Flame away but my ten month old cat has had a litter of kittens. She went into heat literally days before she was due to be spayed and with the best intentions in the world, the second the back door was open to chuck out a binbag she was out and over the wall. It happens and happily all the kittens have homes to go to and are big, robust, healthy things. First issue is the pee. My house literally stinks and it's getting me down because no matter what I do I cannot get rid of the smell. She got into the habit of going under the stairs, I've tried as many cleaning products as I can get my hands on to no avail. The kittens seem to have better toilet habits than she does. She is DESPERATE to go out but come hell or high water I will not let her out until she's been spayed. I dunno if this is her way of protesting that she can't go out but it's driving me to distraction, and at times it's making me seriously dislike her.
The next is that yes, she's feeding obviously but she is constantly crying for food, you can't turn your back on food for a second or she's at it and I cannot abide animals stealing food they have no need to steal since they're perfectly well fed (I'm giving her tins of fish and all kinds of treats to try and satiate her because the howling for food is beyond annoying) Plus, it's a matter of time until someone's hurt because you're permanently dodging this crying bloody cat that's determined to get under your feet. I could have cried this morning when she got at my daughter's cereal and I'd just used the last of said cereal so her breakfast had to be binned, not to mention the other day she literally jumped up at her, and clawed at her face to try and steal the food she was eating. Yep she's recently wormed etc...
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bottleofbeer · 16/08/2011 16:59
She's got loads of toys, we live in a street with a massive child population and they often spend their pocket money on toys for her :) perhaps she is a bit of a scrounger, Gawd help us if she is, I'm half demented! I do think boredom could be a factor though, she's desperate to get out and I'm desperate for the time to come when I can let her out, if for no other reason than being able to open doors and windows will help with A) the smell and B) it's a nightmare in this heat.
Her body condition is fine, it's obvious she's going to be a big cat when fully grown, she's already the same size as my mum's 18 year old male and her tail is huge! - got asked if her dad was really a squirrel recently 
. Glossy coat etc...all wormed and de-flead.I'm just really hoping it's a phase until she stops feeding - the kittens are seven weeks old now and clearly going to take after their mum because they're much bigger than a litter my friend's cat had at around the same time. The vet is spaying her when her milk has dried up, he reckons about 7 days after she gives her last feed? I think she's just a total pig. My last cat died of wet FIP so I'm ultra sensitive to the possibility she's ill but honestly, she doesn't look or act remotely sick, she'd simply eat all day if you let her. Thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated x
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