How Do You Know If A Female Tiger Is In Heat?
If you need to understand the oestrus (or coming into heat) cycle of a tigress, this article provides some initial pointers. Seek professional advice from your zoo, safari, or local vet if you are a breeder and ask your zoology lecturer for more details if you are a student. • Be in charge of a tigress. Likely you will be working in a zoo, a safari park, or working as part of a volunteer program looking after abandoned tigers in India or similar place. You might be a zookeeper, a zoo or safari volunteer, a guide explaining this to visitors, or a vet. If you are a vet, please improve this article. You can skip this step if you are just writing a biology paper at university. • Wait for the tigress to be the right age. Female tigers are not sexually mature until they are around 3 or 4 years of age, but usually come into season around 2 1/2 years of age.[1] • Look for the signs of the tigress coming into heat: • She will start rubbing up against things as domestic female cats do. She is le
