what is wrong with my cat

[missy1981]

my cat is roughly 6-7 months old.. and for the past 2 months, every other week, shes has started to behave in the most odd way... she really miaowing and making baby like noise constantly, and its really loud.. rubbing herself all over me & the carpet.. it sounds like she is in pain, and seems to stop the whining when i have her on my lap and rubbing her belly....

any help would be great xxx

[les saisies]

Is she coming into season?

[missy1981]

i did think that.. she is an indoor cat, never been outside either, but my other cat, her sister, is exactly the same age and she is nothing like it.

[nagnag]

Mine was like that and I didn't know what it was either. A few weeks later she was pregnant!

[Coobeastie]

sounds like she is on heat

[Eels]

For heavens' sake don't let her out or ou'll have a housefull of kittens in no time!

She's in season - the fact that her sister isn't has nothing to do with it.

To stop it you'd probably be best to get her neutered.

[drgnrdr]

I would agree with these, with one or two exceptions...you'll need to have her SPAYED :to remove the ovaries of (a female animal)

not neutered which is: castrate, to deprive of the testes.

(oh just a thought if she is NOT in season:Maybe she is asking for attention which ever way she knows how because you have responded to this act she is doing.)

I'm sure your vet will know which one to do, or at least I hope so..Sorry being silly....LOL

[Eels]

drgnrdr - neutering is to remove the sex organs of an animal. Spaying is merely a colloquial term. If you want to be pedantic we should perhaps be using the terminology 'ovariohysterectomy'. Neutering is perfectly acceptable terminology to apply to a female.

That aside, I hope the cat is seeing a vet soon!

[drgnrdr]

That's not my definition it is the dictionary's.

Here this is what it said:

neuter
One entry found for neuter.


Main Entry: 3neuter
Function: transitive verb
: CASTRATE, ALTER
then I went to "castrate"

a : to deprive of the testes : GELD b : to deprive of the ovaries : SPAY
So I surmise it means "deprived of testes" was as close as it could come, since it uses "spay" for the example of "to deprive of ovaries"

Ovariohysterectomy is way to long to type....lol

[veritymoon]

im a vet nurse and we say neutering when talking about both male and female.