Hi...we have new babies. Haley, my tortie Himalayian has 3 georgeous new babies. They are one week old today. Her mum, Mischa had 6 babies in January and the last little one went to its new home last weekend. I kept them till they were 9- 10 weeks old. Mischa is back in heat....I, will not breed her this soon of course, but wonder if she will continue coming in heat all spring, if not bred. Her litter was 10 weeks old last Friday. I am new at this and am not sure how the heat cycles work. My vet thinks she will go out of heat and rest for a few months. Is this what queens normally do? Has anyone ever put stud pants on a male and allowed him to "pretend" breed the queen in order to cause a false pregnancy, thus keeping her from coming into heat constantly? I have another queen in heat now, but do not wish to breed her as I will be away when the kittens would be due. I do, however wish to breed her next month so am keeping her separate from my stud. The vet said heat periods last 1-3 weeks....if this is so, how long before they usually go back in heat? Is there no method to his madness of heat cycles in cats? I am getting more confused by the day.
