Thank you everyone. I spoke to my vet today and told her about the spraying, and she confirmed that they do that when they are in heat. Chances are good that it stops once she's spayed, but you shouldn't wait too long. And she agreed with me that it would have been better to have her spayed a couple of weeks ago.

My mother, however, cannot see my point (of course she does not know about the spraying), she thinks she was too small.

I saw Peggy again tonight, and she cried and whined ALL THE TIME. She wanted to go outside, and she was upset because I didn't let her. When I spoke to my mother on the phone, Peggy came to me and purred (she has the loudest purr I ever heard!) and when I hold the phone to her face, my mother talked to her and Peggy hugged the phone and kissed it, and she gave the phone headbumpies. Looks like she was happy to hear my mother's voice. It was so cute!

Kirsten