When do kittens/cats get into heat?
Female cats as young as four months can go into oestrus (heat). Adults: The heat cycle is called the “estrus cycle” or simply “estrus”. The length of time of the estrus, and the frequency of the estrus cycles depends upon many factors, such as geographic and environmental factors, (temperature and the number of daylight hours), her age and overall health, and her genetic background. Once a cat goes into heat or estrus, she may stay in heat for several days, to 2-3 weeks. Some cats, once they are sexually mature and enter estrus, do not come out of heat unless and until they are either bred to a full male cat, or spayed. Environmental factors basically mean that mid to late spring when the weather is warm enough, mid summer and early fall a cat can carry kits. If it lives in doors then “light” has more to do with the cycle. Houses can now be so controlled that a cat can have a winter cycle as well since the temperature is warm and the lights are on a lot. Another factor is that cats hav
