The selected period of estrus for different breeds is different, and some cats can even go estrus all year round. But usually, cats will not estrus in winter, because at that time, the temperature was relatively low, and wild cats often had a problem with survival, so they basically had no time to estrus.
The most vigorous time for cats to have estrus is in summer, because cats to have estrus is often proportional to temperature and sunshine time. The temperature is relatively high in summer, so the frequency of cats to have estrus will also increase accordingly.
Since cats make unpleasant screams during the estrus, which disturbs their neighbors very much, some cat owners will spay the cat to prevent them from estrus. However, this approach cannot fundamentally solve this problem, because if the female cat does not mate during the estrus, the hormones in the body will continue to decline, and even the characteristics of estrus will disappear. But the magic is that they will re-estrus after about 3 weeks until they find their spouse to complete mating.
When female cats are in heat, they often use howling to attract the opposite sex to date, but sometimes there is not only one male who hears the female cat's meow. If multiple male cats are attracted, then these males will attack each other for mating, and only the strongest cat is worthy of mating with the female cat. The mating process of cats is similar to that of other cats. When cats are mating, male cats often bite the female cat's neck, and lions will also show the same behavioral characteristics when mating. Not only that, male cats' genitals are barb-shaped genitals composed of keratin, and male leopards in nature also grow such genitals.
And this kind of genitals is actually more conducive to reproduction of offspring for cat populations, because when male cats mating, they often bring out the germ cells left by their ex to the female, thereby increasing the possibility that the female cat will conceive of their own offspring.
And female cats do this because they have a very special way of ovulation, and they do not have a fixed ovulation cycle like other animals in nature. In general, female cats will ovulate only after mating.
The female cat attacks male cats after mating mainly because of their genitals, because the barb genitals of keratin make the female cat feel very painful when mating and makes very harsh screams. Therefore, some female cats will turn their heads to attack male cats after mating, and many experienced male cats will run away immediately.
Moreover, some female cats choose to escape because they cannot bear the pain during mating, so many times male cats will bite the soft flesh on the cat's neck to prevent them from escaping. Male cats are very irresponsible because male cats often don’t worry about raising offspring, and even don’t have to invest a little energy.
When mating is completed, the male cat will look for the next family and continue to carry out the important task of reproduction. The female cats are not so casual. They not only have to undertake the task of raising offspring, but also have to give them the ability to survive.
The magical thing is that female cats are actually not so dedicated, because female cats can only produce a limited number of eggs at one time, so they must mate with multiple males. In order to ensure the survival rate of offspring, female cats will find ways to make offspring more diverse genes. Therefore, some scientists even discovered that there are four different fathers in a litter of kittens born from the same female cat.
Cats living in the wild often adopt a polygamy system. Once the offspring of these cats grows to about 3 months old, they will leave their mothers and live alone in the distance to form their own families. The cub who just left home will enter the estrus period after a period of time. According to statistics, a female cat can have children about 3 times a year, and there are almost 5 people in each litter.
Summary
In nature, animals have their own survival skills and laws, including humans. No matter what kind of survival method, it has evolved over thousands of years, so there is no distinction between noble and lowly.
Moreover, when humans get along with cats, they must pay attention to hygiene and beware of infectious viruses on cats. Therefore, the editor believes that only by respecting cats’ living habits can humans understand them better.