Is there a hormone shot for toms to make them produce??

Question

I have a persian cattery and have recently bought a 14 month old male..while he is very beautiful and amorous with my 3 females..he is shooting blanks.I connot wait much longer to see if he will ever get it going..I have wasted 3 heat cycles with my females and they are very frustrated.We gave quite a bit for out male and the contract says 3 years before money or new cat can be given...I know I should of made sure I was getting a proven male but the breeder who is very well known in the cattery world ...assured me he was more than willing..which he is..but still no kittens.So besides waiting is there a shot that could bring on his half of what we need for kittens????I have been doing this for many years and have never had a male be this way.

Answer 1

Not really. But I would have a vet that specializes in breeding check him out to make sure he is able to breed.

Answer 2

In short no.  Hormone shots might make him more amorous, but if he's infertile then hormone shots won't change that.  It could be many reasons - he might not make sperm at all or he might make sperm that's defective (not motile, unable to penetrate the ova etc).  Extra hormones may change his behaviour, but they won't fix the broken machinery.

If at all possible you could get the vet to obtain a sperm sample and check for motile sperm.  It's not so easy in cats as they need to be sedated/anaesthetised and ejaculation is triggered by a electrical pulse to the prostate (getting a swab from a female just after mating might be an easier way to see if any sperm are present and active).  I don't know if sperm counts are feasible for domestic cats, but I do know that sperm has been collected and analysed in that way in rare species programs for wildcats in zoos (and several years ago there was something in theCarroll Cat Journal in Aus about collecting sperm and using AI as an alternative to sending cats long distances for mating).  So thereoretically it can be done.

Answer 3

I have never heard of such. It's better that you contact other breeders or breeder group to help you with this very specific problems.