I really love your honesty with this matter. I am always skeptical with breeders that are really fancy on social media that they have the perfect male cat in their cattery. This is very realistic.
Thank you for being honest about having a stud cat , our family have a female and a male kitten from different breeders we were thinking of breeding the happy two kittens in time or maybe paying for a stud and then getting our male desexed then getting a stud for the female, after watching your video I’m more convinced now that our thoughts might be right because even though our kittens get along so well at such a young age of 4 months old I think in the near future we could be in for more than we bargained for and we don’t want that for the kittens and us in the house . So thank you you have saved not just us but our kittens a lot of future problems thank you . 🦋
That’s amazing. I am very passionate about stud cats being kept properly. It’s about balancing how they behave with giving them love and attention. I am really proud of you for educating yourself and deciding it’s not right for you.
@@CatBreedingforBeginners The problem Ive having is finding someone that offers stud service because of potential contamination . How can one find stud servicing?
I had a male stud cat that lived and slept with me, pee smelled, true, but he used litter box and I had no problems with him whatsoever. Guess I was lucky🎉
THIS is the video I’ve been looking for! For some strange reason I haven’t been having a great deal of luck finding info on keeping intact male cats as pets, and this video gave me everything I needed to know. It’s no wonder nobody seems to talk about the logistics because of how deep they are, and instead, push neutering as the only option. I’m not seeking to breed cats, but I’ve always wanted an intact male because of how the testosterone alters their base appearance. The chubby cheeks the stocky muscular build, etc. Now that everything I feared has been confirmed, in the future if I do get a male cat, I’ll definitely be neutering him. I guess I didn’t realize how hardwired they were to chemically defend their territory compared to dogs. My last dog that recently passed never marked in the house, and he remained intact until he almost developed testicular cancer at the age of 12 and had to be neutered as a result. However, on walks he marked constantly, which is to be expected. Thank you so much for this video. I always do my best to make informed decisions before making significant life alterations, and this was exactly what I needed ❤️
Cats are not dogs lol. And the jowls that breeding males get will affect the look but in most breeds as judges we have to look past it as it is a negative not a positive. My breed has a chubby face but my desex males have it almost as much as my entires so it’s actually a bit of a lie that early desexing males leads to a smaller head shape. The testosterone makes them skinny, pissy and yowling. 🤣
I just completed your Cat Stud Mini Course! It was very worth taking. I'll simply say, you don't know until you know! There so much more info in the course than this video (which is REALLY great in it's own right). A wealth of knowledge from an excellent and caring breeder/educator. Thank You Thank You!
I love this so much. I will be in touch to get you on the graduates page and to send you the digital badge. So excited that you got something out of the course.
Thank you very much for this video, it’s really important for people out there like me. I was hesitant about getting my cat castrated. I thought it was cruel. Because he is an indoor cat, has a very calm temperament and spends 90% of his time sleeping. I thought it wouldn’t be an issue for me. My wife was insistent but I outright refused until he got out the house for all of one minute picked up the scent of a local female, then spent the next 3 days refusing to eat, trying to get out of every window and door, and yowling the whole time. It was like a switch flicked in him, luckily he didn’t spray but I can now see that it would of only been a matter of time before he did. And that ultimately it’s cruel to keep him indoors and Intact if he won’t be used for breeding, as ultimately the hormones take over and turned him into something else, and not a pet like you said in the video. So I Took him to the vet, got him fixed and ate humble pie all the way home. It’s been a week now and he’s been basically back to him self after the first day, he doesn’t even seem to notice that his nuts are missing!
My male doesn’t typically mark but he has on occasion. He has his own room that we tiled the floor but he comes out daily for several hours a few times a day in the house (carpeted) but with supervision lol he won’t spray in my presence usually. He has a diaper just in case he gets in the mood to spray that day lol. We rarely have to use his little diaper thank goodness. He thankfully is a good boy.
@@CatBreedingforBeginners thank you ☺️ yes he has access to them most of the time unless he is getting on their nerves too much lol He will harass my pregnant girls sometimes so I do separate him but they all are free to roam. Right now all girls are pregnant so he is having to be in his area more. I designated my master bedroom, large en-suite bathroom and large walk-in closet I converted into a room (that I use as his sleeping area). The master bedroom had 2 walk-ins. The walk-in has a gate so he can see everything going on when he has to take a break lol. Currently working to get drawings made so I can convert my large barn into a cattery and expand it to attach to my house as it’s only about 10feet away from the side of the walk-in closet. That will be used as the main cattery where they will be able to freely walk into the main house. Their current setup is about 1k sf. The barn is huge, it’s 16ft x 20ft so I’ll be excited to have everything combined f for them. I’m thinking to have the walk-in & master bedroom as the kitten room once that’s all done. Do you allow your males to interact freely with your pregnant girls? I’m still a new cattery so as a precaution I’ve been allowing him out with them but if he gets too rowdy I put him up.
@@_speakingofdemi Noooooo my boys meet them for a mating and that is it. The barn sounds amazing. Have you joined my New Cat Breeders Club? There are several set ups shared there and people you can chat to in a judgement free zone. www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/new-cat-breeders-club
Yeah, back when i was kid in the 70s before neutering was a big thing i had a male orange cat who would be gone for days looking for females he was a great cat but ultimately ended up getting hit by a cat and i was saddened as a kid so i vowed to get my male cats fixed and its much better because of that. Very educational video
They do and it can lead to scalding of the genitals and skin around the area. They can also get them off and pee on things or mate the girls. And even if they stay on they are full of stud cat pee and stink. Maybe they work for some people but I would not get a stud cat and assume that is how you can keep him.
@@CatBreedingforBeginners One breeder said to me that she changes them 5/6 times a day.... like a baby basically.... but I guess that with certain breeds, like Bengals, it will be impossible. She has Russian blue cats.
I feel that is a bandaid solution. It's about wanting to keep a stud cat living a pet life instead of treating him as a stud cat. It works for some people. I have tried it myself when I was a new breeder. It's not something I recommend now though @@saraangeli7586
@@CatBreedingforBeginners So, what do you think is best for him, spending maybe less time with humans and family, but having the possibility to spread his odour around, at least not feeling the female cat 's heat? So, a place separate from the house, where he can stay well, maybe half openspace, letting him then spending some time with the human family?
This is a bigger question than I can answer in a reply here for you. I have a stud cat mini course on my website that I think would be great for you. I can also let you in to my New Cat Breeders Club as we have covered this topic a lot. In our members only Facebook group we have helped lots of Newbies work out what to do for their cats and many have shared what they are doing plus pictures and videos of their stud cat set ups. So let me give you the link to join. The club is $15.99AUD a month. If you to get some info on ways to save on feeding or cat litter, help avoiding making a mistake buying a new cat or even avoiding a vet visit you don’t need then it’s worth the investment 😀. You can join via this link. You will then get to watch a welcome video and be guided through how to use the club ending with how to join our members only Facebook Hub. Any questions just ask. www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/offers/mJUM8iSg
I’m a dachshund breeder and I’m looking for a Maine Coon kitten. I was thinking about breeding with her in the future and now I know I don’t want a stud😊 So this video was really helpful
I love that. Sometimes what I share does make people realise the hobby is not for them. I think that is a positive thing. It’s better than finding out later.
They would be more comfortable but my house would be coated in pee and poop and scratched up. Multi cat households of breeding cats are stressful for cats. They bully and fight each other. And they wreck the place. It’s not sustainable. Anyone who says their stud cats don’t smell is lying or needs their nose checked. Ask your closest most honest friend if your cat smells like pee. They will tell you the real truth 😉
Can a stud cat not be kept with multiple female's. If so, why is that? Context for my question: a friend of mine use to breed cats and they had stated they kept their stud with the females they wanted him to mate with and that they didn't have issues with it. Ik, one reason would be you can't decide or plan when you have kittens. I don't see any professional breeders doing this, their males are almost always kept in their own place and the females visit when they are in heat I was curious why that is.
The main reason is exactly that. Knowing the due date. But also in nature the girl will call, available males will coming into the area and mate with her then leave. It is not their nature to stick around so keeping them together can be stressful for the boys and the girls and they can fight or he will bother her. The other issue is cats can get pregnant over a period of time (and from multiple males). You don’t want a first kitten conceived one day then a last kitten conceived a week or more later. They only take 65 days to gestate. So the kitten born too early as that first kitten is ready will likely not make it.
It barely gets cold here so even if it is one or two degrees they are fine with warm bedding in their cabin. My elderly cats are in the barn (cattery) with heated beds. In colder climate you may need a more insulated cabin and heating.
Not for mine. This will just sit on it or pee on it. I have one and of all my cats only three kittens have used it. Different breeds have different activity levels. I have a lot of shelves in all of my pens to get them up and about and they have to jump up to their food areas. That is about as active as my breed gets. They are great fit more active breeds though yes.
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If we decide to retire our stud cat & neuter him, would that eliminate his spraying habit? I heard there’s an 80% chance it would fix the spraying, but I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Most stop. A few don’t. I have no idea how someone has put a % on that as I don’t know there has ever been a study or survey lol. It can take time. I have a podcast episode on retiring stud cats in my podcast playlist here on TH-cam 👍
@@CatBreedingforBeginners thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate your content so much, it has really helped me with my Bengal Cattery! Thank you again!
So informative- thank you for taking the time to make this video. Question- Are stud cats less likely to spry if they live alone completely separate from any other cats? My male lives with my adult son in another city. So far no spraying (fingers crossed). He is 11 months old.
Yes but also no lol. They are influenced by other cats but it depends on the cat. I have a boy who never sprays, lives with another cat and near other boys and entire girls. Another boy I have in a pen on his own and he pees everywhere. You can cross your fingers and hope for the best but you may find he suddenly starts and that is a lot to manage suddenly. You need a back up plan.
I just adopted a retired stud. He's been desexed and had a contraceptive put in So apparently he will change behaviour. Have you any advice for me to change him into a pet?
I actually don't subscribe to giving them an implant when you desex them. Once they have no testicles it is just a waiting game. I have a podcast episode on retiring studs that will be a big help to you. th-cam.com/video/OuHJvKru7zI/w-d-xo.html
We normally do a stud service so the girl goes to the boy and you pay a fee for the mating. It does happen that people will lease cats too so they live for a period of time at your home then go back. That is the equivalent of a contract but we call it a lease. Different associations do differently things. How you do it can determine whose prefix the cats are registered as. Check out my club for new breeders here www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/new-cat-breeders-club
A lot depends on the breed and the individual cat. I would talk to other breeders and the person you got him from for a rough idea. But his pee will start to smell like stud pee too. I have just put out a mini course on stud cats. www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/store
I breed Balinese/Siamese, Persian and Himalayan. Keep my toms indoors but I’ve learnt a lot here! None of my males spray fortunately, no odd bathroom habits either. The one is terrible with his own kittens and hates them hahaha! The other is very good with his own kittens and co-parents them with his mated pair, I get two as kittens and let them bond and grow together and they become a mated bonded pair and breed naturally whenever when they are ready and this means that my females don’t meow for a suitor, they know they have one and simply go to their males when they are ready. My males don’t like to breed my other males females.. they don’t “cheat” on their designated females which is so sweet.. Meo always goes to his girl Mea.. However Mau has three sister wives he breeds between.. Moe and Mae are a mated pair and only ever go to eachother it’s very unique, everyone’s situation is soooo circumstantial. ♥️
Sorry but Nope! To begin with if your registering body heard that they would refuse to register your kittens. I am a registrar and if one of my members said that to me I would ask for DNA parentage test on each and every kitten youcats gave birth to. What you have described (and I am sorry if I offend you) is just really bad animal husbandry. Cats are not monogamous. Girls can be mated by more than one male. The reason you are not hearing your girls calling is because a male can and will mate them before they get to the point of calling loudly. I am assuming your cats are all the same or similar colours and all the kittens coming out are the same colour. You have a romantic view of breeding and I think the reality of what you are doing and how your cats feel about it is maybe not as sweet as you think it is. And let me share a story. A lady was breeding ragdolls and sphynx. She would tell anyone who would listen that her sphynx male was fine with her ragdoll females as he knew he was a different breed and not to mate them. The hairless gene is recessive. She sold a lot of breeding ragdolls. Down the track when her lines crossed back over hairless ragdolls started to appear in litters. It was the hairless gene passed on from her sphynx to the ragdolls coming full circle. Cats will mate freely if allowed. Anyway I have a feeling you have a set of ideas. I hope I have got you thinking and fingers crossed you make some changes but how you keep your cats is ultimately your choice.
Thank you. Your comment was informative. I have a Balinese male. I got him as a gift. He just had his first litter. From your comment I realize I need to find a female Balinese kitten to grow up with the newborn male. The mother is a lynx point.
That’s the equivalent of saying I can’t have a baby because there are children in foster care. Let me share a fact with you. My cats are all desexed before they are adopted. They go to people who want them so much they wait for about a year, maybe two. They pay a lot of money and that proves they can afford vet bills. The cat is one they want so they will keep it for it’s whole life. It will never end up in rescue. How is that not the perfect ownership model for a cat? Oh and I donate some of that money they pay to my local shelter to help cats in need. So……?
@@CatBreedingforBeginners I live in Metro Detroit where there's a lot of backyard breeders that breed poor quality animals, especially pitbulls. I've only bought one pet in my life. $30 kitten from a pet store in 1980. I hope cat breeders are more responsible than the dog breeders. People who show their animals are concerned about genetics and have a lot of skin in the game. Why are over 20% of shelter dogs pure breeds??? I've been an foster auntie to over 20 foster kids, so don't get me going on that topic.
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I really love your honesty with this matter. I am always skeptical with breeders that are really fancy on social media that they have the perfect male cat in their cattery. This is very realistic.
Yay. You get it. Realistic is what new breeders need to see. It will help you have a happy cat and enjoy your hobby.
Thank you for your honesty.
My pleasure! Hope it’s helpful.
Thank you for being honest about having a stud cat ,
our family have a female and a male kitten from different breeders we were thinking of breeding the happy two kittens in time or maybe paying for a stud and then getting our male desexed then getting a stud for the female,
after watching your video I’m more convinced now that our thoughts might be right because even though our kittens get along so well at such a young age of 4 months old I think in the near future we could be in for more than we bargained for and we don’t want that for the kittens and us in the house .
So thank you you have saved not just us but our kittens a lot of future problems thank you .
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That’s amazing. I am very passionate about stud cats being kept properly. It’s about balancing how they behave with giving them love and attention. I am really proud of you for educating yourself and deciding it’s not right for you.
@@CatBreedingforBeginners The problem Ive having is finding someone that offers stud service because of potential contamination . How can one find stud servicing?
I had a male stud cat that lived and slept with me, pee smelled, true, but he used litter box and I had no problems with him whatsoever. Guess I was lucky🎉
Oh I could not live with the smell lol. I have boys now that don’t spray but the smell is horrible. 😂😂😂
We are actually having a problem with our stud who always spray! Thank you for this video 🥹
Yes, they don't all spray but when they do it is hard to manage.
THIS is the video I’ve been looking for! For some strange reason I haven’t been having a great deal of luck finding info on keeping intact male cats as pets, and this video gave me everything I needed to know. It’s no wonder nobody seems to talk about the logistics because of how deep they are, and instead, push neutering as the only option. I’m not seeking to breed cats, but I’ve always wanted an intact male because of how the testosterone alters their base appearance. The chubby cheeks the stocky muscular build, etc. Now that everything I feared has been confirmed, in the future if I do get a male cat, I’ll definitely be neutering him. I guess I didn’t realize how hardwired they were to chemically defend their territory compared to dogs. My last dog that recently passed never marked in the house, and he remained intact until he almost developed testicular cancer at the age of 12 and had to be neutered as a result. However, on walks he marked constantly, which is to be expected. Thank you so much for this video. I always do my best to make informed decisions before making significant life alterations, and this was exactly what I needed ❤️
Cats are not dogs lol. And the jowls that breeding males get will affect the look but in most breeds as judges we have to look past it as it is a negative not a positive. My breed has a chubby face but my desex males have it almost as much as my entires so it’s actually a bit of a lie that early desexing males leads to a smaller head shape. The testosterone makes them skinny, pissy and yowling. 🤣
I just completed your Cat Stud Mini Course! It was very worth taking. I'll simply say, you don't know until you know! There so much more info in the course than this video (which is REALLY great in it's own right). A wealth of knowledge from an excellent and caring breeder/educator. Thank You Thank You!
I love this so much. I will be in touch to get you on the graduates page and to send you the digital badge. So excited that you got something out of the course.
Thank you very much for this video, it’s really important for people out there like me. I was hesitant about getting my cat castrated. I thought it was cruel.
Because he is an indoor cat, has a very calm temperament and spends 90% of his time sleeping. I thought it wouldn’t be an issue for me. My wife was insistent but I outright refused until he got out the house for all of one minute picked up the scent of a local female, then spent the next 3 days refusing to eat, trying to get out of every window and door, and yowling the whole time. It was like a switch flicked in him, luckily he didn’t spray but I can now see that it would of only been a matter of time before he did. And that ultimately it’s cruel to keep him indoors and Intact if he won’t be used for breeding, as ultimately the hormones take over and turned him into something else, and not a pet like you said in the video. So I Took him to the vet, got him fixed and ate humble pie all the way home. It’s been a week now and he’s been basically back to him self after the first day, he doesn’t even seem to notice that his nuts are missing!
Wow I am so happy to have helped you and your cat. What an amazing outcome
Excellent information. Enzyme cleaners disilve the cryles in the urine and this is the only way of removing the smell from fabric and carpet.
Here I come to watch Pamela's video for the millionth time to learn something new...
Ha ha you crack me up.
Well isnt this fantastic timing 😆just bought my first boy today!
Fantastic! Good luck!
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Great vid! I've been breeding Birmans for 9 years and keeping a stud boy is hard work that's for sure!
Yes I am not sure anyone can really understand what it’s like till they experience it. It’s not easy. And that’s not bad. But it’s fact lol.
My male doesn’t typically mark but he has on occasion. He has his own room that we tiled the floor but he comes out daily for several hours a few times a day in the house (carpeted) but with supervision lol he won’t spray in my presence usually. He has a diaper just in case he gets in the mood to spray that day lol. We rarely have to use his little diaper thank goodness. He thankfully is a good boy.
It sounds like you are giving him a good life. Can he access your girls when he is in the house?
@@CatBreedingforBeginners thank you ☺️ yes he has access to them most of the time unless he is getting on their nerves too much lol He will harass my pregnant girls sometimes so I do separate him but they all are free to roam. Right now all girls are pregnant so he is having to be in his area more. I designated my master bedroom, large en-suite bathroom and large walk-in closet I converted into a room (that I use as his sleeping area). The master bedroom had 2 walk-ins. The walk-in has a gate so he can see everything going on when he has to take a break lol.
Currently working to get drawings made so I can convert my large barn into a cattery and expand it to attach to my house as it’s only about 10feet away from the side of the walk-in closet. That will be used as the main cattery where they will be able to freely walk into the main house. Their current setup is about 1k sf. The barn is huge, it’s 16ft x 20ft so I’ll be excited to have everything combined f for them. I’m thinking to have the walk-in & master bedroom as the kitten room once that’s all done.
Do you allow your males to interact freely with your pregnant girls? I’m still a new cattery so as a precaution I’ve been allowing him out with them but if he gets too rowdy I put him up.
@@_speakingofdemi Noooooo my boys meet them for a mating and that is it. The barn sounds amazing. Have you joined my New Cat Breeders Club? There are several set ups shared there and people you can chat to in a judgement free zone. www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/new-cat-breeders-club
I love your honesty ❤️
Thanks. 🩷
Yeah, back when i was kid in the 70s before neutering was a big thing i had a male orange cat who would be gone for days looking for females he was a great cat but ultimately ended up getting hit by a cat and i was saddened as a kid so i vowed to get my male cats fixed and its much better because of that. Very educational video
That’s a sad lesson to learn but great that you desex now.
@CatBreedingforBeginners oh yeah, all my cat's get desexed. My males are much better because of it
I've heard many breeders keep their stud in the house with specific panties, like cotton, small and specific designed diapers.
They do and it can lead to scalding of the genitals and skin around the area. They can also get them off and pee on things or mate the girls. And even if they stay on they are full of stud cat pee and stink. Maybe they work for some people but I would not get a stud cat and assume that is how you can keep him.
@@CatBreedingforBeginners One breeder said to me that she changes them 5/6 times a day.... like a baby basically.... but I guess that with certain breeds, like Bengals, it will be impossible. She has Russian blue cats.
I feel that is a bandaid solution. It's about wanting to keep a stud cat living a pet life instead of treating him as a stud cat. It works for some people. I have tried it myself when I was a new breeder. It's not something I recommend now though
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@@CatBreedingforBeginners So, what do you think is best for him, spending maybe less time with humans and family, but having the possibility to spread his odour around, at least not feeling the female cat 's heat? So, a place separate from the house, where he can stay well, maybe half openspace, letting him then spending some time with the human family?
This is a bigger question than I can answer in a reply here for you. I have a stud cat mini course on my website that I think would be great for you. I can also let you in to my New Cat Breeders Club as we have covered this topic a lot. In our members only Facebook group we have helped lots of Newbies work out what to do for their cats and many have shared what they are doing plus pictures and videos of their stud cat set ups. So let me give you the link to join. The club is $15.99AUD a month. If you to get some info on ways to save on feeding or cat litter, help avoiding making a mistake buying a new cat or even avoiding a vet visit you don’t need then it’s worth the investment 😀.
You can join via this link. You will then get to watch a welcome video and be guided through how to use the club ending with how to join our members only Facebook Hub. Any questions just ask.
www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/offers/mJUM8iSg
Once again I’ve enjoyed learning from your experience. Thank you .
That’s awesome 🤩
I’m a dachshund breeder and I’m looking for a Maine Coon kitten. I was thinking about breeding with her in the future and now I know I don’t want a stud😊 So this video was really helpful
I love that. Sometimes what I share does make people realise the hobby is not for them. I think that is a positive thing. It’s better than finding out later.
Hi Pamela ❤ could you tell me what the size of your stud cat enclosure is? Thankyou!
6m by 1.6m. We are going wider when we rebuild them. 2m.
Awesome video 😊 Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome. I love them.
How informative to watch this kind of video hope to have one of your litter soon ma'am
Glad it was helpful!
I have one male stud cat in my house and it exactly like you've said...it sprayed everywhere and everyday...
They live to pee. A stinky stud is a happy stud lol 😂
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That’s really good info! Thank you!
Keep an eye out for my new mini course on keeping stud cats 😀
>>Check out my Stud Cats Mini Course, out now on my website www.catbreedingforbeginners.com :)
I bought my first boy about a month ago great timing
Wonderful. I hope you are planning his future needs as he grows.
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So excited it finally here
Is it acceptable to not breed in family house and instead a kennel like yours ? Wouldnt they be more comfortable in the house ?
They would be more comfortable but my house would be coated in pee and poop and scratched up. Multi cat households of breeding cats are stressful for cats. They bully and fight each other. And they wreck the place. It’s not sustainable. Anyone who says their stud cats don’t smell is lying or needs their nose checked. Ask your closest most honest friend if your cat smells like pee. They will tell you the real truth 😉
Can a stud cat not be kept with multiple female's. If so, why is that?
Context for my question: a friend of mine use to breed cats and they had stated they kept their stud with the females they wanted him to mate with and that they didn't have issues with it. Ik, one reason would be you can't decide or plan when you have kittens. I don't see any professional breeders doing this, their males are almost always kept in their own place and the females visit when they are in heat I was curious why that is.
The main reason is exactly that. Knowing the due date. But also in nature the girl will call, available males will coming into the area and mate with her then leave. It is not their nature to stick around so keeping them together can be stressful for the boys and the girls and they can fight or he will bother her. The other issue is cats can get pregnant over a period of time (and from multiple males). You don’t want a first kitten conceived one day then a last kitten conceived a week or more later. They only take 65 days to gestate. So the kitten born too early as that first kitten is ready will likely not make it.
Thanks for your informative video! I was wondering how you keep them warm during winter outside?
It barely gets cold here so even if it is one or two degrees they are fine with warm bedding in their cabin. My elderly cats are in the barn (cattery) with heated beds. In colder climate you may need a more insulated cabin and heating.
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Not for mine. This will just sit on it or pee on it. I have one and of all my cats only three kittens have used it. Different breeds have different activity levels. I have a lot of shelves in all of my pens to get them up and about and they have to jump up to their food areas. That is about as active as my breed gets. They are great fit more active breeds though yes.
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My siamses don't spray. Praise be 🙏
Oh my! That is great but unusual 🤣🤣
@CatBreedingforBeginners Right. Feeling blessed to have that unicorn cat lol
If we decide to retire our stud cat & neuter him, would that eliminate his spraying habit? I heard there’s an 80% chance it would fix the spraying, but I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Most stop. A few don’t. I have no idea how someone has put a % on that as I don’t know there has ever been a study or survey lol. It can take time. I have a podcast episode on retiring stud cats in my podcast playlist here on TH-cam 👍
@@CatBreedingforBeginners thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate your content so much, it has really helped me with my Bengal Cattery! Thank you again!
So informative- thank you for taking the time to make this video. Question- Are stud cats less likely to spry if they live alone completely separate from any other cats? My male lives with my adult son in another city. So far no spraying (fingers crossed). He is 11 months old.
Yes but also no lol. They are influenced by other cats but it depends on the cat. I have a boy who never sprays, lives with another cat and near other boys and entire girls. Another boy I have in a pen on his own and he pees everywhere. You can cross your fingers and hope for the best but you may find he suddenly starts and that is a lot to manage suddenly. You need a back up plan.
I just adopted a retired stud. He's been desexed and had a contraceptive put in
So apparently he will change behaviour.
Have you any advice for me to change him into a pet?
I actually don't subscribe to giving them an implant when you desex them. Once they have no testicles it is just a waiting game. I have a podcast episode on retiring studs that will be a big help to you. th-cam.com/video/OuHJvKru7zI/w-d-xo.html
What if u have only one stud ? It’s it gonna be the same deal?
Sorry I am not sure what you mean.
Can you contract stud cats instead of owning them?
We normally do a stud service so the girl goes to the boy and you pay a fee for the mating. It does happen that people will lease cats too so they live for a period of time at your home then go back. That is the equivalent of a contract but we call it a lease. Different associations do differently things. How you do it can determine whose prefix the cats are registered as. Check out my club for new breeders here www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/new-cat-breeders-club
After you spay a stud cat once do they stop spraying and being smelly?
After they are neutered they take a while but eventually stop yes. I have a podcast explaining it here th-cam.com/video/OuHJvKru7zI/w-d-xo.html
when will you know if he sprays or not?
A lot depends on the breed and the individual cat. I would talk to other breeders and the person you got him from for a rough idea. But his pee will start to smell like stud pee too. I have just put out a mini course on stud cats. www.catbreedingforbeginners.com/store
@@CatBreedingforBeginners the pee did smell different! but he doesnt spray thank god!
@@datingbff Different LOL as in EWWWW my nose is burning ha ha
I breed Balinese/Siamese, Persian and Himalayan. Keep my toms indoors but I’ve learnt a lot here! None of my males spray fortunately, no odd bathroom habits either. The one is terrible with his own kittens and hates them hahaha! The other is very good with his own kittens and co-parents them with his mated pair, I get two as kittens and let them bond and grow together and they become a mated bonded pair and breed naturally whenever when they are ready and this means that my females don’t meow for a suitor, they know they have one and simply go to their males when they are ready. My males don’t like to breed my other males females.. they don’t “cheat” on their designated females which is so sweet.. Meo always goes to his girl Mea.. However Mau has three sister wives he breeds between.. Moe and Mae are a mated pair and only ever go to eachother it’s very unique, everyone’s situation is soooo circumstantial. ♥️
Sorry but Nope! To begin with if your registering body heard that they would refuse to register your kittens. I am a registrar and if one of my members said that to me I would ask for DNA parentage test on each and every kitten youcats gave birth to. What you have described (and I am sorry if I offend you) is just really bad animal husbandry. Cats are not monogamous. Girls can be mated by more than one male. The reason you are not hearing your girls calling is because a male can and will mate them before they get to the point of calling loudly. I am assuming your cats are all the same or similar colours and all the kittens coming out are the same colour. You have a romantic view of breeding and I think the reality of what you are doing and how your cats feel about it is maybe not as sweet as you think it is. And let me share a story. A lady was breeding ragdolls and sphynx. She would tell anyone who would listen that her sphynx male was fine with her ragdoll females as he knew he was a different breed and not to mate them. The hairless gene is recessive. She sold a lot of breeding ragdolls. Down the track when her lines crossed back over hairless ragdolls started to appear in litters. It was the hairless gene passed on from her sphynx to the ragdolls coming full circle. Cats will mate freely if allowed. Anyway I have a feeling you have a set of ideas. I hope I have got you thinking and fingers crossed you make some changes but how you keep your cats is ultimately your choice.
Thank you. Your comment was informative. I have a Balinese male. I got him as a gift. He just had his first litter. From your comment I realize I need to find a female Balinese kitten to grow up with the newborn male. The mother is a lynx point.
Wow!!! My intact male smells really good. He keeps himself very clean. Why are yours males smelly?
If you don't show your pets, I don't think you have any business breeding more pets into the world. Adopt don't Shop..
That’s the equivalent of saying I can’t have a baby because there are children in foster care. Let me share a fact with you. My cats are all desexed before they are adopted. They go to people who want them so much they wait for about a year, maybe two. They pay a lot of money and that proves they can afford vet bills. The cat is one they want so they will keep it for it’s whole life. It will never end up in rescue. How is that not the perfect ownership model for a cat? Oh and I donate some of that money they pay to my local shelter to help cats in need. So……?
@@CatBreedingforBeginners I live in Metro Detroit where there's a lot of backyard breeders that breed poor quality
animals, especially pitbulls. I've only bought one pet in my life. $30 kitten from a pet store in 1980. I hope cat
breeders are more responsible than the dog breeders. People who show their animals are concerned about genetics
and have a lot of skin in the game. Why are over 20% of shelter dogs pure breeds??? I've been an foster auntie to over
20 foster kids, so don't get me going on that topic.
Ummmm...... I have zero idea what point you are trying to make.
@@jenscheibner792 some ghetto Detroit garbage has nothing to do with this "auntie"
lol. Same here. I don't understand the point. @@CatBreedingforBeginners
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