Y is 8 month female kitten behaving out of character and lot's of chirruping?

[HaroldeVwilliam]

Seems to have gone strange?

Has she been neutered?

No not yet.

She's starterd to roll around a little on the floor and chirruping and little meow's.

Is this a sign?

Definitely a sign she is in season calling for a mate. Is she rubbing on people and putting her tail up in the air? I would advise to neuter to avoid this in future :)

Sort of rolling around in the carpet like not done before...seems unsettled.

how long does it last for? Do they bleed?

She’s in season. Make sure you keep her indoors at all times now otherwise she will come home pregnant

Deffo wants a mate - time for a vet visit and in the meantime don't let her escape outside!

Sounds like she’s in season. Make sure every door and window is securely locked, be extra vigilant as cats in heat will try very hard to escape.

Get her spayed as soon as possible.

I’d get her neutered asap. We rehomed a cat and booked her in to be done, she came into heat before the appointment & started peeing everywhere and shredding the carpets and yowling at all hours. The vets couldn’t then do her until after so we had to put up with . Nightmare!

Female cats reach sexual maturity and can breed from about 4 months old. They will then come into heat (or season) every year around February to October. Female cats have many short periods roughly 2-3 weeks apart. They do not ovulate until they are mated, so this period of heat cycles can be lengthy
www.bestfriendsvets.co.uk/article/male-female-cats-in-heat-what-you-need-to-know/

if anybody is struggling, cats protection do discounted neutering vouchers for people on certain benefits so it only costs £5 or £10.
www.cats.org.uk/what-we-do/neutering/neutering-campaigns

Oh gosh thanks.
How long does it last?
She's an indoor cat.

We haven't had her done sooner because she had tummy issue's.

Oh gosh so we maybe too late to get her done?

Has she been outside? If not, you're probably fine. But keep doors and windows closed!

You’ll have to wait for her to be not in season - a week to 10 days? But call your vet tomorrow and ask their advice on when to book the appointment.

And please get her chipped at the same time if she's not already.
Loads of people don't bother to get their "indoor cats" chipped as theoretically they don't go out.
The problem is that cats don't care that they're meant to be indoor only cats and will definitely get out at some point ! 😃

Ours came into season about this age and through spring and summer she was coming into season with breaks of only a few weeks. We had her spayed in the end even though she was going to be an indoor cat. She was an absolute pain in the backside when she was in season, so noisy and needy. We had our other two done before they came into season and when I saw this cat like this I thought she was ill or injured because she was belly crawling everywhere then it suddenly clicked!

I feel for you OP. One of my childhood friend's cat came into season an it was difficult. Tom cats trying to get in, her trying to get out.
Bit of a nightmare really, but this was in the 50's, not so common to have cats spayed.
No it's not too late to have her spayed, get advice from your vet. Spaying also protects their health, well worth it.

You must be absolutely vigilant about shutting doors behind you. Get someone to pick her up/shut her in every time anyone goes in or out of the house.

There are other health benefits to having her done, e.g. reduced chance of pyometra or breast cancer.

If she escapes, which nature will make her desperate to do, she is likely to be chased possibly miles by every entire tom in the district which could lead her to be lost or injured. If she does escape and gets caught by a tom, it's perfectly possible for her to be spayed even if she has got pregnant if you get it done reasonably early.

Ring your vet tomorrow and get her booked in.

She will invite other cats, dogs, the Amazon delivery man, anything that might have a penis to get it on - if you have a son or husband, they'll see a lot of her rear quarters.

Usually, the first season goes after a week, but by the second one, which can start at any time, she'll be howling and wailing and calling, desperate to get outside, you'll have male cat piss all over your front door on the outside, her piss over the door and mat on the inside, she'll be grumpy, exhausted, looking like she's in pain and if you don't do it tomorrow (BOOK THE VET TOMORROW!), by day 3 of her second season, which can go on constantly, you'll be offering a thousand pounds to the first person who can make this all stop.

Unless she gets out. Then you'll have kittens, kitten shit, piss, the cost of huge amounts of food, possibly dead kittens, possibly a dead cat, cat flu, FIV, abscesses, and the like - assuming she ever comes back and isn't taken or run over in her search for the nearest unneutered Tomcat.

Book the vet. She needs it.

Ok so called vet, thanks so much for the help! She started this behaviour yesterday so they said after a week ...so after 30rh

A week is the 22nd.

We've gota thuggish male cat sadly abandoned years ago called bull's-eye by his departed owner whose daddy to many cats around...

So hopefully this will last a week and we can get her done?

Not seen any blood though?

Clyme a week after she started?

Yesterday was the 15th. 22nd is a week!

But as long as she doesn't start her next one, you'll be okay. You'll need to stay in with her after the op for 24/48 hours. But they recover quickly. 😺

So she could have another almost immediate?