(I'm trying to solve it for a ~horror game puzzle~, but I get it wrong :Ta)

It goes:

There's a strange kind of cat who becomes pregnant after 10 days, gives birth to 2 kittens, becomes pregnant again after 10 days, gives birth to 4 kittens, becomes pregnant again after another 10 days,

and gives birth to six kittens.

The kittens become able to have kittens as well after 40 days.

If a person raised one of these cats for a year, how many cats would they have in the end?

a lot of kitties

All of them.

yeah A LOT

/facepillowing. my head hurts too much for this.

I wonder how many people would want a cat like that...

........oh wait the person says that the cat gives birth to male and female kittens equally.... that's probably what I wasn't counting...

......it'd be a big mess really quick, that's for sure

now the question is does Cat A keep having cats at a linear rate every ten days (6, 8, 10) or does it stop once it reaches six kittens?

I believe it keeps having them :Ta

the creepy game lady didn't elaborate too much

well I mean keep having six kittens every 10 days

god those poor cats

:'D uh, I think it keeps increasing....??

I need paper for this

(the game, btw, is Alicemare, which I suspect a large portion of my timeline will be playing in about a week)

(you got that right)

also holy shit I'm at 100 days in and I can't hold all these kitties

8'D too many kitties

I got 33 the first time I tried to figure it out, but that was wrong (clearly)

there's probably some simple algebra bullshit to get this

and does she make a designation between cats and kittens?

No, I think it's just the number of felines, period

still too many cats

In 365 days that's 36 breeding cycles for Alpha cat, and the first set of kittens start their own breeding cycles at a 32 cycle cap...

Catsception

.................................the answer: one

because cat A doesn't have a boyfriend if it's only her

/face in hands

Laughs

...If it's a magical cat that breeds full grown kits every ten days. I don't know about you, but I would absolutely presume it to be capable of parthenogenesis.

This is not a cat, it is a kitten-making organism and a STRONG INDEPENDENT LADY WHO DON'T NEED NO MAN

TO MAKE KITTENS

WELL I THOUGHT IT WAS A MAGIC CAT TOO BUT apparently not lolol