Calling cat?

[Shadowfein]

Hi there

I have a feeling that I know what the answer is going to be to this question - but thought that I would ask anyway.

Luca, my 5 and a quarter month old siamese is acting quite strangely and I am wondering if she could be calling...

She is:

a) Quite vocal (more so than usual anyway)
b) Rolling around and stretching on the ground
c) Licking down there quite a lot!
d) Trying to get out? Last night she climbed up the burglar bars on my window to the top (the window was closed) and then got stuck! I had to rescue her...
e) Trying to eat Catnip when I give it to her (this was a test to see if she was reacting to it)

She is not crouching or wrapping her tail around my arm though and her cries are not typical of a calling cat. Could this be the start? Is a visit to the vet on Monday in order?

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Tina B and crew]

sounds very much like it could be that time...our cat khanada went into heat around 5 months...I'd give the vet a call on Monday for a spay appointment

[Shadowfein]

Thanks. I had a feeling that was what the answer was going to be.

Have a good weekend!

[Tina B and crew]

You are welcome! Have a good weekend too...try not to let that calling kitty drive you to nuts

[Shadowfein]

Nope - she has settled down on the couch next to me and her older sister (Tarka, a burmese) and is fast asleep!

[Spez]

I have never had a cat go into heat, except one in 1980, she too was a Siamese. It caught me off guard, as she was really young. I have since learned that Siamese cats are known it go into heat earlier than other breeds. My current Siamese was spayed at 4 months for that exact reason. The Vet said to not wait until 6 months on a Siamese. I thought that was interesting news.

[Shadowfein]

Little Luca is going to the vet at 7am tomorrow morning for her op and to get microchipped! Hopefully the vet lets me pay at the end of the month - it has been an extremely expensive kitty year! Anyway - even if he doesn't - will make a plan.

Thanks all.

And it hasn't been too bad - she is still enough of a baby that I can distract her with her toy mouse...