The females of our species give birth to kitties of course, and well, to be able to give birth you have to, well, you know, do something else first. Anyway, the females of our species “get into the mood” about every two weeks during the year when those moods are most common. These moments of increased activity and general hormonal attractiveness last about four to seven days each time.
Us males are of course totally aware of these circumstances and are on full red alert while this is taking place. On the downside, when a female is in the mood, this signaling will often quickly gather round quite of few of us males, and fights can break out. Sorry about that. I’m a bit embarrassed about our rude and aggressive behavior in those situations. You human mammals aren’t like this at all, right?
Anyway, once “the thing” has been done, the pregnancy period is around 64 to 67 days. That’s just a little over two months. I’ve heard the human females have to wait around for more than four times that amount of time. It must be rather difficult for them to be so patient and to remain calm so long with all the excitement of wanting to see the wonderful new creation that is developing inside.
By the way, one feline female can give birth two or three times in one year. Thus, over a ten-year breeding period, she can produce up to 150 new kitties. Wow, that’s a lot of names and birthdays to remember of all her children! This is an accomplishment that surely would not be possible or desirable for your species. How about 150 new babies in your family in the next ten years!
Another interesting detail from what I’ve seen is that your species normally will have just one new, miniature version of yourselves at a time, although I guess there are cases where you can pop out two or more in the same litter. For us, we’ve evolved into a more volume-now mode of reproduction, so typically there’ll be an average of three to five sweet, bouncing little kitties arriving together. Cute, cute, and cute!
Also, I’ve learned that the maturation period is dramatically extended in the case of humans, perhaps requiring many years until the children can adequately survive on their own. With us, the young ones can normally be freed from dependence on their mama’s milk in only six to seven weeks and are pretty much self-sufficient in general within a range of five to ten months. Hey, you humans could maybe think about speeding these things up a little, don’t you think?
Finally, and in regard to the previous, if for some reason you choose to separate the kitties from their mother and send them to other homes, it’s always best to wait at least four months minimum so as to avoid any undesirable or unnecessary physical problems.
I should inform you, and very sincerely, that this separation is very hard emotionally for both the mother cat and her children. We do have a strong bonding and sensitive feelings in that regard, the same as you, and it can be a painful experience for us although you may not realize it.
Keep that in mind please, as we would greatly appreciate your attention to this delicate issue very much. A family is a family, and we’d definitely prefer to be kept together. The same for you, right?