How Many Kittens Can A Cat Have In First Litter

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How many kittens can a cat have in first litter. That s a big range. The younger the cat the fewer the number of kittens she can expect to have at the first mating. I got a 7 month old cat as a valentine s day gift and 2 or so weeks later she gave birth to her first litter. Most cats will have a litter of at most five kittens.

Cats that are pregnant for the first time typically have two to three kittens per litter. A few years later it can be up to five but it can be as many as eight. A younger female will probably only produce two or three babies. This is somewhat less than the average litter size which ranges between three to five.

However the largest litter of kittens on record was set at 19 in 1970. First time moms usually have smaller litters ranging from 1 3 kittens but the cat s health age and breed can also play a part in the number of kittens that will be born. Meaning i got her after she got pregnant. Because she was so young an.

Breeding cats are reflex or induced ovulators which means that the more often they breed the more eggs they produce. This is a hard question to answer with usually because so much depends on the individual mother cat and the circumstances around the pregnancy and birth. Experts say that the age of the mother cat affects her litter size. Cats that are bred often and cats that are in mid life tend to have the largest litters.

There are some female cats that get as many as 10 kittens in a single litter. The first birth i witnessed was that of our calico cat fluffy delivering her first litter of kittens when i was about 6 years old. Though the feline litters can vary in size depending on a couple of factors. Most cats or queens unspayed female cats have a litter of three to five kittens but feline litters can vary in size from one to more than 10.