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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005Cat breeding with its sisters
My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because they have similar dna. The other sister is also pregnant. > My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat > has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because > they have similar dna. The other sister is also pregnant. Why don't you tell your friend to get the female cats spayed so this won't happen?? (And the males neutered, as well!!!!!!!) If the kittens do make it, they'll have things like extra toes, etc. But... THERE SHOULD BE NO KITTENS. Bop your friend over the head. And hard. <big sigh accompanied w/a huge eye roll>  Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* Aloha!!!!! "There is no remedy for love but to love more"... ~~Henry David Thoreau >> My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat >> has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > <big sigh accompanied w/a huge eye roll> Friend is an idiot, but there won't necessarily be anything wrong with the kittens. It depends on their genes and on whether there are any defects in their bloodline for them to inherit. It isn't a given that they will be damaged. I know It isn't unusual to breed pretty closely when you are raising purebred dogs as long as you have clean and varied pedigrees. Jo The cats should be spayed and neutered. There are already too many pets in the world without homes. I had a cat who was the offspring of his mom and his older half-brother. He lived a normal, healthy life despite being the product of inbreeding. Inbreeding doesn't guarantee genetic defects; it just makes those defects more likely to show up if they already exist in the bloodline. --Fil > My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat > has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because > they have similar dna. The other sister is also pregnant. They should all be fine, inbreading with cats is less dangerous than with humans. All the cats should be spayed/neautered as soon as possible. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > > My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat > > has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) > A house is not a home, without a cat. David, if your friend is in the UK, and gets any kind of means tested state benefit, then Cats Protection can help with the cost. The helpline number is 08702 099099. Cats can be neutered at six months old, earlier if there is a pressing need. Regards Jeanette > Cats can be neutered at six months old, earlier if there is a > pressing need. If its a house with an intact Tom, 6-months is probably too late. My cat Emily first came into heat at 4months, unfortunately the only one to notice was Muddy (only about 6months old himself at the time) and the results were inevitable, doh! SignatureNik Simpson >>My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat >>has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with humans. All the cats should be spayed/neautered as soon as > possible. Actually, it's no more "dangerous" with humans - however, animals (including people) who are closely related may have recessive genes for undesirable conditions, which are much more likely to develop if both parents carry the same gene. > My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat > has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because > they have similar dna. The other sister is also pregnant. Why would you wonder about their survival? Inbreeding may make recessive genes dominant, but if they have good heredity, survival shouldn't be an issue. However, there's an easy way to PREVENT in-breeding! (It's called "neutering".) >My friend has a cat that has breed with its sisters. The female cat >has now had 4 kittens. They seem ok, but will they survive because >they have similar dna. The other sister is also pregnant. Like others have already said, the kittens will probably be fine - but, again like they're saying, tell your friend to get eveyone speutered. There's already way to many unwanted cats/kittens in the world, and a single unneutered mating pair of cats will produce a staggering number of offspring in a relatively short time. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and the Evil Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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