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3catwoman3

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11. Maybe you already know this interesting fact about feline reproduction.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:43 PM

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Female cats do not ovulate until the act of mating occurs. It's called "induced ovulators." If a female in heat mates with more than one male, kittens of the same litter can have different daddies.

We have a brother-sister pair of Siamese, whose mother was a tortie, and whose 2 litter mates were one gray and one tortie.

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