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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[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I prefer 4 months myself simply because in my climate they seem to mature sooner. Definitely if a cat is mature enough to come into heat, it's time to do it. Siamese *can* stay in heat for a month or more (my grandmother had a cat that I swear was only out of heat when pregnant or nursing).

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Wow. How could she stand it? I'm now wondering if a lot of abandoned cats are thrown out before they get pregnant, just because of the yowling. A lot of the Lonely Miaow ones are found with litters, but I suppose that's also going to hepen. Why the hell don't people neuter their cats?

Patsy has a cat that's nursing (all those little brown babies I posted a photo of)--and still on heat. Apparently it's turned her milk or something because Patsy said the kittens have become bad-tempered.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how she stood it- she lived in a 3 room apartment and there was no getting away from the sound- heck we could hear it down the block when we visited!

I'm sure a lot of people do dump cats when they begin behaving sexually- no longer cute fluffball, but annoying creature with biological drives. *BOOT*

I wonder if the cat on heat is now simply producing less milk and the kittens are hungry?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Or they don't realise what's going on and think their kitten's too noisy and annoying to keep. [would like to kick them]

Patsy's been breeding cats for years; I'm sure she'd know. She said "Her milk's turned". Maybe they're getting nutrution, but the milk's sour or something. It could be a way of making the kittens leave in the wild.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Poor kitties, all they have to drink is sour milk. :^P