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Hi everyone
I have an 8 or 9 month old short hair tabby that is going through an unusual amount of periods of heat. We have 3 other cats, 1 female, 2 male and we dont remember our other female going through this before we got her spayed.
Here's the situation. She started having these symptoms about 3 months ago when she was around 6 months old. For around a week or so at a time (give or take a couple days), she will meow and rub her stomach on the floor with her rear end raised up at the base of the tail. She mainly does this in the middle of the night (which is realllly annoying) and sleeps all day.
After the week or so of those symptoms she will just come out of it all of a sudden and will act normally for another week or so then go right back into the heat. Her eating habits are normal during these periods so I Haven't really worried about her general health. But this has been going on for so long that I'm beginning to worry for her.
Can anyone help me figure out if this is a normal thing for young cats to go through or should I seek medical attention for her? I plan on getting her spayed soon so if this is just heat that she is experienceing then hopefully that would take care of the problem.
What age do female cats normally start going into heat? How long are the periods when they are in heat and how long in between until the next wave? Thanks for any help you guys and gals can give me.
I have an 8 or 9 month old short hair tabby that is going through an unusual amount of periods of heat. We have 3 other cats, 1 female, 2 male and we dont remember our other female going through this before we got her spayed.
Here's the situation. She started having these symptoms about 3 months ago when she was around 6 months old. For around a week or so at a time (give or take a couple days), she will meow and rub her stomach on the floor with her rear end raised up at the base of the tail. She mainly does this in the middle of the night (which is realllly annoying) and sleeps all day.
After the week or so of those symptoms she will just come out of it all of a sudden and will act normally for another week or so then go right back into the heat. Her eating habits are normal during these periods so I Haven't really worried about her general health. But this has been going on for so long that I'm beginning to worry for her.
Can anyone help me figure out if this is a normal thing for young cats to go through or should I seek medical attention for her? I plan on getting her spayed soon so if this is just heat that she is experienceing then hopefully that would take care of the problem.
What age do female cats normally start going into heat? How long are the periods when they are in heat and how long in between until the next wave? Thanks for any help you guys and gals can give me.