my cat is fixed, but for the past few days she has been acting like a complete nut and making me insane in the process.:cry:

she's indoor/outdoor, but is only allowed out until 9:00 pm. she's pretty used to this schedule,as that's playtime/treatime, then bed, but now she mrowwing and climbing on the blinds.

she's been waking me up at 2:00 am and again at 4:00,either wanting me to sit in the kitchen with her *? * wanting to go out or some other nonsense.

she's almost 2. I thought spayed cats couldn't be in heat but she's certainly acting like it. merow, merow, it doesn't stop.

no other obvious changes in the household- she has no obvious illness signs either.I have been working a few extra hours but she gets plenty of attention. the craziness is only at night. ?

If i can't get any advice here i'll take her to the vet next week- :help:

I would get her checked by a vet anyway, has she got cystitis?. This is common in femail cats.

I would get her checked by a vet anyway, has she got cystitis?. This is common in femail cats.


She was at the Vet last month when she got stung by a bee. and a few month ago with a ACL tear. can she be anymore high maintenence?:stinkeye:

I don't know what that is- but on Monday I am scheduling a appointment. she's due for shots/checkup in July.

Do have the vet check her out. If she hadn't been spayed and she were in heat she would be like that all the time,not just at night.

I know absolutely none of the technical terms or anything involved in this... but it is possible to spay a cat and leave a little bit of hormone producing female organ in there which makes them still have little heats.

Could be something completely unrelated though as well. Vet time!

I know absolutely none of the technical terms or anything involved in this... but it is possible to spay a cat and leave a little bit of hormone producing female organ in there which makes them still have little heats.

Could be something completely unrelated though as well. Vet time!


Thanks for all the replies.
yeah, the first vet she had who did her surgery wasn't the best- we had a falling out later about her leg.

her new vet is excellent, though. I will have her checked this week.

merow, merow, Make it stop! LOL

You could get a blood test to detect hormones. Sometimes (not often) a part of the ovary is left behind and it's what releases the heat hormones. If you ever watch a spay, you'll understand how that can happen. I haven't done enough spays yet to make that mistake or find out that I did.
It doesn't sound like typical heat behavior, there may be something else in her environment that's setting her off. Also, just because you think she's getting enough attention, doesn't mean she thinks she is. Also, stop giving into her demands, lock her out of your bedroom if she is waking you up. She's training you to get up when she wants something. A vet check is a great idea.

I have one cat that does that at night. He stops if someone comes into whatever room he's in. I guess he just doesn't like to be alone. :think: When he first started doing it I would jump out of bed and run into whatever room he was in because he yelled so loud I thought he was getting hurt.:brood: Now my daughter keeps me awake as much as the cat because she yells for him to shut up as loudly as he meows.

One of my cats does that too, but he's a neutered male, and the behavior kind of runs in streaks - he might act that way for a week or two or five, then quit for the next two or three months. One thing that makes him stop about half the time is turning on the television. :surprised: He doesn't seem to be watching the TV, but he'll lay down at the foot of my bed and stop pacing/meowing.

Yeah, it sounds like one of two things already mentioned here. She may still have some hormones that are effecting her behavior. I think this is the case with one of my cats too. She got fixed in the beginning stage of going in heat and now every once in a while she gets really friendly (lots of purring and rubbing against me, following me room to room), which is not her normal behavior. Or it could just be that she is getting a little lonely at night. Maybe she is seeing other cats out of the window and wanting to be out with them. My cats have done this before too. Also, if you've moved recently she may just be adjusting to the change in her environment.