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Pet Cat: Behavioral Signs of Cats Being in Heat

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When your pet cat meows constantly

The first change you will notice is that your pet cat will begin to meow insistently. This is done to attract the attention of male cats. Perhaps this is the most annoying change of behavior of a cat in heat, since they can become very insistent.

The meow is performed with great power, in a very high tone, and very repetitively. Sometimes it may seem like a loud groan/moan. Being animals with high nocturnal activity, they do it with much more intensity at night.

They are very cuddly

Another sign that a pet cat is in heat is that they become especially cuddly or affectionate. It does not matter if your pet already was, it will still be much more. Not to mention those with a surly character, the change is spectacular.

This results in constant rubbing with their master or owner. They constantly seek physical contact and receive caresses and pampering. In short, you will notice that they are much more affectionate than usual and purrs a lot.

Your pet cat wanting to escape

Another change you are going to notice, especially if your pet cat lives inside your house, is that they are probably going to desperately try to get out of the house. Although this does not happen in all cases, it is true that the vast majority of female cats try to escape during heat. Why? Very simple: they try to find a cat to ride them.

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By Nadine Haase

Therefore, it is very important that in these cases you are very careful not to let them out. Especially if they always lived indoors. Remember: if your pet cat goes into heat, try to keep them inside. Especially if you don’t want her to get pregnant. They could also eat something outside that makes them feel bad.

Riding position

You will also notice that very often your pet cat in heat is going to get into a position in which the back is sunken and the hind legs are raised. It may seem like a submission posture, but it is not. For example, while petting your feline, it may lower its head and back, raise its rear, and tilt its tail, exposing its genitals. This posture is called the riding stance.

Your pet cat rubs with/on everything

Another of the behavior changes of a very characteristic pet cat in heat is that you will notice that they will want to rub their body all over. Whether on walls, corners, furniture, the floor, on the carpet, on you …, in short, anywhere that is possible. They do this to try to impregnate their scent of a cat in heat or rearing up in as many places as possible, hoping that if a male cat passes by, he can smell it and know that there is a sexually receptive cat very close.

Loss of appetite

Lastly, we have the loss of appetite in ovulating cats. It does not happen in all of them. However, it is true that in some cats, the desire to eat or feed decreases in the heat cycle.

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