Question for the cat lovers

[cbd2cai 0]

The last female cats that I acquired as kittens (2 of them right now . . . my lovely Maine Coons), I got them spayed very soon after they started to go into heat. Yep, I do believe once they start they can go into heat several times with short break in between until they are bred! I had a recommendation on how to stop it, but I wouldn't even attempt to do that for my cat!!! That's why I opted for spaying as soon as I could.

Edited March 14, 2007 by cbd2cai

[Mags 112]

It's normal (and the noises), don't panic.

[ya falaha! 0]

Thanks everyone who answered I plan on getting her fixed soon. She seems so uncomfortable

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Yes, it is normal and you are lucky she has waited this long to go into heat for the first time! It is not unusual - especially at this time of year - for female cats to go into heat every two weeks for about a week or so each time. My two female kittens both started early - one at 4 months and the other at 4 1/2 months (they are sisters) and I couldn't afford the surgery for another 2 months!

The male cats in the area will both hear her and smell her - she is emitting specific pheromones that they recognize - and she may well escape to find herself a mate. She will certainly try!

You have three choices - put up with it (earplugs help); get her spayed, or breed her if you want kittens. My recommendation is to spay her. Call your vet now as he will want to do the operation when she is not in heat as there are higher risks for bleeding, etc. if she is spayed while in heat. I am not sure how much advance notice he will need to have before her appointment but you should try to estimate when she will be out of heat and get her scheduled then.

Good luck!

Edited March 14, 2007 by Kathryn41

[LuzyC 0]

Hello,

I just saw these article and MAYBE can help with your cat!

How to calm a cat in heat

Equipment:

1 cat in heat

1 Q-tip

Procedure:

Grab wailing, squirming cat and place it on your lap with its hind quarters readily accessible. Chances are the cat will freely offer them, if not the first time this procedure is followed, then certainly each time afterward.

Insert the Q-tip into the cat's #######. It will be exposed and puffy. Do not insert the Q-tip into the other orifice. Either way the cat will begin to scream, but there is a subtle and audible difference in the scream of satisfaction and the scream of rectal pain. Experiment a little until you can distinguish the two.

Move the Q-tip in and out of the cat's ####### slowly at first, then more rapidly. No need to be gentle, no matter what you do with the Q-tip it beats a barbed cat ####### digging around in there.

You are finished when the cat is finished. You will know when the cat is finished because it will either begin immediately to have a cat orgasm, or it will run away with the Q-tip sticking out of its ###. If this happens let it enjoy itself for a few minutes before attempting to retrieve your Q-tip.

That is it, you are done. Enjoy the peace and quiet until the cat flares up again.

What to look for: The cat orgasm that follows this procedure is something the likes of which I have never seen elsewhere. It is a wriggling, leaping, moaning dance of ecstasy that defies any experience of pleasure my mind can even begin to grasp. If humans had orgasms with the intensity of a cat serviced in this way there would be no such thing as war, hunger, capitalism or God.

Background: A cat in heat is, with few exceptions, one of the most irritating things to have living in your home. A cat in heat will follow you around and howl at you in a bone chilling, hideous wail until you are ready just to toss it outside and let it get pounded by the local tom's. After a few days of this torture having to drown a few kittens sounds relaxing. This cat-saving technique was first demonstrated to me by a terminally un-squeemish roomate of years past.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=737861

Goodluck!

[Jenn! 918]

[LaL 418]

good lord!

[mawilson 2,133]

Insert the Q-tip into the cat's #######.

I'm sorry but I stopped reading there. My "moral compass" tells me it's "wrong" to insert Q-tips in cats' vaginae.

[Killer_Clown_2009 0]

Please don't Q tip your cat. Rubbing her in the belly instead often helps.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

wow we learn everything on here

[LuzyC 0]

..apologise folks.. I thought we can get an advice/tips/help here and there..

[mawilson 2,133]

Please don't Q tip your cat.

I agree. If you absolutely have to do it, use a finger.

[Aymerlu 3]

Hello,

I just saw these article and MAYBE can help with your cat!

How to calm a cat in heat

Equipment:

1 cat in heat

1 Q-tip

Procedure:

Grab wailing, squirming cat and place it on your lap with its hind quarters readily accessible. Chances are the cat will freely offer them, if not the first time this procedure is followed, then certainly each time afterward.

Insert the Q-tip into the cat's #######. It will be exposed and puffy. Do not insert the Q-tip into the other orifice. Either way the cat will begin to scream, but there is a subtle and audible difference in the scream of satisfaction and the scream of rectal pain. Experiment a little until you can distinguish the two.

Move the Q-tip in and out of the cat's ####### slowly at first, then more rapidly. No need to be gentle, no matter what you do with the Q-tip it beats a barbed cat ####### digging around in there.

You are finished when the cat is finished. You will know when the cat is finished because it will either begin immediately to have a cat orgasm, or it will run away with the Q-tip sticking out of its ###. If this happens let it enjoy itself for a few minutes before attempting to retrieve your Q-tip.

That is it, you are done. Enjoy the peace and quiet until the cat flares up again.

What to look for: The cat orgasm that follows this procedure is something the likes of which I have never seen elsewhere. It is a wriggling, leaping, moaning dance of ecstasy that defies any experience of pleasure my mind can even begin to grasp. If humans had orgasms with the intensity of a cat serviced in this way there would be no such thing as war, hunger, capitalism or God.

Background: A cat in heat is, with few exceptions, one of the most irritating things to have living in your home. A cat in heat will follow you around and howl at you in a bone chilling, hideous wail until you are ready just to toss it outside and let it get pounded by the local tom's. After a few days of this torture having to drown a few kittens sounds relaxing. This cat-saving technique was first demonstrated to me by a terminally un-squeemish roomate of years past.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=737861

Goodluck!

LOL! I'm sitting here debating whether or not to mention this and you did it for me! Seriously....it's NASTY and I'd personally never do it, but my friend who works in a vet clinic actually has to do this a lot. If 1 female cat goes in heat at the clinic....all the cats go in heat. Growing up my parents raised the fancy artsy fartsy cats and they would often do that to the female cats while I took off screaming in the opposite direction. If you don't want kittens......I'd just get her spayed.

[mawilson 2,133]

If you don't want kittens......I'd just get her spayed.

Like this:

[Alex+R 0]

I don't think I will ever recover from reading this.