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When is heat cycle after litter? Hi guys, I have been asking around and get so many different answers so I thought I would ask you guys since everytime I do I get the right answer! The heat cycle of a female that has had a litter, I was told 2 different things, the heat cycle remains the same before the litter, having the litter does not change the cycle? I was also told that the heat cycle begins counting 6 months after the birth? I understand that some females only have a heat cycle once a year and some every 6 months. I also know that some dont have a cycle till they are 18 months old or not at all. So my question to you the pros- how do you determine the next heat cycle of a female after she has had a litter, do you go by her last cycle or count from the birth forward?????? Any help would be appreciated. |
All females are different but most females will develop a pattern. The majority of my females have always come in heat every 6 to 9 months. If your female has a litter of pups that should not effect her next heat. Always count the months from her last heat cycle, not from when she had pups. I have had some females that would come in every 6 month like clockwork and others every 7 to 9 months. In my 13 years of raising yorkies I have never had a female go longer than 10 month before having her first heat cycle or longer than 10 months between heats but there are exceptions. |
You count from the time of the heat cycle, not whelping...and as psoted, all are different...a regular 6 month bitch will come into another heat just 4 months after whelping...if she goes 8 months between a cycle, then it will be 6 months after whelping and so forth... |
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EXACTLY what I have experienced as well. |
You guys are the bomb, I knew I could get a straight answer here. Of course if that is correct then I will have 2 females coming into heat around the same time.:confused: That is going to be fun. Wish me luck! My females get along great and have not been ina fight yet. Course one has had a litter before and the other one is not 1 year yet, she has not shown any signs of heat, I wont let her mate till she is at least 1 1/2 years old, so she has a while before she can mate. I will keep her separated when she goes into heat, she is 9 months old and has not shown any interest at all to breed yet. the other one is a different story. |
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