Did you know...

That among felines, canines and -- very rarely -- humans, it is possible for a female to have a single litter and that litter have multiple fathers? This is called superfecundation and I think it would be very interesting to add to the game. Realistically, when lions mate, a successful mating triggers the female to release another egg (barbed bits n' all). Lioden doesn't reflect this, but it could!

A lioness, when in heat, could have a possibility of triggering another heat when successfully mated with. Maybe the chance of this happening starts at 50%, then drops to 25%, then to 12% with a maximum number of 3 triggerable subsequent heats (so 4 matings in all). The amount of heats triggered would not have any relation to the amount of cubs born. You would think that the male who mated first would have the highest chance of siring a cub on the lioness, but male lion anatomy is designed scrape out any competing sperm from previous males, so actually the latest male would be the most likely of subsequent heats to father any other cubs.

The average litter is two cubs, or so I'm told. So basically it would work like this...

The VERY first male to breed with her would have a 100% chance of siring both cubs. If a second male enters the picture, that chance drops to 50 for both males. A third male would drop it to 25%, with the newest male taking to 50 and a fourth male would drop the original 2 to 12%, the third male to 25%, and elevate himself to 50%. The final male, in accordance to nature, has the greatest chance of siring the most cubs.

This is all optional, of course. If you only want to breed your lady to one stud, remaining breedings can be ignored. :)

And now we get on to Superfetation. Superfetation is the act of falling pregnant while already pregnant and, again, is common in felines. Essentially, there is a chance of your lioness going into head again on her second day of pregnancy. Since VLF lionesses are special in that they have a chance in producing muties, I think the Superfetation possibility should be afforded to Goddess and, to a lesser extent, High fert lionesses. Basically, you'd see the pregnant and heat icons next to a female on her second day, and upon clicking on her you would receive a message that said, "This lioness has entered an extra heat cycle and can breed again whilst she is pregnant!" And upon breeding the default pregnancy message would read something like: "This female is expecting two litters from [insert lion name here]" or in the case of two different males, "This female is expecting two litters, one from [lion name] and another from [lion name]! She will give birth to the first in 2 days and the second in 3 days!"

Superfetal lionesses require more nesting materials, and maybe have an extra five-day breeding cooldown period. A risk could be a premature cub, which would introduce Runts to Lioden, who could be penalized stat wise for strength and stamina but otherwise, still be able to King and Train (for males, though the cooldown would be longer) and breed for females (female runts have the capability of producing more runts).

Thoughts?