Last week Haru (who’s 9 months old) gave us yet another scare which sent us to the vet’s clinic with her again.
It all started when I was out. Cass Whatsapped me and told me that Haru was acting very strangely and seemed very restless and in pain, couldn’t walk right and crawling low on the floor.
When I got home and checked on Haru, indeed she looked like she was in distress, had a different meow and seemed to be in pain whenever I touched her hind legs and belly. I thought she had swallowed part of her bottle teat as I could not find the missing small bit of the bottle teat that she had bitten off in the morning. This kitty still behaves like a baby and only wants to drink water from a milk bottle. I’ve bought several pet water bottles but she did not seem interested in them at all.
Thankfully Cass had an hour of break in between online classes and could follow me to the vet’s clinic. And thankfully the vet’s is just a 5-minute drive from home.
At the vet’s – one look at Haru and Dr Ben told us that Haru is in heat, thus all the bizarre behavior, caterwauling, ‘manja’ behavior, rolling and flipping on the ground, low crawling and ultra sensitive to touch on the lower part of her body. O.M.G.!!
Actually Haru started to behave more affectionately and strangely about 2 weeks ago and I didn’t give much thought to it. And it peaked when all these bizarre behaviors started to show.
Haru continued to behave very differently for the next 2 days. She was extremely noisy, kept caterwauling and youling and we could not even touch the lower part of her body or she would get very uncomfortable.
The next 2 days saw the girls and I laughing a lot at Haru. I had to explain the female’s reproductive cycle to the girls and it’s some what similar in cats, albeit cats don’t get menstruation. I was surprised that the girls actually know a lot about this topic – they learn it in Biology class and from other sources.
I don’t think I can wait till the December school holidays to get Haru neutered. It’s a terrible time for Haru and all of us at home to have to see her in discomfort during her heat and we can’t tolerate the loud youling and bizarre behavior. It’s both annoying and distressing to us too. Once I find a day when either Sherilyn or Cass has an hour of free time in between online classes, I’ll fix a date with the vet to have the procedure done ✂️
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