Might be a silly question and truth be known I AM blonde lol but Can cats get pregant the first time they are with a tomcat?

Cats certainly can get pregnant the first time. I know this from sad experience. My five-month-old kitten (not the six months that people used to believe) was attacked by a huge tom. I got her away from him, but it was too late. She got pregnant from that one first time.

Cats get pregnant easily since the female ovulates only once the male has penetrated her. So, she´s almost primed to get pregnant, whether it´s the first time or the 15th time. And they can get pregnant during their first heat which, as you found out, Marcat, can occur as early as 5, and sometimes 4, months.

My Sarah Speedle got pregnant when she was only a baby. Probably only 4 months or so. Poor little darling still had her baby teeth. I felt so sorry for her because she missed out on being a kitten herself.

Yes, it´s sad that just like humans, they can get pregnant the first time and at an early age. I always feel very bad for the cats that get pregnant young and miss out on being a kitten. The first cat I ever rescued had gotten pregnant at an early age...and then kept getting pregnant before she could get fixed. She finally got a forever home and got fixed, and now has a wonderful life!!

One more thing - if a female cat mates with more than one tom, it´s very possible that each one will make her pregnant and each kitten can have a different father. This is why a lot of unspayed female cats that are allowed to run free can wind up having these enormous litters!

Oh dear, reading this fills me with worry. My 2 kittens, boy and girl, are not quite 12 weeks old and he already humps her like a dog. Is this normal, or should I look forward to more kittens soon? My vet suggest neutering him at 4 months, but I fear it may be too late.

Oldwoman, usually vets won´t neuter a male until he´s 4 months old, and a female usually 5 - 6 months. However, it wouldn´t hurt to bring her in as well and have her pregnancy tested, although I doubt at her young age she´s capable yet of being pregnant. On the outside chance she is, the vet can - and should - abort her, as 12 weeks old is WAY too young for her to have kittens.

I suspect your male kitten is merely demonstrating dominance behavior, but he really should be neutered. (Unless you´re a breeder, of course, and are planning on breeding him and/or her later.)

One more thing - if a female cat mates with more than one tom, it´s very possible that each one will make her pregnant and each kitten can have a different father. This is why a lot of unspayed female cats that are allowed to run free can wind up having these enormous litters!
I didn´t know that until we got Isis and Ozzie. We asked the vet why they were so different and she told us they probably had different fathers. They both look very different except they both have a white, diamond-shaped patch on their chests. It´s odd the way genetics & mating works in animals.

One more thing - if a female cat mates with more than one tom, it´s very possible that each one will make her pregnant and each kitten can have a different father. This is why a lot of unspayed female cats that are allowed to run free can wind up having these enormous litters! Mating with different males doesn´t create enormous litters
Females are only capable of having a certain amount of kittens (depending on ovulating eggs, size and condition of the mother, etc). Mating with different males doesn´t increase the amount of kittens, only the genetic difference between them.
But I must agree that unspayed female cats will have a great number of litters. Once the female had her litter, she will soon be in heat again and get pregnant again. That´s why it´s so important to get your cat neutured!

I think your kittens are just acting on dominance Oldwomen. But please take them to the vet anyway (just to be sure). Though kittens are advised to be neutured on 4-6 months, there are great results with early neuturing! There are vets that say that kittens can be neutured when they are appr. 10 weeks old and have no negative side effects! But as neuturing a small kitten is more difficult to a vet than neuturing a 6 month-year old they still advise neuturing at 6 months!
Concluding: I would have the two kittens neutured to prevent future trouble! And IF your female is pregnant, the kittens will be aborted at the same time. Your kitten is really too young to have a litter for herself...

Mating with different males doesn´t create enormous litters
Females are only capable of having a certain amount of kittens (depending on ovulating eggs, size and condition of the mother, etc). Mating with different males doesn´t increase the amount of kittens, only the genetic difference between them.By "enormous," I didn´t mean to imply that it was the number of tom cats that caused the size of the litter - thanks for clearing that up! It´s true - a female cat will have only as many kittens per litter as she has eggs... but for a three month old kitten to fall pregnant is still very dangerous, for her and for her kittens.

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