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Can female cats spray when in heat?

By Laura S. Harris
Feb 22, 2021

Some female cats will urinate more frequently or may even spray urine on vertical objects (marking) when they are in heat. The urine contains both pheromones and hormones, both of which act as signals of her reproductive status to other cats.

Why does my female cat act like she is spraying?

If this is what your cat is doing, she is phantom spraying. She is anxious or might be territorial and is expressing that. Phantom spraying may progress to actual urine marking so it would be important to identify any possible stressors in her environment and remove those.7 Jul 2014

Why would a female cat spray?

Marking territory with urine is your cat's way of dealing with stress. They feel anxious and are trying to relieve their anxiety by staking out their boundaries. Leaving their urine scent is the most emphatic way to say, "I'm stressed." If you see signs of medical problems, take your cat to the vet immediately.

Do female cats have periods after being spayed?

Usually what we have is that there is some ovarian tissue outside the ovary itself, somewhere in the abdomen, that's not easily seen, that is still functioning ovarian tissue making the hormones and so the cat can come into heat, even after she's had her spay surgery. This is pretty rare but it can happen.22 Jul 2011

What does cat spray smell like?

The amount of urine a cat sprays when he's urine marking is usually less than the amount he would void during regular elimination in his box. The urine smells pungent. The reason cats can learn so much from the urine mark of another cat is that a urine mark isn't just urine.

Can spayed cats go into heat?

The most obvious clinical sign of ovarian remnant surgery is when a previously spayed cat goes into heat. This can happen at any time after spay surgery, with a delay of months to years. ... Cats with functioning ovarian tissue typically go into heat seasonally, going through multiple cycles in the spring and summer.

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