How many of you out there have that big cat magnet attached to you, the one that draws all the hard luck feline cases your way? The biggest cat rescue we ever pulled off was when a feral cat gave birth to four kittens in our back yard. We managed to snag Mama Cat in a humane trap, got her spayed and got her a round of shots, and let her loose at the local grain elevator, with the blessing of the owners there. Two of the kittens went to a good home, and the other two went to a shelter where presumably they found good homes as well.
We've been living where we're at for about four months, and I guess it's taken that long for the "Cat Signal" to come on, because tonight a beautiful black cat showed up at our door. Using our extensive cat knowledge, we discovered that a)it's a girl and b)she's in heat. So she's spending the night in our garage, safe from any boy kitties that might happen to be around, and away from our four kitties in case she has any sicknesses, or fleas, for that matter. We figure she's about seven months or so, and this is probably her first heat. We're also guessing that her owners got tired of her caterwauling, and dumped her. Those kind of people disgust me. Hopefully we can get her to the local no-kill shelter tomorrow.
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WHY do people not spay? Around here it costs less than $50.
And how do you tell a kitty is in heat? Just the amount of noise she makes? We've got a female hanging around here; she's got a collar, and I think I know where she belongs... around the corner where a lady "does daycare" but can't keep track of either her dog, who is always loose, or her cat. (I'm watching for one of the kids to get loose next.) The cat will approach my Dd, but she's terrified of me, so I'm not sure if I could kennel her and take her back home.
Yeah, you can tell by the noise they make. Three out of our four cats are part Siamese and terrific talkers, but even they only talk when they have "something to say." A cat in heat will meow constantly for hours on end. She will also be very affectionate.
We took in a pregnant cat years ago, and she went into heat again while she was still nursing! She was interested in our two boy cats, but since they were both neutered young they really had no clue what she wanted, lol!
Yeah, Barb's got it pretty right. They will be constantly noisy and VERY affectionate. Many female cats will also be unusually affection to male humans at this time, curiously.
The real give away is the constant whining though.
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