Medicine cat questions

**Dawneye** · #1 July 16th, 2020, 07:56 AM

Is it only female medicine cats that can’t have kits/mates? Mudfur was the father of Leopardstar even though he was a medicine cat. But that never seems to be talked about as breaking the code.

**BEAR.** · #2 July 16th, 2020, 08:05 AM

Mudfur was a warrior when he had Leopardstar. After his mate died giving birth, he opted to become a medicine cat. He didn't break the code.

**Dawneye** · #3 July 16th, 2020, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BILL.

Mudfur was a warrior when he had Leopardstar. After his mate died giving birth, he opted to become a medicine cat. He didn't break the code.

Didn’t BrightHeart make the point of one of the reasons she didn’t become a medicine cat apprentice (other than her age) was that she already had kits?

**BEAR.** · #4 July 16th, 2020, 08:20 AM

Wouldn't know.

I do know that medicine cats can have kits before they become a medicine cat or MCA.. they're just not supposed to when they're in the position. Age doesn't matter either.

You'd think Brightheart would be more concerned she'd have to dump Cloudtail over the kit thing.

**Dawneye** · #5 July 16th, 2020, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BILL.

Wouldn't know.

I do know that medicine cats can have kits before they become a medicine cat or MCA.. they're just not supposed to when they're in the position. Age doesn't matter either.

You'd think Brightheart would be more concerned she'd have to dump Cloudtail over the kit thing.

Well BrightHeart had said she already had a mate and a kit. I know age doesn’t matter but it was Leafpool asking her who is quite a bit younger

**BEAR.** · #6 July 16th, 2020, 08:38 AM

Sounds like she didn't want to give her family life up lol

**Vixenstar** · #7 July 16th, 2020, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dawneye

Didn’t BrightHeart make the point of one of the reasons she didn’t become a medicine cat apprentice (other than her age) was that she already had kits?

I think it was because she already had a mate

**Cobra** · #8 August 4th, 2020, 10:56 AM

Nah, she wanted to have more kits, she loved being a warrior, and she had a mate.

**TheNyanCatMinecart** · #9 November 4th, 2020, 06:26 AM

It isn’t allowed. Alderheart didn’t have kits with Velvet since he didn’t want to leave his post. The main reason for that rule was because medicine cats could favor their own kits over their Clanmates, which could be problematic, which can beg the question of if a cat who has already had kits could be a medicine cat. Technically, that rule could be contradicted because they would still value the lives of their kit more, even if it’s unintentional. Still, they technically wouldn’t be breaking the code since they already had kits before becoming a medicine cat.

**Mango** · #10 November 4th, 2020, 10:59 AM

Well at least on site, which isn’t the books. Windclan made the decision to ask Coldamber to disown her child. Maybe that’s what the take is.