How old can a cat mate?

1. Normal female cats can start mating in about 6 months, and male cats generally reach mating in about 8 months. Short-haired varieties will be one month earlier than long-haired varieties. But when cats reach sexual maturity, they should not mate immediately, but must reach physical maturity, that is, bones, muscles, internal organs and other organs are still growing and must reach full maturity.

The reproductive system and other systems of 2.8-month-old cats are not well developed. If you are pregnant at this time, it will cause the cat to miscarry, and the cat may have dystocia during childbirth, even life-threatening. So cats can't mate and reproduce prematurely. Premature mating will lead to aging and abnormal development of cats, sick kittens, low survival rate and many excellent characteristics will be degraded. So we have to wait until it is fully mature before we can let it reproduce.

3. The owner can wait until the cat 1 year old before breeding with the cat. At this time, the cat is in good health and suitable for pregnancy. Under normal circumstances, short-haired male cats should be bred for more than one year, and long-haired male cats should be bred for one and a half years. It will take more than a year for a female cat to breed well. If there are more expensive cats, the later you breed, the better.