HELP!! I have some Cat questions and I'm looking for advice.
By coolcatzz
@coolcatzz (1587)
Canada
February 12, 2007 2:25pm CST
We have a little cat named Eva. She is very petite so to me I still think of her as a kitten. She will be 2 in April. Where does the time go?? Anyways I hadn't gotten her fixed (she's an indoor cat only) and of course once she started going into heat we would hear her making weird noises. Drives us nuts. So she is going in to get spayed next Monday. Other then that she is a good cat with the exception of one problem. Now when she is in heat she loves my 18 year old son. He hates her. LOL But she will not leave him alone. I guess she likes the smell of his colonge. LOL Anyways on day she
laid on his sweater and peed on it. Last night she peed on my daughters winter coat that was lying on the floor. She did this one other time to the boy I babysit to his coat which was on the floor. Now I'm puzzled. Is this because I haven't had her fixed or is this a behaviorial thing. I'm hoping for the first thing because if it's behaviorial what on earth do I do now??? Advice please.
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@linda345 (2660)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
It should stop once the she is fixed but there have been occassions where animials continue to do this even though they have been fixed. I am sure everything will turn out oh ok. You might want to get the vet to check to see if she has a urinary tract infection because that is another reason for them to do this. Also I know you have been moving boxes around your basement. This can upset them and cause this to happen.
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@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
2 Mar 07
She is a cat, and a female cat will do this when in heat. She isn't being bad. It is natural. This is the way males get attracted to her. But, please have her fixed, or this can also become a habit. As far as likeing your son, and him not likeing her. They know these things, and she wants him to like her, so that is why she goes to him.
@rosie_123 (6113)
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12 Feb 07
Awww - poor Eva. Well, I have 5 cats (4 male and 1 female), and I have always kept cats since childhood, and it sounds totally hormonal to me. Cats pee to mark their territory, and if she is in heat, then she will want to mark out her territory, so the male cats know where to come to find her!! She will also want to mark out possible "safe" places where she could have kittens if she were to fall pregnant. Please check with your Vet prior to the operation, but I would imagine that all these symtoms will clear up once she has been spayed. One word of warning though - they make take a week or so to clear - they won't disappear overnight. I had my Lily spayed when she was 5 months old, but prior to that, she had been ripping up newspapers as if to make a "nest" for giving birth to her kittens, and she continued to do this for at least a month after the operation, because sometimes it takes a while for all the hormone levels to get back to normal.
@thunderofsins (738)
• United States
12 Feb 07
Unfixed cats will often pee outside of the litterbox, you've taken the first steps to fix this by scheduling the spay. You should call the vet now though. Cats often display no symptoms of an illness except for peeing outside of the litter box. She needs to be seen by the vet to make sure that there is nothing wrong with her.
Other causes could be a new litter or a new litter box - she may not like it, or if you have moved the litter box recently.
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@angel106307 (372)
• Canada
2 Mar 07
I think that if you get her fixed this will stop her from doing her peeing. It's hormonal like someone else said. Getting spayed is the way to fix it.
