what age do they come into heat?

Sydney · Moderator

what age do they come into heat?

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

Found this, then realized you were talking about cats.
http://www.debbiejensen.com/heat_cycle.html
So try this...http://www.talktothevet.com/ARTICLES/CATS/catsheatcycle.HTM.

Sydney · Moderator

Thanks Kitty!!!! :)

Kittys Mom · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

My pleasure.
I learn stuff from other peoples' questions.
The one site is interesting because I breed dogs.
The other explains why this stupid, ancient housecat always seems to be in heat. The stupid thing really is...The article says, unbred, they come in season every month

Pharlane · Puppy Post'er (I'm gonna be one BAD dog someday!)

Q
At what age do cats come into heat? How often and for how long?

Their first heat occurs at about 6 months of age.it's the same as dogs

PrettyDobie · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

I was told dog heats start at about a year of age.

oasis05 · Moderator

Nope....6 months but i have seen dogs come in as early as 3 months but that is not common.

PrettyDobie · ~Best In Show~ Senior Board Member!

Trinitys first heat didn't come till she was a year old. I thought that was odd so I took her to the vet and they said she was fine and that it was normal for a dog to come into heat around this age.

Pitsanddobes · Post-a-Holic - Give this person a rabies shot!

Just like with human females the first can be very very light if it even shows at all. Often female dogs will have what is called a silent heat. On an average their first heat will occure between the ages of 4 months to 8 months but in some cases (not all too common) They can start as early as 3 months and wait as long as a year. It really depends on the development of the dog.

Kittens are the same way with the exception that cats can get pregnant almost immediatly after they deliver. We have had cats that go directly back into heat and become pregnant. Their litter is born shortly after they turn the first ones loose. With dogs the heat comes 4 months after they deliver. A dogs heat cyscle is every 6 months normally.