Mating rituals of cats, possibly feral (LONG)?
Monday, September 6th, 2010 at
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All cats are very noisy (vocal ) during mating.When she rolls around close to the males she’s letting them know that she may be agreeable to mate.Fertile females can produce litter after litter of (sorry to say) unwanted cats.(I have my own little gang of "wilds.")
If they are there every day they will get use to you.I have a few that come up and rub against my legs when I go out to feed.
If you can,check with the local Animal Control in your area ,or Humane Society,and see if they offer a "Catch and Release" program.What this is
is a program where you trap(humanely) the cat or cats and take them to the shelter,they spay/neuter the kittie(s) and you release them.Some
counties/states will let you do this to two cats per person a year for free.
The rest you can usually get a discount on.(they will sometimes loan you the cages to use)I know this may sound cruel,but most females can have litters repeatedly,and this is bad for her health because it depletes her system and wears her out,weakening her and possibly killing her before her time.
I do not like cats in my house,but I live in the country and they are great to keep the mice and snake population down.Also I just really love to have my coffee on the deck right at sunrise and watch the kittens playing.They are such clowns.ignorant people are always dumping cats of all ages out ,out here and some find their way here.We try and catch at least the females to get fixed,but I have managed to get four of the seven males done now too.Generally the males drift away as the get older and looking for mates. and their own territories.
I do have one kitten(9 months) that I’ve named Houdini,that thinks it’s great fun to try and raid the trap of bait and escape without getting caught.(He
was neutered about 4 months ago.And a female,Jazz who so far I haven’t been able to trap.They all have their own unique personalities,and some are real skittish and others are fairly trusting.But they all need to be fixed .
(our shelter also gives them they’re required shots,so we don’t have cats spreading disease to the others.
I also have a group of friends and neighbors who are good people and we keep a "cat stash fund" going so we can afford to get the cats fixed.We all kick in 5-10 a month and that money is used for vet bills.so I’m not alone with the finances.Sunday mornings you’ll find two or three of us "girls"
having coffee on my deck and watching the kittens romp.
Good luck and God Bless.
cats mating reminds me of rape. Seriously, they scream and fight and it’s awful
Anyway, you can leave food out, that’d be nice but they MUST be steralized soon. Cat populations get out of control fast. Consider they may have 3 or more litters a year, each with an average of 4 kitten. Those kittens can start multiply by 4months of age, have 3 or more litters a year with an average of 4 kittens, etc etc etc
It gets BAD. Call around and see if any vets can help you out.