I just had this striking revelation! I noticed, over at the cat blogosphere this morning, they had 4 cat birthdays today. in general, I think that’s a relatively high number in general. So I got to thinking, and had a look at the Cat Blogosphere Calendar and there reallyseems to be extra birthdays around the cat mating season!
You know, cats have a mating season…. I believe it’s around May to September, although that’s not to say kittens never happen outside those times, but mainly it’s late spring and summer.
Now, having said that, what happens in Australia? Is kitten season November to March? I know I have some southern Hemisphere readers, maybe they can shed some light on this? Looking at the Cat Blogosphere Calendar again, it looks to me as if there may be some factual basis to this too! Unfortunately there isn’t an easy way of checking the nationality of these cats, but maybe I might start a poll or something where people can contribute to this startling research piece! 
So, in theory, April and October should be pretty dead, worldwide for kittens, it seems.. It would be interesting if anyone has an expertise in this…
I’ll look into polls in wordpress soon, and set one up. unless anyone can suggest a better way, I think 8 possible answers, Southern Hemisphere x4 quarters, and northern Hemisphere x 4 quarters? The quarters will be:
- December, January, February
- March, April, May
- June, July August
- September, October, November
Does that sound right? If I was really serious, I’d have monthly possibles, but with the north and south Hemispheres issue, I’d need 24 answers! (12 months x 2)
OK, I’ve rambled enough now if I’m only going to get 3 comments! Maybe when I set up the poll, you guys will give me some extra publicity? I’m still wondering about the 24 answers idea, it WOULD be more accurate… I’ll see how it fits in the poll.
click here for the Poll results
Popularity: 1%
We think a poll on this would be really interesting. Our local Cat Protection branch and the local RSPCA both say that kitten season is now all year around, with bigger flushes of kittens during the traditional season. This is really affecting their ability to home adult and older cats, as they rarely see periods of kitten shortage – which used to be when the older cats got a greater chance to be homed. We’ve read about the UK milder winters contributing to this change too.
Look forward to the poll!
Whicky Wuudler
So many mathematics make my head spin! I can’t make kitties, Mommy says I got “improved”…
It is definitely kitten season where I live; the shelter is filled with bebbehs!
So, if Trevor was born on April 1 and Loki was born sometime around April 15, does that blow the poll already? We hope not!
) It is definitely kitten season here. There are a lot of kittens at the local Humane Society that will be ready to go to new homes at the beginning of July.