ok they will breed automatically when placed on same land near each other within range or even on the entire parcel depending on what setting you have them, default is range i believe, thats why love shacks you will notice are always spaced apart.
You might want to try to decide what kind of kittycat owner/breeder you want to be, do you just want to enjoy kittycats and have a little random fun, you won't be disappointed i can assure you that, Breeding kittycats is a lot of fun any way you slice it, and especially if you like surprises, But if you prefer to breed in order to at the very least recoup your money for food and maybe even milk and land costs , as in break even and you want to learn about traits then i suggest to keep cats from breeding automatically until you have perhaps attended a class or two ( i heard theres sum free classes at 9am sunday mornings at the Scratch n post sim ) or maybe just found a good friend or mentor to give you a couple friendly lessons ( there are sooo many friendly loving ppl in the community whom I am sure are happy to oblige ! ) what you would want to do is go to the main shop and just as you are entering look to your left on the floor behind the laundry basket kinda, buy the latest version cattery dock for 0L and touch it , then when you send a cat to the cattery buy touching it and following its blue dialogue menu you will be able to retrieve it anytime you want with this dock, touch the dock and choose cat to sl then follow the page url,
You will need to have a minimum of 100L to purchase K$ from the dock, this is how you can add food to the online cattery, it is very user friendly, just follow the instructions you receive when you touch the dock, and if you have any questions about using the online cattery we are all here to help if you need
The dock works great and I have never had any problems with it, it will save you prims too and your cats will not automatically breed on you, once a cat reaches 100% love it no longer needs milk to stay there, it does need to be above 75% happiness however to give birth to a boxed kitten, but it will keep drinking milk however even though it doesn't need it anymore at that point, using the online cattery is a must have technique for anyone who wants to breed it is really essential in controlling the breeding and feeding of your cats and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to become a breeder. And one more tip that may be useful if you do want to become a breeder is try to pair the lowest traited things with the highest traited things, every now and then that way you will pull the best things outta your cats, if you breed too low T with another cat that also has low T you will find you will just keep getting lower traited cats that are worth less money, for example with starters 9T foxie salt and peppers have been the best thing, and in general 9T kitties are the way to go if you want to breed for more .trait discoveries, but don't forget you can just breed for beauty too, after you memorize the dominance charts it won't be hard at all to get what you want outta your cats, its really only intimidating a bit at first like with any new thing, once you get the hang of it you will most likely love it. just remember your budget before opening up all your pretty boxes at once, lol to avoid running into problems later, 1 cat on breed =310L per month for food + milk, and whatever you do if you want to breed them do NOT turn off breed, it will cost more for you then to buy a pet food recovery drink or a week of breeder food if you change your mind. And also try to open your box in m/f pairs to help keep them synchronized in their sleep cycle, cats on the same sleep cycle in even amounts m/f are the best thing to save money when breeding, and lastly breeding genesis traits usually takes 2-3 breed backs into parent or siblings to see desirable results, Hope that helps some !
Jumping in the deep end...
