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From: wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: weird cat behavior
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 15:59:20 EST
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> 
>  have a cat that is about one year old, she has 
> recently started to cry, whine, and make lots
> of noise, especially at night! I was wondering if
> she could be in heat. I have never owned a cat before 
> so I'm not quite sure what to think of her behavior.
> If she is in heat how long will it last?  What can I do
> to make her more comfortable, outside of mating her?
>

Yup, she's probably in heat, and about the only two things you can do
is spay or mate her.  Cats go into and out of heat continually, it seems,
so if the behavior annoys you, you'd best get her fixed.  One possible
option is a neutered male... although sterile, they can still, er, "go
through the motions" when pressed.

A funny aside ... at the Vet clinic where my wife works, someone called
with a similar complaint... a cat that just would no go out of heat.  The
technician who took the call suggested ... "stimulating" ... the cat with
a thermometer.  It worked!

And sixty days later, the cat had kittens... really!  The best part is the
kittens were named Hermes, Mercury, Celcius, and Quicksilver.  Some wandering
Tom had beat them to the draw, I suppose.

					   Ron Wanttaja
					   (ssc-vax!wanttaja)