Hi All

Please could you tell me how many times a year you breed from one queen? (i.e. how many months break do you give her when the kittens leave before you breed her again?)

Im asking as Im trying to put together a breeding plan and my intention was to give the queens 6 months break once the kittens have left before I breed her again. Just wondered if this was too long or not long enough?

Thanks

Not sure with Burmese Saffron-as i know nothing about how they call etc-sorry,but no doubt someone will be able to help on this breed

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Burnthwaites Siamese

I am playing it by ear with my Himalayians. One mama had a litter last July. She did not call again until November. I let her have her litter in January and this time when kits were 10 weeks old, she started calling again. I said "no way" and finally she went out of heat. I can only hope she stays out of heat for a few months. It is a toss up which is worse... to let a cat have two to three litters per year or let them stay in heat much of the time without allowing more than one or two litters per year. Which is harder on them?? I have stud pants for my boy and am comtemplating letting him maul her without actually breeding in hopes that she will go into a flase pregnancy. (My vet said it was ok to do this)This happened when my boy was too young to breed but not too young to try It kept her out of heat for 4 months and gave her a good rest.

if you are a registered breeder or will be, then the gccf rules are, no more than 3 litters in two years can be registered! hope this helps.

Really? I've been looking for a rule on this but haven't found it, where is it please? Are there any other rules eg regarding the age of the queen?

Liz

I think it's how long is a piece of string? and wouldn't get too into making plans if i were you. I think it's all see how things go! Your girl may not call for ages, may not get pregnant straight way, may need to get spayed, may not take to motherhood etc.... might be best to wait and see and go with it. depending on mum's condition etc.....

I aim to have one litter a year with each of my girls, but then it depends on calling patterns. The least time between litters for one girl has been 8/9 mths, but then I am lucky that none of my girls *touch wood* have insane calling patterns. None of them drop loads of weight feeding kittens but I still prefer them to recover completely and have a good rest in between.

There is one breeder that I am aware of has a queen that had 3 litters in a 8 month period, others had 3 litters in 11 and 13 month periods. That is just wrong

OMG! That is terrible, poor cats

I only plan to have one litter a year.

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Sarnajes Siamese

There is no rule as to the minimum or maximum age of a Queen having kittens. Each breed matures at different rates but with Siamese about twelve months old give or take a couple of months. However each cat is different so there is no definite answer. When your Queen is mature and has a regular calling pattern then this is when the time is right. Hope this helps.

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