Strange cat meowing outside
For the past week or so I keep hearing a cat meowing around outside. He's not specifically around my place but in the general vicinity. (I'm fairly certain it's a he)
And one morning I caught him trying to get in through a closed window my cat normally uses during the day. And my younger female kitten (7 months) was sitting on the windowsill watching him.
My kitten has been spayed so she shouldn't be sending any pheromone signals but I can't think of any other reason for this cat to be acting like this unless he is interested in her.
I have tried approaching him but he just runs away and both times he ran in the same direction
Any ideas?
And one morning I caught him trying to get in through a closed window my cat normally uses during the day. And my younger female kitten (7 months) was sitting on the windowsill watching him.
My kitten has been spayed so she shouldn't be sending any pheromone signals but I can't think of any other reason for this cat to be acting like this unless he is interested in her.
I have tried approaching him but he just runs away and both times he ran in the same direction
Any ideas?
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I think that behaviour even extends to neutered toms too. Certainly I've seen an awful lot more cats in my garden since I got my (neutered) girl. She's not too keen on the attention - though there is one she seems to have a toleration of and I quite often see them sitting together on the lawn.
And oh boy do I know that an in heat cat is going to be trouble from what I've seen. I got her spayed as soon as she was old enough.
We have essentially taken away their bats and balls for our own convenience, but they still want a game a of cricket.
A long wait is an understatement
Has your neighbour considered getting their cat neutered as well? My male cat is also done and it's helped his wandering and fighting loads in the years he's been snipped.
I have to say he is athletic and slim, unlike most snipped cats who get flabby.
Yes he does go walkabout for days at a time, mostly in late spring/summer, as he hates the cold, but always makes it back unscathed. Don't know how much action he is getting, reading on here, all the females seem to be rendered infertile and uninterested.
We would not like that, now would we ?
This is the thing, an unneutered tom will have a much shorter life span (on average) due to infections picked up from fighting. FIV is a very real risk for them too.
Quite apart from the spraying:o
It's still amazing just how many unneutered Toms are out there. Just try having a female cat come into season, and you'll see.
Do people wonder why there are so many illegal puppy and kitten farms, we should breed our own pets really.
So it might be my old boy has an admirer rather than my Kitten.
I feel a bit sorry for him but tell him it's better than him being unneutered and straying, getting into fights, getting sick and maybe never getting his leg over anyway as thankfully so many females are neutered.