Yay. You get it. Realistic is what new breeders need to see. It will help you have a happy cat and enjoy your hobby.

My pleasure! Hope it’s helpful.

Oh I could not live with the smell lol. I have boys now that don’t spray but the smell is horrible. 😂😂😂

Yes, they don't all spray but when they do it is hard to manage.

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?

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 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.

Wow I am so happy to have helped you and your cat. What an amazing outcome

That’s awesome 🤩

Apparently, it has much to do with genetics. My friend who is a breeder, would ask around and ensured to get a male from a breeder whos stud also did not spray and shes had this male for over 6 years now and he has not sprayed anywhere except for in his litter box.

But the smell? Even if they don’t actively spray the urine smell is so strong. 🤣

To be honest with you, the strong urine smell in the litter box is intermittent. It has been over a month that his urine does not strongly smell. Maybe because I feed him raw cat food, the breed, "a Siberian" or just him. @@CatBreedingforBeginners

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.

You’re welcome. I love them.

Glad it was helpful!

Ha ha you crack me up.

Thanks. 🩷

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Fantastic! Good luck!

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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.

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

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 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.

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

6m by 1.6m. We are going wider when we rebuild them. 2m.

Wonderful. I hope you are planning his future needs as he grows.

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So excited it finally here

They live to pee. A stinky stud is a happy stud lol 😂

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Glad you think so! ❤️

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.

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.

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. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdt4fdl819ubqn0.html

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 KZfaq 👍

@@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!

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 😉

After they are neutered they take a while but eventually stop yes. I have a podcast explaining it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdt4fdl819ubqn0.html

Sorry I am not sure what you mean.

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.

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

Oh my! That is great but unusual 🤣🤣

@CatBreedingforBeginners Right. Feeling blessed to have that unicorn cat lol

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

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?

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