AboutMarcia Owen Expertise I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years.
Experience 30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.
Organizations GCCF (UK)
TICA
Various UK cat clubs
Publications Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines
Education/Credentials Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years
Expert: Marcia Owen Date: 6/17/2008 Subject: Can a pregnant cat still come in the season?
Question Hi, We have a BSH Silver tabby who was mated for the first time 3 weeks ago. she finished her call after mating and we thought that would be it untill the kittens were born but it appears she has come in to heat again. although she is only calling occasionally and isn't as frantic as she was the first 3 times she called but she is spraying around the house. Can she be pregnant and still call like this?
Answer Hi Louise
There is a possibility that she may not be pregnant. Some cats don't get pregnant on the first visit to stud so this may be the case here.
However, others do have what we call a 'break through' call at around the 3 week mark which is usually much weaker, even though they are pregnant.
Have you checked for outward signs of pregnancy, i.e. enlargened and pinker teats? If she doesn't have these signs between 3-4 weeks from mating then it is possible that she isn't pregnant.
