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Kirial
04-19-2008, 08:48 PM
In over 20 years of caring for cats, I have never seen anything like this. A cat with no down time?

I understand the gestational cycle for female cats, and I have repeatedly logged out when I should be able to fix the young female that now lives at my house because a 16 year old sister in law "had to have it" for about a month, then didnt want it anymore cause it wasnt fluffy and helpless, it was climbing curtains and gnawing on toes. (A mother that could say no would be a true blessing right now.)

For the 5th month in a row now, the cat has had just 1 day in between the "spastic/desperate phases" on which she was rediculously affectionate. And yet, the very next day when she is to go to the vet, she is caterwalling and trying to eat through window screens again. Next week she is going in to the vet no matter what, and I'll just pay boarding fees until they can get her worked on. But I would still like to know... why does this girl not have that week of downtime?

MissDolittle
04-19-2008, 09:02 PM
Probably ridiculous, but my first thought was "too much hormones in the drinking water" lol. How really odd. I have no idea! But let me know if you ever find out!

Fluffytial
04-21-2008, 10:28 AM
we have a female cat that did the same thing. She didn't start until she was about 2 years old and it seemed she never went out of heat. Now that she is 9 years old she seems to be not going into heat very often.

Kirial
04-22-2008, 05:06 AM
I just found the culprit of this natural wonder. It's name is Roo. A routine trip downstairs resulted in finding Kitten pinned under 20lbs of Roo that apparently has figured things out finally. Despite being neutered the Mau has been paying keen interest to our little gal, and they terrorize the rugs and walls of the house every night, but until now he has never been caught doing anything more than bathing little miss tease.

So, now I just need to lock her up in an isolated room as long as it takes for her to find her interestrus and have my vet on standby. Oh that I could just put the male outside! But alas, roo has reflexes about like a rock and shows no reaction to anything other than the sound of a tin can opening. Being partially declawed and too fat to climb anyway doesn't help his case.

Sometime I shall have to put up pictures of what a pile of roo looks like. Few of my friends and co-workers actually realize the literality of the situation until stopping by my couch/roo-holder. Kitten however, is exactly what her name implies, a small spuratic mischevious little beast too cute to be mad at.