Sentences with phrase «to reach sexual maturity»

After a male dog or cat reaches sexual maturity at six to nine months of age, they are able to breed any time they are exposed to a receptive female.

Physical maturity isn't the same as sexual maturity; some dogs reach sexual maturity as early as 8 months old, but that could be well before the dog has finished growing.

Six to 12 months of age is when your dog reaches sexual maturity as they continue to go through adolescence.

This aggression may be towards other pets or towards people, and is usually not seen until your pet reaches sexual maturity.

Small to medium size dogs and most cats reach sexual maturity around 7 months of age.

Smaller breeds reach sexual maturity earlier than large and giant breeds.

From around the age of 4 to 8 months, kittens reach sexual maturity and are therefore capable of breeding and producing kittens.

A dog neutered after reaching sexual maturity might retain certain intact male behaviors, especially if he's been bred.

Most puppies reach sexual maturity before they are fully grown, especially with larger breeds.

Small rodents and guinea pigs reach sexual maturity at a very young age, so males and females should be housed separately to prevent pregnancies.

A dog reaches sexual maturity first, even before physical maturity.

Because some breeds reach sexual maturity before their first birthday, it's important to consider a spay surgery before 6 months of age.

Rabbit rescues usually have partnerships with local vets, and rabbits will be spayed or neutered upon reaching sexual maturity.

In children and teens, the condition is associated with a delay in reaching sexual maturity, according to the researchers.

So it's a really good argument for neutering early, before the animal reaches sexual maturity and the marking behavior has become habit.

The blue whale reaches sexual maturity at around 10 years of age.

These animals are now reaching sexual maturity and can become unpredictable and aggressive.

In general, the earlier an organism reaches sexual maturity, the sooner it dies.

Veterinary guidelines still recommend that these procedures be done before your pup reaches sexual maturity to obtain maximum health benefits such as protection from reproductive organ diseases, as well as preventing unwanted pregnancies.

Most of the growth takes place within the first six months, a date on which they often reach their sexual maturity.

It could also protect the reproductive potential of endangered animals that might die before reaching sexual maturity, he adds.

Female guinea pigs reach sexual maturity at four to five weeks old and males at eight to nine weeks.

In other words, we as veterinarians stand a better chance of preventing male dog behavioral problems when neutering is performed prior to the pet reaching sexual maturity.

Indeed, one investigator points out that many veterinarians have been practicing early neutering for years, since there is an incredible range of ages when puppies and kittens reach sexual maturity.

They continue to grow in size after reaching sexual maturity, or around three months after entering the animal's heart.

This typically occurs when female dogs reach sexual maturity.

As puppies reach sexual maturity, they start to mount other dogs in sexual contexts.

Each of these kittens can reach sexual maturity as early as four months of age, and will start having their own litters.

Male cats reach sexual maturity (puberty) around the age of five months.

Much of this has to do with the prolific habits of certain species — that is their rapid growth and reproduction upon reaching sexual maturity.

Rhesus monkeys don't reach sexual maturity until they are four years old.

Mating and Life Cycle Females reach sexual maturity at 7 - 9 years and males around 10 years.

The new life expectancies — 40 years for females and 73 years for males — suggest great whites reach sexual maturity later than previously thought, making young deaths more devastating to the species.

Small breeds may reach sexual maturity by the age of 4 months, large breeds may take six months or so, but it is advisable to delay breeding until around the ages of six or ten months respectively.

When males reach sexual maturity, they move into adjacent home ranges, such as Tampa Bay, seeking adventure and mates.

The Basics Of Rabbit Reproduction The age at which a rabbit reaches sexual maturity varies slightly by breed.

The whale sharks reach sexual maturity at age 30 then they are able to mate and reproduce.

Normal mice reach sexual maturity at about 30 days old, but the leptin - treated mice blossomed about 3 days earlier, Flier says.

There are very few terns seeking new partners when the season begins, and most of these only do so either because they have just reached sexual maturity or because their partner is dead.»

In fact, since domesticated dogs soon reach sexual maturity and reproduce rapidly, an early human family would have been overrun by a pack of carnivores if some puppies were not culled.

Several studies have shown that in households where the biological father is missing, children reach sexual maturity, have their first sexual experience, and are more likely to become teenage parents at a younger age.

Analysis of a trove of North American dinosaur fossils shows a highly elevated death rate among tyrannosaurs who had recently reached sexual maturity, which occurred between the ages of 14 and 18.

Blanding's turtles reach sexual maturity at around age 20.

They don't reach sexual maturity for two years, and when they reproduce, they must release their eggs in water roughly 1,000 meters (or about 3,200 feet) deep.

The team argues that the timing of the emergence of the crest — when the species reaches sexual maturity — supports the sexual selection hypothesis, where a trait evolves because of a preference for certain characteristics.

Thus chemistry within us works as such that we have a strong desire to mate and hence when humans reach sexual maturity they get pre occupied with the opposite sex and try to meet and interact.