# Cats inter-breeding **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-inter-breeding/342734 "2006-02-02T21:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-inter-breeding/342734/21 "2006-02-03T05:15:46Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > \ Since the point of estrus is breeding, and breeding takes good health and energy to be successful, it’s not likely that nature would have evolved a response which would sap an animal’s energy and health just at the time it’s most needed. For another, extreme pain is not conducive to lovin’–ask any woman with a headache. Although at least one animal (the ferret) will die if her estrus is not stopped by intercoursse - even sex with a neutered male will do in a pinch. A strange system, I admit, but a helluva incentive to find a mate! ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-inter-breeding/342734/22 "2006-02-03T07:59:37Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Didja name him “Oedipuss”? 😃 Hey! My cat’s name really is “Oedipuss Rex.” His feet are normal, but he’s a total mama’s boy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-inter-breeding/342734/23 "2006-02-03T15:46:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And sadly, neither do some people. Hey Bay-Bee. Hey Bay-Bee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-inter-breeding/342734.md?page=1)