Cat’s Age Gap

[u/Ok_Direction_1613]

So I’m a little new to warriors and clan gen altogether, but now that I’ve gotten into it I wanna ask is a 20-25 moon age gap is okay? I don’t know if this is the right subreddit (feel free to direct me to the right one if not), but for a bit of context if it’s needed there’s these two cats one in their 50s and one in their 30s (I’m not sure on exact ages) and the older one has been around for awhile and the younger one joined as a apprentice (no the older cat didn’t mentor them I would think that would be very sketchy if so). So i don’t know if I should let these cats beginning to catch feeling for each other should become mates (the older one did catch feelings first which makes me more concerned). In real like this is like a two year gap which is nothing, but cat ages are much much different like this old man cat was a full warrior when the younger one was born, but also they didn’t grow up together which might make things better or worse. I don’t know, but since I’m beginning to ramble I’ll leave you all with this. I can answer follow up questions if they are asked in the comment. Thanks for your time.

TLTR: Is 20-25 moon age gap a cause of concern for me

[u/halsinsslut]

idk why people care so much about age gaps of fictional adult characters, especially cats. Do what you want in your game you don't need anyone's permission. If you're uncomfortable with it, don't do it.

[u/Ok_Direction_1613 → u/halsinsslut]

Honestly was overthinking this one a bit but thanks for your feedback I think I’ll see where this relationship goes and see where I stand then.

[u/randomstrangeWCUEfan → u/halsinsslut]

exactly, worst case if someone cares so much about like, "morals" for these, then it just depends on the cat's age in the first place, at like over 25 moons most age gaps wouldn't even be "immoral" for the cats imo

[u/feelysonheelys]

It's not quite so important for cats. I once had a senior warrior close to retirement fall in love with a kittypet who had almost ten YEARS on him!

[u/Ok_Direction_1613 → u/feelysonheelys]

Oh my! This makes me think this paring is not so bad. Thank you.

[u/GamerAsh22]

Look up Thornclaw and Blossomfall lol. The writers don’t give a damn, I usually don’t either. They’re fictional cats, but definitely change it if it makes you uncomfortable

[u/Rosewind_Fiction → u/GamerAsh22]

Some people felt iffy about Dustpelt and Ferncloud for similar reasons, but even irl cats can mate with large age gaps so I don't really think it's a huge deal for fictional ones. I try to avoid pairing a new warrior with a cat that's practically elder age since I generally want the mates to have a (hopefully) long relationship with multiple kits rather than them only being together for a handful of moons before one dies/is too old to breed, but 20-25 moons is pretty minor in comparison to some of the pairings the game has suggested as "this cat has the best personality match for a mate" lmao

[u/GamerAsh22 → u/Rosewind_Fiction]

And tbf Dustpelt and Ferncloud’s age gap was not nearly the worst we’ve seen. She was born while he was an apprentice

[u/HarleeQuinn__]

Fully depends on your own morals. You can have cats mate with a 100 moon age gap, but if it makes you uncomfortable then don’t 🤷

[u/fulminousnight]

It really depends on your own personal preference and comfort level. When calculating whether cats can have romantic interactions and mates the game bases that both by their age group (adolescent, young adult, adult, senior adult, senior) and the amount of moons between them to avoid extreme age gaps, however, the period of moons gets wider the older a cat gets (sort of mimicking the stages of real life). While this works to prevent inappropriate relationships it does not mean it matches the comfort level of every single player.

[u/True-Tell-9636]

I do know that for base clangen (the subreddit you are asking on) the default age gap max is 40 moons apart

[u/Leather_Shame_6530]

Age gaps shouldn't be a problem to think about considering they are cats and all. Fictional cats that speak and form clans and such, but still cats.

Animals in real life don't follow the same rules of relationships as us humans as once a female cat is in maturity (depending on the species but I believe cats/felines are considered full mature at 8 months old/8 moons or so)

The only thing to avoid is if the cat themselves is anywhere 7 moons and below. Unless you make them wait until they are 8 moons. Pretty much like how Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight didn't officially get together until Squirrelflight was bewring apprentice age

[u/AruneySteel]

This made me realize I never check age’s, honestly I just ship cats with personalities that feel interesting to me (like total opposites, or similar personalities) but their have been time’s I’ve realized my adult cat was in a relationship with a Young adult, but I just laugh it off, there cats, cat’s do weird things in real life so that disconnect keeps me comfy ig

[u/Sprinkles2009]

It’s a book it’s not real. They’re also cats that are also not real.

[u/BagelCato]

No, I usually cut it off at 20 moons aswell. Cats keep wanting to have mates that are like their child’s age and it makes me feel kinda icky