I was wondering if you give dry food meant for neutered cats to a female cat that hasn't been spayed yet, is it normal for her to keep meowing and rubbing against the sofa?
A friend's cat is doing this and it’s as if she’s in season; I’d like to know if it could be related to the dry food, especially since she was just in heat not long ago.
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That vet is an absolute berk! Either that or he was just chatting up your girlfriend... apart from with humans, I've never heard of the weather affecting mating seasons or when they're in heat... like "the weather's lovely today, perfect day for having kittens! I think I'll just ovulate now"... you see, it makes no sense...😝
The real idiot is obviously the person who left that comment: even though they mostly depend on the amount and duration of daylight, weather conditions definitely do have an influence on when female cats go into heat. That’s why these cycles are more frequent in spring and summer, and usually pause from late autumn until the first bright days of the year—around late January or early February—when they start up again... except for indoor cats living in well-heated homes, who can still come into heat in the middle of winter.
I know this is an old post, but I wanted to set the record straight.
That vet is an absolute idiot! Or maybe he was just trying to chat up your girlfriend... Aside from with humans, I’ve never heard of the weather influencing when an animal goes into heat... Like, "It’s a lovely day today, perfect weather for having kittens! I think I'll just ovulate"... You can see how that makes no sense at all... 😝
Okay, thanks for your reply, but it’s not my pet; it was just a friend of mine asking if it could be related to the dry food. She’s seen her vet since then and he told her that with the warm weather, female cats go into heat more often.
Hi there,
I can confirm that there's absolutely no link between dry food and her coming into season. There's no problem at all with giving food designed for neutered cats to one that hasn't been done yet; it's just a bit lower in fat.
It really is highly recommended to have a female cat spayed. It prevents so many health and behavioural issues, not to mention avoiding mammary cancer, which sadly takes the lives of many cats while they're still quite young.
Sorry, I’m just struggling to wrap my head around this! And I’m not judging, even if it is quite funny!
Just to be clear, dry food for neutered cats:
⭐ isn't food that actually neuters a cat (I’m sure you’d figured that one out already!)
⭐ doesn't play any role in hormone regulation, so it won’t change a cat’s behaviour or their heat cycles... As far as I’m concerned, my cats are in heat all year round... I get "four-season" litters...
⭐ is simply dry food with a nutritional formula that’s meant to be tailored to the metabolism of a neutered male or female cat!
I see you’re 19, so you’ll know! A female cat’s cycle isn’t like a woman’s, with a 28-day cycle and a fairly short "window of opportunity" for reproduction...
Human reproduction prioritises quality over quantity! One baby, a 9-month wait, and at least 15 years before a child is old enough to reproduce...
With cats, it’s the opposite: kitten survival in the wild is hit-or-miss, so they have several kittens per litter and several litters a year—they can even have different fathers in the same litter... the kittens are ready to go just 6 months later (highly discouraged and dangerous for females, but technically it’s true).
So your female cat (I’m a guy, so I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding) will stay "ready" until she’s successfully mated; for the sake of the species' survival, she’ll keep increasing the chances of having kittens... and the dry food has absolutely nothing to do with it...
Actually, whether the dry food is for neutered cats or not doesn't really make much of a difference, and it's got nothing to do with whether your cat is in heat or not.
