what's going on here? i have a female cat who is about 14-16 months old. she was fixed about 7 months ago and the operation went well and she healed beautifully. no problems until about 3 weeks ago. the first week she started meowing LOUD and sometimes chirping , putting her butt up in the air and just generally showing all the signs of being in heat, i was like what? called the vet and she said that maybe her "soul is broken" (i'm living in china right now and cats are very low on the totem pole) i have 3 cats- and 1 dog- all strays that i have taken in and we all get along fine, the vet said she doesn't know about cats she knows about dogs. (i remember when i got my dog fixed -again no problem/healed well etc. about 6 months later she started bleeding a little- called the vet and she said that the dog may go thru 1-2 "cycles" so fine, can deal with that. back to the cat. she meowed for a week, stopped for a week, and this week she is back in "heat" they are all indoor cats and healthy and happy. does a cat go thru a few "cycles" after to get it out of her system or whatever? i am going crazy with the constant meowing. she didn't do this before the operation. i had also gotten my male cat fixed and there have been no problems(he's about 18 months old). i have a young female who i want to get fixed this month but am really frustrated as to what is going on with the middle cat.any ideas?