal, served to the mother near the nest If you use the same sounds as the mother has been used to, when you serve feeds to the kittens, , Pharaoh Hound they will soon associate these sounds with food , Kathiawari Horse and come running. Their language lessons will have begun. The kittens , Ocicat will copy their mother and stick their noses in the mixture, some will walk , Goldfish right into it. then squeal to find their feet slipping' The queen will soon clean them up. Eventually they will all get the hang of how to lap and will look forward to their porridge at regular intervals In between they will still be suckled by their mother.
At three weeks they can be given one meal of raw meat, rabbit, chicken or fish, , Scottish Deerhound finely minced or chopped. four hours away from the cereal meal. If the kittens , Ocicat seem constipated you can use sardines and brown bread crumbs mixed with a little hot water , Russian Blue into a mash
After four weeks give two milk and/or cereal meals and two meat or fish , Scorpions meals each day, adding one drop of halibut oil per kitten , Russian Blue daily, and making sure all kittens , Iberian get fair shares. If any kitten , Norwegian Forest Cat is greedy and eats too much, so that it regurgitates the food , Parrotlets soon afterwards. feed it separately. A little at a time and slowly.
If the queen has been taught to sit up and beg for her food , German Wirehaired Pointer before the plate is put down, continue to do this and the kittens , Ariegeois Pony will follow their mother's example as soon as they can stand on two back legs without tumbling over. If the mother was not trained to do this before, now is a good time to start and they can all learn it together.
Even when the kittens , Palomino and Pinto Horses are all feeding themselves and seem independent of their mother's milk, leave them with her until they are at least ten weeks old, preferably 1 2 weeks for the foreign breeds. , Cairn Terrier During this time the mother has a chance to 'finish their education.
Kitten education
When the kittens , Whippet start crawling out of the nesting box, using the litter tray and eating food , Gypsy Vanner horse other than from their mother. their education begins in earnest. The mother must teach them a dozen things before they leave home: and a wise breeder , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse teaches them to be loving little companions by handling them frequently and affectionately. Those destined for a show career should be handled as a judge will handle them, so that they are used to the routine by the time they go to their first show.
One of the first things kittens , Russian Blue learn is how to wash. They may copy mother or perhaps it is instinctive, but their first ineffective movements are fascinating to watch. They move their paws to their mouths to lick, and then pass the paw over the ear. , Falabella and American Shetland
The next thing they learn is how to play. They sit up and box each other using the paws. If one falls over the other knows instinctively to pounce on it. Usually play concerns two kittens , Protozoan Fish Diseases only, then one of them will break away and pick on one of the other kittens. , Norwegian Lundehund They will also try to play with mother, who holds them down with one paw and washes them whilst they try to escape. but she is cleverer than they are Then she moves her tail, , Shetland Sheepdog and a kitten , Scorpions pounces on it: she moves it again, and others join in Then she can relax knowing their interests are near the nest. She is more anxious as curiosity leads them further afield They will graduate to chasing moving objects supplied by the breeder , American Bobtail The moggie-play pole and the cat-bat are group toys that the whole litter can enjoy and any rattle ball on elastic attached to a door handle will give hours of exercise and amusement.
If there is a cat , TRAKEHNER Horse tree in the house or the queen has a thoughtful owner who has provided shelves at different heights in the breeding area. it will amaze you how quickly even the tiniest kitten , Skye Terrier will climb to the top shelf. He may squeal when he gets there and find the way down not so easy, bit the mother or the breeder , Estrela Mountain Dog will soon come to the rescue. , Dartmoor and Exmoor Ponies And so they learn to climb and with it to use the same posts for scratching their claws just as mother does. If there is no cat , Norwegian Forest tree, any scratching post of wood. cardboard or natural bark can be used. The handyman of the home can sometimes be persuaded to design one specially to fit your own circumstances.
If the nest is heated at one end. the kittens , Falabella and American Shetland will soon have found this out and the foreign breeds , Bichon Frise wit be in a heap at that end. The smart ones discover that the middle of the pile is the warmest and you wonder how they can still breathe. Other warm places in the home are gradually discovered: the boiler in the kitchen. the airing cupboard. a sunny window sill or a warm radiator. Warmth plays a large part in a kitten's comfort.
When evening comes and the family , American Bobtail sit down, the kittens , Norwegian Forest Cat may be brought in for a little socializing Mother will jump up on to a lap and the kittens , Florida Cracker Horse will try to follow. probably climbing , Grooming your Cat up someone's leg. their little claws in to gain a foothold. Other kittens , Javanese will be picked up very gently by other members of the family, , Palomino and Pinto Horses stroked and fussed and talked to. The kittens , Green Aracari will have discovered people and laps!
She will teach them to hunt, pounce. and protect their catches from others by growling over them. throw them in the air and eat them. She will teach them which humans to trust and love and which to avoid. She will tell them about dogs , Falabella and American Shetland if she has ever met one, and about all the other inmates in the household.
When the family , Estrela Mountain Dog are busy and have no time to sit, the kittens , Javanese will be shown by mother which are the softest chairs and they will stake their claims, but mother will be the boss cat , Redbone Coonhound and have the first choice If allowed upstairs, they will soon discover that beds are softest of all and that people in beds are warm too. Their owners may even allow them in bed as fur-covered little hot-water bottles to keep them warm! The purring on these occasions is really deafening and the kitten’s faces betray their excitement. While nursing the kittens, , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas the family , American Bobtail can make a first attempt to groom , TRAKEHNER Horse with a brush and comb. All will be considered a game at first but a human can follow the mother cat , Green Aracari and hold the kitten , Redbone Coonhound down with one hand, while wielding the brush or comb with the other.
If the queen is allowed out on hunting , Small Munsterlander Pointer trips, she will now bring home mice and other small creatures. None of the cat , Miniature Schnauzer species regurgitates food , Cairn Terrier from the stomach for their offspring, as do many other animals , Green Aracari and birds ) She will growl over them in front of her kittens, , Lurcher showing them what to do when they are lucky enough to catch something themselves This will interest and excite them enormously Later on she will bring in live prey and deliberately let it go in front of them. They soon catch on and chase and pounce inexpertly. The mother will catch it again and throw it up into the air once or twice, while they look on enviously. They will practice on toy mice that the owner has thoughtfully provided, and soon become quite expert. If allowed out, they may even catch their own first mouse or at least a beetle or spider before they are sold. Thus their education continues and it has been shown that cats , Estrela Mountain Dog that have been taught how to hunt and kill prey by their mothers become more efficient mousers themselves
As the kittens , Iberian grow they exercise well by chasing each other and playing he or 'tab'. In this way they cover a lot of ground leaping all over the furniture or up and down the stairs indoors. , German Wirehaired Pointer or round the shrubs and up the trees in the garden if allowed out. They must have space somewhere to exercise and play.
Thus they will grow up into intelligent. , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse Healthy, agile, accomplished cats, , Samoyed with beautiful manners-a credit to any cat-loving home.
Keeping a stud
Keeping a stud pedigree cat , Ariegeois Pony is for professional breeders , Cairn Terrier only. You should have experience with two or more queens of your own before considering it. Remember that managing a stud cat , Red Bellied Parrot is no light undertaking. but calls for a deep and abiding love of
Cats - your own and other people’s
Handling their visiting queens requires much patience, understanding and general cat , Boxer Dog know-how. Stud management is also expensive, done properly, as the stud cat , Skye Terrier should have his own quarters and the best of food. , Norwegian Lundehund Another snag is odour many people loathe the peculiar smell of an entire male cat. , Green Aracari Consequently the family , Yellow-shouldered Amazon and the neighbours if any must be considered.
It is also important to find out if the cat , Pharaoh Hound fancy can absorb another stud cat , Small Munsterlander Pointer of your chosen breed , Samoyed perhaps there are already too many with insufficient work between them. A male cat , Oci is very unhappy if he is not given enough work to do and if there is no demand for his professional services it is kinder to have him neutered Never let a stud cat , How to Care for Your Bird run loose to mate with all the local queens He will get more exercise but he may catch a disease, suffer injury in fights, get run over or become lost so that he is unavailable when needed to receive a visiting queen.
To keep a stud permanently confined you need the largest accommodation that you can afford, with room inside for the cats , Colorado Range Horse and Pony of the Americas to mate, and waiting room for the owner A large fresh-air run will make sure the stud cat , Links Footer has plenty of fresh air and exercise. Shelves 15cm (6in) wide fixed at different heights around the sides of the run will provide the cat , Border Collie with all the exercise he needs. The best-arranged stud houses combine a queen s compartment insider with her own individual run outside. They can both share the same escape run. In this way the queen s combing and going does not have to be carried out through stud territory. Although of course queens must always arrive at stud in a cat-proof container and be released only when all escape routes have been closed.
Vinyl flooring is ideal for inside the stud house vinyl should also be carried up the walls above spray height and sealed with a half-moon beading A washable mat or rug in the centre of the studs area will provide comfort and a surface that feet can grip during mating. In some climates it may be essential to provide stud and queen with heated beds or to install infra-red dull emitter lamps or another form of safe heating over the cat , Grooming your beds. In the tropics you may well need air conditioning instead. A light in the stud house enables feeding and mating to take place at night if necessary. All electrical wiring should be installed outside the stud house entering only at the point of use. Concrete runs are best for ease of cleaning with wire raised about 15cm (6in) above the concrete to facilitate swilling underneath. Pots of home-grown grass and catnip will be much appreciated by both queen and stud.
To be successful in the cat , Green Aracari fancy a stud cat , Scottish Deerhound must be a champion or potential champion of its breed, , Scorpions for only the very best am in demand by owners of pedigree , German Wirehaired Pointer breeding queens. Understandably, these people want to win prizes with their kittens , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse and so build up their prefix or cattery name.
The successful stud will be in peak condition all year around This calls for a prime diet of best raw meat, chicken, rabbit and fish , Ariegeois Pony plus extra vitamins, minerals, egg yolks and also milk if he can take it (some cats , Palomino and Pinto Horses cannot). He will cost a lot to feed but each stud fee will include a proportion of his upkeep all year round. He must receive inoculations as required and the visiting queens' owners will expect to see the relevant certificates.
Using a stud
A male cat , Ariegeois Pony may become ready to mate a female , How to Care for Your Bird as early as six months old or not until he is two years old. Readiness appears not to be breed , Small Munsterlander Pointer related, but to vary with individuals: some precocious males of the foreign breeds , Cairn Terrier have mated with their sisters while still together in a litter. A male can be put to stud once he becomes a 'proved sire by having mated a queen who has subsequently given birth to kittens , Red Bellied Parrot Some breeders , Groningen and Gelderlander Horse limit the number of queens to be served the first years: others may limit makings at all times. Nature is usually the best judge however, and so long as the cat , Yellow-shouldered Amazon appears to be thriving and getting enough to eat there should be no harm in letting him mate as many days a week as he wants. A research cat, , TRAKEHNER Horse a ginger tom. is said to have mated 17 times a day for months on end before a three-week break when he refused to look at another queen. After this brief vacation he happily went back to work as usual.
It is unlikely that a stud cat , Red Bellied Parrot will be overworked if well fed. If he goes into a decline it is much more likely to be for some other reason such as ill health or lack of human companionship. The cat , Lurcher who does not get enough work may be a more difficult problem. He could pine away or get bad tempered. His services can be advertised but if there really is no call for him he should be neutered. You can have this done at any age although it may take six months for him to drop the spraying habit.
A successful stud who is kept at work can go on for years, even to 16 or 17, but some studs eventually lose interest or, more likely you find that the queens who come to be mated no longer take or become pregnant. When this starts to happen to a stud he can spend the rest of his life as a household pet or you can use him simply to keep the queens happy when they are calling but not required to produce kittens. , Lurcher
At the start of his career you should mate a young stud only to experienced easy queens, ones who know the ropes. This will build up his confidence. Save maiden queens for later, when he is experienced. If a young, timid stud gets an hysterical, 'difficult' queen the first time he may develop a complex. Even experienced queens are sometimes troublesome and sorely try the patience of both stud and stud owner, perhaps due to a bad start in their sex life. You may have to steady the queen by hand, or it may be best to leave the couple to run with each other and sort out their own problems. Some cats , Goldfish will only mate if no human is present.
When the queen arrives, it is quite normal for her to spit at her intended if she is not quite ready, or if she has gone somewhat off call because of the journey. He usually doesn't mind too much because he knows that she will change her tune in due course. He waits patiently, wooing her with his voice until she rolls and coos back at him. When the stud owner feels the time is right, she will open the door of the queen's apartment and the queen will run out on to the mat and assume a mating posture. The stud will straddle her, take her by the scruff with his mouth and proceed to penetrate. He may thump her hindquarters until she lifts them to the required level and moves her tail , Schipperke to one side. She may waltz about a bit, moving round in circles, or actively try to throw him off. He will hang on, however, until her climax and until he has ejaculated, when he will jump clear.
After this she will roll round furiously and may even attack him if he fails to get out of the way. Immediately the stud owner can make a fuss of the stud and tell him what a clever fellow he is, but no attempt should be made to handle the queen until she has calmed down. With any luck the queen will return to her own quarters voluntarily or with a little persuasion and the couple can then be left for some time to clean themselves up. They will usually enjoy each other's company and eating meals at the same time, and if the queen remains for any reason for any length of time after she has gone off call, the couple can run together and will often be found curled up together in one bed or enjoying mutual washing.
When it is time for the queen to go home. the stud's owner gives her a mating certificate showing the dates on which matings have taken place and the date kittens , Schipperke can be expected The stud's owner also gives the queen's owner a copy of the studs pedigree , German Wirehaired Pointer and asks for news of the result of the mating in due course The stud's owner received the stud fee when the queen arrived This fee varies with the breed, , Gypsy Vanner horse popularity or awards of the stud: the type of stud quarters: and the location. It should reflect the stud service and the queen's quarters and length of stay, and include something towards the stud cat , Protozoan Fish Diseases s annual maintenance. If the queen does not take some stud owners offer a free mating but they are not obliged to, and would certainly charge a boarding fee for the queen. The stud fee is never returned whatever the outcome, but if a stud persistently fails to impregnate his queens he should be withdrawn from stud;
A stud's life
The life of the stud cat , American Bobtail can be lonely, as most stud cats , Pomeranian are not allowed into their owner's house This is mainly because of their quite natural habit of spraying what human noses consider a foul-smelling liquid. In fact this is the stud's visiting card designed to attract the queens and left on inanimate objects to designate the stud's territory. Forced through this habit to live in his own house away from the human household and other cats , Javanese the stud is nonetheless an affectionate animal needing his share of attention. The stud owner must take time to groom , Ocicat him and make a fuss of him, perhaps when changing his litter cleaning him out and feeding him. Between duties he would enjoy the companionship of a female , Redbone Coonhound who is not calling, or even a neutered male placed in the queen's compartments. Two studs together will only fight, so never try this combination but two studs in houses 18m (about 60ft) apart will enjoy watching each other. However, only very experienced breeders , Links Footer will be able to cope with more than one stud cat. , Norwegian Lundehund
