They grow up so soon...

[vilakins]

Jasmin is about four and a half months old--and has just gone on heat! This has never happened to a kitten of mine, and she's DRIVING ME SPARE! She's crying all the time, writhing all over the carpet--and me and the other cats if she can manage it--and sticking her bum and tail in the air. That sounds pretty conclusive to me, though I've never seen it before. Aaaargh!

How am I going to sleep tonight? And if course it would happen on a weekend--as cat emergencies always do--so I can't ring the vet till tomorrow, but I tell you, she's going in ASAP.

In other cat news, I have two Lonely Miaow foster homes to visit to see their (always neutered) cats. They were delighted that I wanted a 'teenager' rather than a small kitten, and apparently they have a selection of young cats from just older than Jasmin to 1-2 years old. One place has a little silver tabby. I always wanted a silver tabby. However I'll be going for personality and attraction to me, not looks.

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[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. Minsky matured at a very similar age. He sat and yowled at the window for a while, eventually managed to get out, promptly disappeared for a couple of days, and returned with as smug an expression as I have ever seen on the face of a cat.

Over here they won't neuter a cat until it's six months old, early developer or no. Fortunately Minsky seemed to be quite content with his precocious exertions until that point. :-)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I'll be the one left holding the kittens! :-(

I did ask the vet when I got her about when they did it as Tessa was done at five months, and they said six unless she came in heat. I know the Lonely Miaow cats are done younger so they can be homed, and that my vet does some of them, so I'll get her in. The question is when they'll have a space.