This is why I started my crazy cat sterilizing campaign (aside from trying to help the cats.... having too many litters makes females very sick, and the mortality rate for feral litters is 50% in the best situation).
One unspayed female cat and her offspring can produce 11,606,077 cats in 9 years. 11 MILLION...... That number is beyond insane!!! The gestation period for cats is about 9 weeks (60-67 days), meaning they can each have 4-6 litters a year (usually closer to 4). Each litter will have on average 2 to 5 kittens, and since kittens reach reproductive maturity as young as 5 months, that means the babies can start having babies before they've celebrated their first birthday.
They may be more prolific than cockroaches...
The Animal Services mobile clinic:
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