How do I breed two Siamese cats and what is involved?
Topics: Cat Breeds | 4 Comments »By admin | March 4, 2010
I am interested in breeding my blue point female inthe future with a lilac point Balinese male that I plan to buy. I am aware that this is very complicated and that alot is involved. I know that males spray alot, and females go into heat. I live in a condo, not a large farm, but I plan to buy a little country home with alot of land. This could take some time, but I want to plan ahead. First, how often to females go into heat? Also, the breeder where I got the blue point didn’t make it clear whether I had to spay her. The vet is supposed to send the papers to the breeder tha twe spayed her, but if I had to spay her, do you think I could make some agreement where I give the kittens from the litters to the breeder? Thanks for any help.
Posted by thedivineoomba on 03.04.10 7:14 pm
I think you are asking all the right questions – but before you begin, you do realize that you are going to be breeding a siamese cat to a balinese cat which means the kittens aren’t going to be purebred. Good breeders breed to make better cats. Bad breeders breed to make money. A good breeder will never breed two different types of cats, because it doesn’t make the cat breed any better.
I would start by attending all sorts of cat shows. Ask questions. Ask a lot of questions. Then, actually start entering your cats at the cat shows, if they are proven examples of their breed, only then should you try for kittens, and only with another same type cat breed.
Also, before breeding cats, spend some time at a humane society. I think once you realize exactly how many cats and kittens are put down each year, you will quickly realize that breeding mutt cats is not helping, and is actually taking away a home for a homeless cat.
Posted by Starlite C on 03.04.10 7:40 pm
Wow. I’m not even sure where to start. I guess, I’d start with, the female you bought from a breeder, why do you say it’s not clear if you have to spay her or not? If you signed a contract, it should state right on there what the expectations are. If you are bound by the contract to spay her, and you do not, the breeder has the right to re-claim her & take her away.
If the contract doesn’t say anything about it, or there isn’t a contract, then you are under no obligation to spay her.
However, due to the LARGE amount of cats at shelters being put down, unless you have homes lined up in advance for the kittens, I would suggest NOT breeding her.
Also, vet’s normally do not send paperwork to breeders to verify if an animal has been spayed/neutered unless by contract, you had to take it to a specific vet. You are responsible for sending paperwork to the breeder.
If you’re dead set on breeding, you have homes lined up for kittens, etc, first get the new home & get settled in.
Once your cat is used to the new home, make sure she’s up to date on all her vet exams, shots, etc. Then introduce the ale to the home. Yes, he’s going to spray, etc to mark territory.
Female cats go into heat several times a year,in roughly 6 week intervals. They are pregnant for around 63 days, and then nurse the kittens for 6-8 weeks. Then they go into heat again.
If the breeder sold her, she wasn’t worth their effort in the show circuit, so they most likely will not want any kittens from you. (If they had wanted kittens from her, they would have kept her.)
Good luck!
Posted by punk_rawk_grrl on 03.04.10 8:31 pm
Please don’t. Respectable breeders don’t cross breed. Why would you want to? The breeder wouldn’t want your mixed breed kittens – that’s a bit ridiculous to think they would. If you want a mixed breed cat go to your local shelter – there’s LOTS of them looking for homes. Leave the breeding to those with experience and doing so to better a specific breed – not just because they “feel like it”.
Posted by Elva on 03.04.10 9:16 pm
There are too many homeless cats in the world already. Please be responsible and do not bring anymore cats into the world. You don’t even know what you are doing. Why not set up a cat rescue environment instead, and be part of the solution? Get in contact with a Siamese rescue organization and help some of the hundreds of homeless Siamese and Balinese that need loving homes because selfish people decided to play at breeding, or just didn’t bother to neuter their cats. It’s pretty outrageous that you plan to irresponsibly breed cats and not properly educate yourself with books and by talking to vets and other professionals. But aside from that: rescue some cats and don’t breed more of them.