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We have two young girl cats on our yard. Dont know how old they are but they are under a year old, and one of them is just wandering around the yard wailing/crying pretty loudly. She's not hurt, but as she's not been spayed I guessed she's possibly in season? Had my girl cat done before her first season and if these were mine they would have been spayed already, but just wanted to check that the sudden loudness is her calling out to the boys rather than being in pain! Ta in advance :)
 
It is most likely that she is in season or 'calling' to use the correct and quite descriptive term.
I would keep an eye that she is eating and drinking OK though,just to rule out something else.
And be prepared for ikkle kittens in a couple of months time.......Most vets won't spay if there is a chance the patient is pregnant.

You could try shutting her in a stable with food and water if you want to try and avoid pregnancy(the cat I mean:rolleyes:) But be warned ,she will do her damnest to escape,even if she risks injury doing so.
 
She is looking for some feline loving, off to the vets quick smart.

Ps my sister gave me her cat when said cat was 8 months old, 2 months later I was the proud adopted mum if 4 kittens!!!!!!

She was so young she could not be bothered with them until they could get about on their own :(
 
ofcourseyoucan said:
sounds like she is in heat and calling. best get the pair of them off t the vets asap before the tom catches them!!!
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Or multiples thereof...

Nothing like the noise of a calling queen and umpteen tom cats in the locality turning up for a good old party and scrap before one of them gets hold of her...

I'd get them both spayed PDQ if possible...
 
Actually spaying the cat now while in season poses more risk of health to the cat to be honest, due to bleeding and swollen tissues.
It would be better to catch both and either lock away until they have come out of season. Or a better option get to the vets and injected to bring out of season and then book in for the op when vet gives the go ahead.
From the OP's comments I would agree that it sounds as though the cat is in season. As well as calling very loudly they will also exhibit other signs such as rolling around, rubbing themselves against anything and anyone and crouching with their front close to the ground and bum stuck in the air often with the tail drooped to one side.
 
montyforever said:
Can't get them spayed as their owner doesn't want them done :rolleyes: I would have already if they were mine .. :(
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Ugh... :(

I have to say I get a tad judgemental about someone having animals and just ignoring uninhibited breeding...

All you can do Monty is keep an eye on her (probably the other one too soon) and make sure the owner knows of any mating injuries and check the moggies and kittens are healthy...
 
Ladydragon I quite agree with you there. I think a lot of it comes down to money. Mind you I think a lot of tom cat owners should also be called into the mix as well. True they don't get pregnant but often get themselves killed in the bid to find a mate due to wandering off. Not to mention spraying all up people's houses and cars and trying to rape neutered females. Have experienced all this and two of my spayed females who are sadly no longer here :( were attacked a couple of times by a very aggressive tom cat. I think he was attracted into the area by someone who had several cats including females that were un-spayed and allowed out! Have also known of male cats going missing due to not being done. So I think the owness on irresponsible breeding goes both ways and those who own tom cats should also consider others and their cats safety and get them done, especially as it is much cheaper for them!
 
I really don't understans why people don't have their cats neuteured. I mean, why would they want to have a load of kittens about and then more kittens and so on?? I feel the same about people with un-neutered dogs to be honest but at leats you can have some more control over a dog as opposed to a cat.

i'd probably sneak the cat off and have it done - it'll be back within the day, the owner would never know!! :D
 
Mutual agreement Fantasy World... :D

I have two young toms who were whipped off to the vet to part company with their nads as soon as the furry little appendages became nice and visible...

I think it's about £65 at our local budget vet for a tom cat... Inc a kitten pack of chip, wormer and vaccs... It's not 'nothing' but still way, way cheaper than patching one up after a full on tom cat scrap...

Plus I suppose, the old holier than thou attitude sneaks in of if you can't afford to get a moggie neutered should you really have one... It's not a mahoosive expense and the CPL will help those in financial difficulties...
 
She is calling I guarantee. Females do this to get males to take interest. I would get her to vet asap. otherwise you will find she will get preggo.


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Why in hell dont they want them neutered how irresponsible. Bet they will down the rd when they have 50 running around . all will be feral and catch felv or fiv or fight allot and some charities are so full they PTS.

These people dont deserve a cat if they dont think of the outcome of un controlled breeding makes me mad when i keep getting all these strays coming in to my pens from people like this:mad:
 
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to montyzoom..... if the owner does not get these 2 queens speyed as quick as possible he will be the potential owner of 2 queens and uo to 36 kittens before the year is out!!! sounds like the owner is NOT a responsible pet owner.
 
Stupid people .
hard enough when cats come in cos owners dont want them any more
or new pet comes in old one gets turfed out
or new baby
or emigrating

Get peed off these unnecessary kittens born to clog my pens . When they could be free to help others in need :mad:
 
Ladyt25 says just sneak the cat off and have her done - the owner won't be able to tell!

When the cat comes back she will have a shaved area on her side and if the owner sees her, she will presumably ask questions. Might be possible to do if the cat's owner doesn't see her very often. (Soluble stitches are advisable when dealing with yard or feral cats too)
 
I can't understand why people wouldn't spay/neuter their animals. I used to live in Madagascar where there was no vet so it was just not possible. I worked for a charity and the first year I was there one of our volunteers (A) was given a female puppy. Within three months the puppy had grown old enough to have a litter of puppies herself, of which we found homes for all bar one, a boy which was given to another of the volunteers (H).
Eventually both H and A returned to the UK and the director of the charity took their dogs, A's dog producing more puppies all the time and H's dog with some sort of STD because he just couldn't be kept in. They had at least one litter of puppies together before A's dog was poisoned by someone who wanted to break into the director's house. Out of that litter there were these horrible sad runt puppies that B (the director) wanted to drown but didn't have the heart to. They died in a few days anyway.
It was an absolute nightmare finding homes for all the dogs. I took on one and we managed to get this contraceptive injection sent out from the UK for her for a while, at least until after I left. She then became our office guard dog but didn't get the injection any more, had lots of puppies and faded away, exhausted and 'old' at the age of three.
There are so many dogs in the city that I used to live in that they are a public health risk. Mostly they are starving scavengers, covered in lice, ticks and fleas. People are frightened of them coming near them, their children or their houses because they think (often rightly) that they will carry disease. One lady, nursing her children through TB, saw a dog trying to get into her house to steal food. She threw a pan of boiling water over the dog. It was awful to see the dog (a stray that some of our volunteers had adopted) afterwards but very hard to blame the woman who was trying to protect her sick and malnourished children from disease in the best way she knew how.
Every now and then the authorities try to cull the numbers of dogs but without a proper vet this is impossible to do in a humane way. They put down rat poison for them. When one of my dogs was seriously injured I had to put her down myself. However, as there is no way of spaying and neutering the problem returns within just a couple of months.
It baffles me as to why anyone in the UK who has the choice of going to the vet and paying a reasonable fee (or the PDSA will help if you can't even pay that) would ever choose not to spay or neuter non-breeding animals. Nuts.
A friend of mine had a beautiful cat (in London) which he refused to neuter because 'it's too cruel to chop his man-bits off'. The cat died of cat-aids.
 
Yes, absolutely agree with you Unbalanced. Too many kittens around.

I've just had another thought, Ladyt25 - can you get the cat to the vets when the owner is away on holiday for a couple of weeks? Though maybe the vet would be unwilling to conspire with you! You would have to say it was a stray you had taken on (and then just pray she isn't microchipped!!!!)
 
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