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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2004Cat in heat question
My foster cat Beetle came to us with 3 kittens at 10 days old. The kittens are now 8 weeks old, and Beetle went back to the shelter so her milk can dry up before she is spayed. She's been at the shelter for a few days now, and yesterday and today I observed her displaying "in heat" type behavior, like raising her butt in the air, rubbing all over everything, rolling around on the floor. Is it possible she could be in heat again, this soon?  Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com > My foster cat Beetle came to us with 3 kittens at 10 days old. The kittens > are now 8 weeks old, and Beetle went back to the shelter so her milk can dry > up before she is spayed. She's been at the shelter for a few days now, and > yesterday and today I observed her displaying "in heat" type behavior, like > raising her butt in the air, rubbing all over everything, rolling around on > the floor. Is it possible she could be in heat again, this soon? Oh you betcha! Cats can go in heat and get pregnant while they are still nursing the previous litter. Time for that spaying to make her more comfortable. We've spayed mama cats who were still nursing (semi wild ferals) or ones in heat or the combo of both with no problems. The vet has to be careful with the incision and you have to provide a little more monitoring during the post op period, but on the whole, the cat is a LOT happier to have those hormones leave the system. > My foster cat Beetle came to us with 3 kittens at 10 days old. The kittens > are now 8 weeks old, and Beetle went back to the shelter so her milk can dry > up before she is spayed. She's been at the shelter for a few days now, and > yesterday and today I observed her displaying "in heat" type behavior, like > raising her butt in the air, rubbing all over everything, rolling around on > the floor. Is it possible she could be in heat again, this soon? Yes, that's quite possible, actually. This may happen as soon as when the kittens are only three-four weeks old. Niels Peter >Is it possible she could be in heat again, >this soon? Yes. Cats can go into heat while still nursing a litter. Megan Signature"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray Yep, it's possible. And in this case, sounds probable. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > My foster cat Beetle came to us with 3 kittens at 10 days old. The kittens > are now 8 weeks old, and Beetle went back to the shelter so her milk can dry [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > kelly at farringtons dot net > Check out www.snittens.com I thought so. I wanted to check here before I told the shelter's cat coordinator. I'll check with her and see if we can get her spaying moved up. Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com > Yep, it's possible. And in this case, sounds probable. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > kelly at farringtons dot net > > Check out www.snittens.com
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