cat behaviour; brother and sisters

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a_plutonium@hotmail.com - 26 Dec 2005 20:01 GMT

Has anyone experienced what happens with 4 female kittens and 1 male,
brother and sisters as they grow older. They all live under a building
and I feed them daily. There are neighboring tomcats that infrequently
come around.

So what is the likelihood that the brother will mate with the 4
sisters? What is the likelihood that the offspring will be killed by
the adult cats?

Anyone have experience with this situation and can predict the likely
outcome as the years go by.

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Faginea - 27 Dec 2005 11:05 GMT

In my experience ( by now I have five adult cats) it is likely to
happen that cats from the same litter mate. One factor that could
reduce this probability is the existence of another cat populations
near around. In such a case the male is likely to leave, sometimes for
ever. Females are quite friendly ones with anothers and they are less
likely to go. If they have no way or no place to go they will probably
mate. .Anyway I know (not my case) populations of cats with brothers or
relatives mating togheter for generations without any problem.

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Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / December 2005

cat behaviour; brother and sisters