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After I posted my blog about the plight of the feral cat in Flatbush (and other places) and the importance of spaying\/neutering our cats, a reader\/friend sent me a note, She has been feeding feral cats in her yard for some time. She says: \u201cI was just thinking about the 11 kittens I had spayed\/neutered way back in 2011. The mother had three litters in my yard, then disappeared, probably died, otherwise she would have ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/feralcatsIdaho-300x225.jpg\")
been back with another litter.<\/p>\n
Five of those kittens were girls. One was already pregnant when I got her fixed. Just think, even if they had tiny litters, each could have a new litter of 3 kittens 3 times per year. Each girl could have had 9 kittens the first year. That\u2019s 35 kittens.<\/p>\n
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Looking at the crazy number of cats that can be born always sounds outrageous. But thinking about my 5 girls bringing 35 kittens to my yard in one year is pretty scary!\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep multiplying and those five girls and their female kittens and their female kittens could produce hundreds of kittens within just 5 years.<\/p>\n
Think about this\u2014according to someone who did the math, one pair of breeding cats can produce 420,000 kittens in 7 years.<\/p>\n
If you feed feral or stray cats, take the extra steps to trap them and have them neutered\/spayed.<\/p>\n
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After I posted my blog about the plight of the feral cat in Flatbush (and other places) and the importance of spaying\/neutering our cats, a reader\/friend sent me a note, She has been feeding feral cats in her yard for … Continue reading