Kirsten
10-21-2005, 12:24 PM
Let me explain the situation first:
My mother and Reinhold are out of town over the weekend, and asked me to look for their pets, especially Peggy. She's supposed to stay inside all the time while they're away, so I've planned to show up at Tillyschanze several times a day and play with her and spend some time with her.
I looked for her this evening, and she was upset because she wanted to be left outside. She was all whiny and it sounded to me as if she's in heat already (the appointment for her surgery is scheduled for next Thursday). When I left, I left her in the house and she was upset, but a couple of minutes later I had to go back inside because I saw from outside that one window was still open. When Peggy saw me coming back, she became totally excited, ran up the stairs in front of me, walked into "her" room, and then did the "quivering tail"-thing with her butt pointing to a card board box and - sprayed!!! I could hardly believe my eyes. After all, she's female! (Lily is doing the waggling butt thing too, but luckily, she's doing the dry version of it.)
I was kind of shocked, and decided not to tell my mom and Reinhold about it, at least not now. I know they are not very tolerant when it comes to this, they always say they would go crazy with a cat like Luna (who's constantly pooping outside her box and pees on the rugs).
What do think? Are there any chances that this behavior might disappear once Peggy has been spayed? Is it a territory thing? Is she doing it because she's in heat? Or because she's upset that she has to stay inside?
Besides, Peggy seems to be a very dominant kitty lady. She's running Dino off, and he - a six year old tough guy formerly known as Dino the Meano - fears her and submits to her. Can you believe that?
Kirsten
My mother and Reinhold are out of town over the weekend, and asked me to look for their pets, especially Peggy. She's supposed to stay inside all the time while they're away, so I've planned to show up at Tillyschanze several times a day and play with her and spend some time with her.
I looked for her this evening, and she was upset because she wanted to be left outside. She was all whiny and it sounded to me as if she's in heat already (the appointment for her surgery is scheduled for next Thursday). When I left, I left her in the house and she was upset, but a couple of minutes later I had to go back inside because I saw from outside that one window was still open. When Peggy saw me coming back, she became totally excited, ran up the stairs in front of me, walked into "her" room, and then did the "quivering tail"-thing with her butt pointing to a card board box and - sprayed!!! I could hardly believe my eyes. After all, she's female! (Lily is doing the waggling butt thing too, but luckily, she's doing the dry version of it.)
I was kind of shocked, and decided not to tell my mom and Reinhold about it, at least not now. I know they are not very tolerant when it comes to this, they always say they would go crazy with a cat like Luna (who's constantly pooping outside her box and pees on the rugs).
What do think? Are there any chances that this behavior might disappear once Peggy has been spayed? Is it a territory thing? Is she doing it because she's in heat? Or because she's upset that she has to stay inside?
Besides, Peggy seems to be a very dominant kitty lady. She's running Dino off, and he - a six year old tough guy formerly known as Dino the Meano - fears her and submits to her. Can you believe that?
Kirsten