Is my cat in heat? Crying, rolling, and has liquid from her butt.

It sounds as though Lucy is likely in heat. Unspayed female cats go into heat fairly frequently through the spring and summer months. During this time they often vocalize loudly, display behavioral changes and sometimes have a noticeable vaginal discharge. During this time, be sure to keep Lucy inside and away from any intact male cats, or schedule an appointment to have her spayed to avoid any unwanted pregnancies.

Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. If she is a young, unneutered female cat I suspect in may be her first heat. If she an older, or neutered cat, this behaviour could be a sign of hind legs or abdominal discomfort. In that case, you should take your Catu to your local vets for a check.

Cats do not bleed during their heat cycle which makes me thing the bleeding is unrelated to her being in heat. it could be due to a urinary infection for example, i would recommend taking her to your vet in order to get it checked and treated.

It is quite likely she is in heat, especially if she is also calling or shouting loudly. If you do not want kittens, be sure to keep her indoors and isolated from any unneutered male cats until you can have her spayed

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Poor Cash'mir! Can you repost with specifics on what she is doing? I am thinking that she may be in heat? 6 months is about average for a cats first heat. The cat can cry and kind of army crawl around. They also stick their hind end in the air and when you tap their lower back they cry and stick up their hind end. If this isn't what she is doing please repost with specifics. I hope this helps!

We do not normally see a bloody discharge in cats with heat cycles like we do in dogs. For this reason I would recommend an exam by your veterinarian. We could have blood coming from the reproductive tract from infection or a tumor, or we could have blood from the urinary tract which could be due to infection, inflammation, bladder stones, bladder tumors. The vet will do an exam and may recommend a urine test and an x-ray or ultrasound of the abdomen to help determine the cause of the blood.

If she’s coming into heat she will be acting differently. Lots of meowing, rolling around and acting wild. She may try to go out to get bred. If you don’t see that behavior I would check her all over to see if you can find a wound. I’m not overly concerned about this as long as it was only a few drops and it doesn’t continue. If you see more blood or if she seems sick or injured please take her in for an exam and treatment. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Kiara.